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TIL after the 1838 Mormon War, a clash between Mormons & a unit of the state militia, Missouri Governor signed an executive order calling for Mormons to be "exterminated" or "driven from the state". Although no evidence exists of any Mormons being killed from this order, 15,000 fled to Illinois

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