180 years ago today - Jun 17, 1838

[John D. Lee]
Lee and his wife were baptized on 17 June 1838 after meeting Joseph Smith for the first time. The experience of baptism was powerful enough to cause him to dedicate his life to the Mormon Church. As part of the work of building up the Kingdom of God, Lee eventually married eighteen more women and fathered sixty children. Lee became a member of the Danites, a secret fraternal order that was pledged to defend the rights of Mormons.

[Source: Utah History Encyclopedia: John D. Lee, http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/]