Qualla: Morrisite War https://qualla.com/morrisite-war en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:04 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/2/6/morrisite-war-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Morrisite War https://qualla.com/morrisite-war Morrisite War: Introduction https://qualla.com/morrisite-war/ Photo credit Andrew Jenson, Public domain. Joseph Morris claimed to be the Seventh Angel of the Book of Revelation. By the spring of 1862, several hundred believers had gathered at his command to a makeshift stockade on the Weber River, waiting for the Second Coming that he promised was imminent. They trampled their crops into the ground as proof of faith. When territorial militia surrounded them that June, Morris received one final revelation: the soldiers would be destroyed. He was wrong.

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]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/2/6/morrisite-war-wp/9x26-morrisite-war-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Morrisite War: The Seventh Angel Rises https://qualla.com/morrisite-war/ Photo credit Andrew Jenson, Public domain. In 1857, Joseph Morris, an English convert to the LDS Church in Utah, began receiving what he claimed were divine revelations naming him the Seventh Angel from the Book of Revelation. He wrote to Brigham Young seeking recognition, but found none. By 1860, Morris had gathered his ...

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]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/2/6/morrisite-war-wp/9x26-morrisite-war-the-seventh-angel-rises.mp3 0:06 2 full Morrisite War: A Commune Unraveling https://qualla.com/morrisite-war/ Photo credit Andrew Jenson, Public domain. Morris told his followers the Second Coming was so close they need not bother planting crops. Some trampled their fields as demonstrations of faith. But each time the prophecy failed to materialize, members began leaving, and the question of property became contentious. Those who...

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]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/2/6/morrisite-war-wp/9x26-morrisite-war-a-commune-unraveling.mp3 0:06 3 full Morrisite War: Thirty Minutes to Surrender https://qualla.com/morrisite-war/ Photo credit Andrew Jenson, Public domain. After the Morrisites ignored a second writ, Chief Justice Kinney asked the acting governor to activate the territorial militia. Robert T. Burton led a posse to surround Kington Fort, while a militia from Ogden positioned itself to the north. Burton sent a message via a Morrisite ...

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]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/2/6/morrisite-war-wp/9x26-morrisite-war-thirty-minutes-to-surrender.mp3 0:06 4 full Morrisite War: The End of Prophecy https://qualla.com/morrisite-war/ Photo credit Andrew Jenson, Public domain. Heavy rains delayed action on June 14. The next day, Burton rode into the fort with a small contingent. What followed remains unclear to historians, but Morris may have approached Burton in what was perceived as a threatening manner. Burton shot and killed him. Two women died in ...

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]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/2/6/morrisite-war-wp/9x26-morrisite-war-the-end-of-prophecy.mp3 0:06 5 full Morrisite War: Scattered to the Wind https://qualla.com/morrisite-war/ Photo credit Eric Paul Rogers, Public domain. The surviving Morrisites dispersed across the American West. Many settled in Deer Lodge County, Montana, where a house of worship they built in the tiny settlement of Racetrack still stands, though deteriorating. Seven years after the siege, Robert T. Burton stood trial for the m...

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