Illustration: "Haun's Mill" by C.C.A. Christensen, a depiction of the Haun's Mill massacre, part of the Mormon War. Credit: Brigham Young University Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Missouri Governor Ordered Mormons Expelled – or Exterminated

By Tony Pettinato on October 27, 2020

An article about the Mormon War of 1838 and the order of Missouri Gov. Lilburn Boggs that the Mormons “must be exterminated or driven from the state.”.. (Read More)

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Researching Newspapers to Trace the Life of Moses G. Wilson

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 15, 2015

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches newspapers to learn about a relative involved in the Missouri war against the Mormons during the 1830s... (Read More)

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