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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.
According to the Mormons it was religious persecution which forced them to leave.
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