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The 1838 Mormon War, also known as the Missouri Mormon War, was a conflict between Mormons and their neighbors in Missouri.It was preceded by tensions and episodes of vigilante violence dating back to the initial Mormon settlement in Jackson County in 1831.
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. [1] [2] The book is one of the earliest and most well-known unique writings of the Latter Day Saint movement.
In academic literature, the area is also commonly called the Mormon culture region. [2] [3] It has also been referred to as the Book of Mormon belt, [4] and the Jell-O belt, these being cultural references to the Bible Belt of the Southeastern United States, and the Book of Mormon, along with the perceived favor Mormons have for Jell-O. [5]
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The Danites were a fraternal organization founded by Latter Day Saint members in June 1838, in the town of Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri.During their period of organization in Missouri, the Danites operated as a vigilante group and took a central role in the events of the 1838 Mormon War.
On May 6, 1842, an unknown assailant shot former governor of Missouri Lilburn Boggs three times in the head. [61] Sheriff J.H. Reynolds discovered a revolver at the scene, still loaded with buckshot and surmised that the suspect lost his friend in the dark rainy night. Bennett named a rough Mormon loyalist, Porter Rockwell, as the gunman ...
Cumorah, also known as Mormon Hill, [5] [6] [7] Gold Bible Hill, [8] [9] and Inspiration Point, [5] is a drumlin in Manchester, New York, United States, [10] where Joseph Smith said he found a set of golden plates which he translated into English and published as the Book of Mormon. Cumorah is a name found in the Book of Mormon, and given to ...