Newspaper Articles about the Mormons
Oct. 27, 1838: Missouri Governor Orders Mormons Expelled—or Exterminated
June 27, 1844: Illinois Mob Murders Joseph Smith Jr., Mormon Leader
Sept. 11, 1857: Mormons and the Mountain Meadows Massacre
Sept. 11, 1857: Mountain Meadows Massacre: Testimony Implicates the Mormons
Sept. 24, 1890: Mormons Officially Renounce Polygamy: “1890 Manifesto”
Jan. 4, 1896: Utah Becomes 45th State despite Mormons’ Troubled History
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