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Description: Site of w:Lilburn Boggs home on the w:City of Zion plot in w:Independence, Missouri where w:Porter Rockwell was accused of shooting him in the head. The steeple of the w:Independence Temple by w:Temple Lot is obscured by the trees. A marker on the sidewalk commemorates the event and is part of the Mormon Walking Tour. The marker is in the cleared snow to the left of the blow up. Text of the plaque: 14 BOGGS HOME, LOT 131 GOV. BOGGS ISSUED THE 1838 EXTERMINATION ORDER THAT LED TO THE EXPULSION OF THE MORMONS FROM MISSOURI. IN 1842 O.P. ROCKWELL WAS ACCUSED AND ACQUITTED OF AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AT THIS SITE. MISSOURI MORMON FRONTIER FOUNDATION
Title: Boggs-assassin
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Author: Americasroof
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