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In 1844, joseph smith, along with his brother, were murdered by vigilantes in illinois. as a result, in 1846, the mormons move once again. their new leader, brigham young, takes a large contingent to the great salt lake valley. in 1885, the mormon church considers banning polygamy as a way to gain statehood. church elders approach miles park romney, miles' son asking him to set up a mormon colony where polygamy could be practiced, first in the arizona territory and then in mexico. >> and they went to mexico so they could continue to practice plural marriage. and then when you had the mexican r...

Persecution of a kind that is very american. >> the mormons often found themselves forced to flee from new york state where their young founder, joseph smith, says he uncovered the golden tablets that became the book of mormon, to ohio and missouri and then illinois. in 1844, joseph smith, along with his brother, were murdered by vigilantes in illinois. as a result, in 1846, the mormons move once again. their new leader, brigham young, takes a large contingent to the great salt lake valley. in 1885, the mormon church considers banning polygamy as a way to gain statehood. church elders approach...

>> the mormons often found themselves forced to flee from new york state where their young founder, joseph smith, says he uncovered the golden tablets that became the book of mormon, to ohio and missouri and then illinois. in 1844, joseph smith, along with his brother, were murdered by vigilantes in illinois. as a result, in 1846, the mormons move once again. their new leader, brigham young, takes a large contingent to the great salt lake valley. in 1885, the mormon church considers banning polygamy as a way to gain statehood. church elders approach miles park romney, miles' son asking him to ...

Which dark horse candidate was nominated at the first party convention, not by radio, but reported by telegraph? the hint was he was elected president in 1844, and if you've been watching nerdland, we talked about him last week. >> polk. >> that's right. you are killing it. >> awesome. >> james polk was nominated. >> got to love polk. >> at the first telegraph reported convention. anybody know why we talked about james polk last week? >> aren't they using him as a model for the romney campaign. >> yes, the romney campaign. >> what? >> warren invasion and land graphs. >> and one term. >> the re...

>> the mormons often found themselves forced to flee from new york state where their young founder, joseph smith, says he uncovered the golden tablets that became the book of mormon, to ohio and missouri and then illinois. in 1844, joseph smith, along with his brother, were murdered by vigilantes in illinois. as a result, in 1846, the mormons move once again. their new leader, brigham young, takes a large contingent to the great salt lake valley. in 1885, the mormon church considers banning polygamy as a way to gain statehood. church elders approach miles park romney, miles' son asking him to ...