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jun 27, 1844 - Joseph Smith lynched

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The leader of the Mormons was killed by a mob in jail. Smith was from upstate NY, but the Mormons kept moving West due to hostility wherever they settled Smith’s successor was Brigham Young, who decided to they should go to empty Utah.

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jun 27, 1844
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~ 182 years ago