180 years ago today - Oct 11, 1838

DeWitt falls to 400 vigilantes from Carroll and five other counties. Mormons flee to Far West. [During the siege some perished from starvation.]

[Kenney, Scott, Saints Without Halos, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://web.archive.org/web/20120805163534/saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml]

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