Episode 166: The Morrisite War

Sunstone Mormon History Podcast by Sunstone

Jul 9, 202600:55:10Education

On Friday the 13th, 1862, a thousand armed men surrounded a muddy little fort on the Weber River, where Joseph Morris and his followers waited for the Second Coming. What followed was a three-day siege, cannon fire, disp...

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