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The article we are quoting from is several years old, but it still holds
value for today’s believers. The author, Hershel Shanks, died in 2021, and
he was ...
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Saturday, 12 January 2013
175 years ago: Joseph Smith and his followers flee Ohio after bank collapse
On January 12, 1838, Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints leader Joseph Smith and his followers fled Kirtland, Ohio to avoid arrest persecution by angry investors after a bank founded by Mr. Smith had failed during the Panic of 1837. The Mormons' next stop was in Missouri.
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According to the Mormons it was religious persecution which forced them to leave.
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