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Porter Rockwell and the Danites: Faith, Fire, and the Missouri Conflict

By admin | May 2, 2025 | 0

Was Porter Rockwell a Danite enforcer? Discover the origins of the Danites, a secret Mormon militia, its ties to Joseph Smith, and Rockwell’s feared role during the turbulent Missouri conflicts of the 1830s.

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This marker is really just East up the road from the Sacramento LDS Temple. “. . . there were as many as two dozen inns or taverns maintained by Mormons in El Dorado County and surrounding areas. Porter Rockwell himself maintained three of them in 1849-50. The most famous of the inns was known as the Mormon Tavern, situated on the Read more...
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