Our 2 sons & their families are still in the crutch. Their bishop is taking them on a tour of sites: Carthage Jail; where the Haun's Mill Massacre was; Far West; etc. I think perhaps he is trying to counter any apostate influence we have as their parents. We resigned 6 years ago.

Any good material, articles, links, etc., would be appreciated. I have no problem sharing information with them.

as well as his Independence Day oration and the Danite Manifesto might be intersting places to begin.

what few know is that Rigdon was the first to use the term extermination in his rhetoric and that Boggs only borrowed it in response to the Mormons.

"We take God and all the holy angels to witness this day, that we warn all men in the name of Jesus Christ, to come on us no more forever, for from this hour, we will bear it no more, our rights shall no more be trampled on with impunity. The man or the set of men, who attempts it, does it at the expense of their lives. And that mob that comes on us to disturb us; it shall be between us and them a war of extermination, for we will follow them, till the last drop of their blood is spilled, or else they will have to exterminate us: for we will carry the seat of war to their own houses, and their own families, and one party or the other shall be utterly destroyed. -- Remember it then all MEN.


No doubt the Mormons got a raw deal in Missouri. They were perceived as a threat by the locals and were attacked and denied certain rights because of it. The rhetoric that Rigdon and Smith pushed in Far West though only made things worse.


Some key events to look at in the Missouri war are:

the sacking and burning of Gallatin by Mormons

"Battle of Crooked River"

Thank you - I will check them out.