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In his book, The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, historian Stephen C. LeSueur notes that “non-Mormon land speculators could not hope to compete with the Mormons, who were purchasing large tracts of land with Church funds,” and that the huge immigration of Mormons to the area also “threatened to displace older towns as the political and commercial centers for their counties” (p.3).

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I read here a while back that there was something about the time to pay for the developed land had come about and was to be paid by the settlers, at the price the land was worth before being developed. Some sort of delayed payment to give the settlers time to make the money necessary to buy the land.

Sinse the LDS, who developed the land, were no longer there, the new owners were able to buy the land at the price the original owners would have payed.

Many of the new owners were the leaders of the community that drove the LDS out, leaving a question about the timing.

Do you remember seeing the article and where it was?

[Old Mountain man]

I remember it vaguely but I don’t remember the publication. Remember the things that any homicide cop will tell you: if the murder isn’t about sex, follow the money.