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	History of Porter Rockwell
		Orrin Porter Rockwell was a frontiersman, Utah pioneer and plainsman, and reputed Mormon "Destroying Angel." This controversial and colorful figure was characterized in newspapers and journals of his day as a notorious gunman and religious zealot.
		Rockwell had been hastily deputized only moments before the shooting, a fact which made the incident no less sensational when it was learned that the dead man had been the militia lieutenant in charge of protecting Joseph Smith when the Mormon prophet was assassinated the year before.
		Rockwell was one of the territory's earliest lawmen--deputy marshal for the provisional state of Deseret in 1849.
	www.onlineutah.com /historyrockwell.shtml (674 words)

	Porter Rockwell - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Orrin Porter Rockwell (June 28, 1813, or June 25, 1815 – June 9 1878) was a colorful figure of the Wild West period of American History, and a law man in the Utah Territory.
		It is said that Porter once told a crowd listening to United States Vice President Schuyler Colfax in 1869, "I never killed anyone who didn't need killing." He became a legend as a rough-and-ready frontiersman, a scout, a marksman, a man of iron nerve and a man of unswerving loyalty.
		Perhaps because of his reputation, Rockwell was accused of attempting a revenge-based assassination of Lilburn Boggs, the former governor of Missouri.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Porter_Rockwell (633 words)

	Gunslinger Porter Rockwell Takes the Spotlight - Hurricane Valley Journal
		Rockwell, undaunted by the wild animal, Rockwell grabbed a knife and killed the boar before it had a chance to attack him or Smith.
		Rockwell was known to carry at least four guns on his person at all times.
		Rockwell was a bit drunk and barely made it safely down the steep cliffs.
	www.hvjournal.com /articles.php?id=2265&art_title=Gunslinger_Porter_Rockwell_Takes_the_Spotlight (856 words)

	KSL News: Bluffdale May Get 'Porter Rockwell Boulevard' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Orrin Porter Rockwell, who purportedly was associated with the Danites, an alleged secret, violent group of Mormons organized about 1838 for the defense of fellow church members, was believed to have once had a home in what is now Bluffdale, where he also ran a stagecoach inn that sold whiskey.
		Rockwell served as a bodyguard for Joseph Smith, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and for Mormon pioneer leader Brigham Young.
		Rockwell was accused of the attempted assassination of Missouri Gov.
	tv.ksl.com /index.php?nid=5&sid=43478 (405 words)

	Lilburn Boggs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He is now most widely remembered for his interactions with Joseph Smith and Porter Rockwell, and his so called "Extermination Order" in response to the ongoing conflict between Mormon settlers and others in Missouri.
		Lilburn W. Boggs was born in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky on December 14, 1796, to John McKinley Boggs and Martha Oliver.
		Rockwell denied involvement, stating that he would not have left the governor alive if he had indeed tried to kill him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lilburn_Boggs (868 words)

	Encyclopedia: Orrin Porter Rockwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Orrin Porter Rockwell (nicknamed Old Port and labelled "the Destroying Angel of Mormondom") (born either June 28, 1813, or June 25, 1815, died June 8, 1878), was a colorful figure of the Wild West period of American History, and a law man in the Utah Territory.
		Porter was involved in many, but indeterminable number of, gunfights, and probably killed as many men or more than any other wild west figure.
		It is said that Porter once told a crowd listening to United States Vice President Schuyler Colfax in 1869, "I never killed anyone who didn't need killing." He died of old age in his mid to early 60s in Salt Lake City.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Orrin-Porter-Rockwell (436 words)

	Station Information - Porter Rockwell
		Orrin Porter Rockwell (Born June 28, 1813 or June 25, 1815 (not sure which is the definitive date), died 1878), Porter Rockwell, or "Old Port" as he was often referred to by his friends, was one of the most colorful figures of the Wild West period of American History.
		He was one of the first six official members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (more commonly known as The Mormons.) He was a law man in the Utah territory.
		Porter was in a great number of gunfights, exactly how many is hard to say, but it is fair to say that there are only a handful of western figures who come even close to his body count.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/p/po/porter_rockwell.html (258 words)

	Cold Fusion Video Reviews: Rockwell
		Porter Rockwell is one of the most colorful figures in Western history: The rootin'est, tootin'est Mormon gunfighter ever.
		Rockwell was an earlier attempt at moviemaking about and for that particular demographic, but it failed to win friends, influence people, and inspire imitators.
		There are also plenty of heavy-handed scenes of Porter and Mary Anne falling in love, though he has to push her off because, you know, the dangers inherent in the job and all.
	www.coldfusionvideo.com /r/rockwell.html (1154 words)

	American Masters . Katherine Anne Porter \| PBS
		Despite her self-imposed exile from her home and Southern background, Porter used this distance as a means of coming to terms with the memories she sought to escape.
		Though CENTURY provided her with a good sum for the story, Porter was rarely to return to popular magazine publishing, choosing instead the freedom of little magazines.
		Concerning herself overtly with the rise of Nazism, Porter was able to further investigate the dark side of the average person.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/porter_k.html (560 words)

	Porter Rockwell June 9 Wyatt Earp Pat Garrett diary Samson typhoid fever marksman governor NBA MVP film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Porter Rockwell June 9 Wyatt Earp Pat Garrett diary Samson typhoid fever marksman governor NBA MVP film
		Porter Rockwell is one of the most colorful figures in Western history: The rootin'est, tootin'est Mormon gunfighter ever.
		Article: Orrin Porter Rockwell - "The Destroying Angel" Orrin "Porter" Rockwell born in Belchertown, MA., was Joseph Smith's (Founder of Mormons) personal body-guard and gun-bearer.
	en.powerwissen.com /anBBVJlY7jwVg0dQ6Dk1Yg%3D%3D_Porter_Rockwell.html (644 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Rockwell street? Shoot yes, city says (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Porter Rockwell was one of the first to join forces with LDS Church founder Joseph Smith in the early days of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints.
		Part of Rockwell's claim to Mormon fame was that he served as a bodyguard to both Smith and Brigham Young.
		Rockwell was jailed for allegedly trying to assassinate Boggs during the "Mormon War of 1838" after the governor issued an "extermination order" to drive Mormons out of his state.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,510047787,00.html (778 words)

	Uncle Dale's Old Mormon Articles: Misc. Utah Papers, 1900-1939
		Eventually Porter Rockwell's mother found where he was imprisoned and brought him one hundred dollars which he used as a fee to retain a lawyer, who was the noted Alexander W. Doniphan, later a general and hero of the Mexican War.
		When Porter Rockwell in later years dictated the story of his life he said that some years after 1847 he was in California and met there the widow and daughter of Don Carlos Smith, the brother of the Prophet Joseph.
		Porter wore his hair long, as he said that the Prophet told him if he wore his hair long, his enemies should not have power over him, neither should he be overcome by evil.
	www.sidneyrigdon.com /dbroadhu/UT/utahmsc3.htm (5342 words)

	Movie Review - Rockwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Rockwell is a biographical adventure about Porter Rockwell, an early Mormon leader.
		Rockwell begins in 1844 as a family of Mormon settlers are gunned down outside their home.
		Possessing a massive main of hair, myths spring up about Rockwell that he can't be killed because of his hair and, like Samson, it is the source of his strength.
	www.ahafilm.info /movies/moviereviews.phtml?fid=6467 (165 words)

	Rockwell's Station - Utah Ghost Town
		Rockwell Station is located at the point of the Mountain in Bluffdale.There is nothing left but a Marker Made out of the Saloon wall, it is Up Against the Prision fence on the left side.
		Rockwell Station, 12 miles south of travlers rest in Salt Lake County, was first known as Utah Brewery because of a Brewery Built near the Point of The Mountain, Which seperates Great Salt Lake and Utah Valley.
		The Property was Taken Over By Oriin Porter Rockwell, and Became A station for The Overland Stage Unlike Hanks Station, Rockwells Station was lookedForward to by Travelers Because Rockwell was a Fine Host, Jovial and Good Natured, whose Tales of early Mormon Day Adventures kept His Listners spellbound for hours.
	www.ghosttowns.com /states/ut/rockwell'sstation.html (181 words)

	kutv.com - Some Dubious Figures Acquire 'Hero' Status In Mormon Faith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Rockwell is perhaps the most controversial of revered Mormon legends--though he isn't unanimously honored by the LDS faithful.
		Rockwell was stern and barrel-chested, and built to handle the rigors of the untamed early West.
		``Rockwell is a controversial figure, and many of the things about him have grown up out of legend and stories,'' said Larry King, executive director of the Mormon History Association, which recently conducted the history conference that included tours of landmarks associated with the frontiersman.
	kutv.com /topstories/local_story_156133419.html (961 words)

	Porter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Porter ended the year 2001 competing in the AKC/Eukanuba American Dog Classic Invitational in Orlando, Florida just before Christmas.
		On his weekends at home in the winter Porter loves trips to the nearby desert to hunt jack rabbits.
		From his mother, Stella, and his Father, Conway, Porter inherits a gentle and loyal temperment.
	www.icehouse.net /morozovaborzoi/porter/Porter.html (208 words)

	(GCGXET) Porter Rocks by Hook Dawn Cache (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Rockwell Station was first known as Utah Brewery because of a brewery built near the Point of the Mountain, Which separates Great Salt Lake and Utah Valley.
		Orrin Porter Rockwell was appointed Deputy Marshal of the State of Deseret (Utah) in 1849.
		It is ironic that that Rockwell’s monument is outside the fence of the prison where the law would have wanted to imprison him if he were still alive today.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCGXET (586 words)

	Orrin Porter Rockwell Guilty of Shooting Governor Lilburn Boggs?
		Accused in the assassination attempt on ex-Governor Lilburn Boggs, Rockwell was apprehended at St. Louis in March 1843, taken to Jackson County, imprisoned, mistreated, and eventually, on December 13, acquitted.
		Orrin Porter Rockwell, who was accused of the shooting of Boggs, went into retirement when the governor issued papers for his extradition.
		Orrin Porter Rockwell, who was accused as the principal in the shooting of ex-Governor Boggs, went into retirement with the Prophet when Governor Ford issued papers for his extradition.
	www2.ida.net /graphics/shirtail/orrin.htm (1864 words)

	A Kodak Moment
		Rockwell conceptualized the Awards Walk and lobby area first, he says, partly because “so much of what makes going to the theatre special is everything that leads up to it.”
		Since everyone attending the Oscars should, in the words of Rockwell, feel like “a VIP of sorts,” extensive sightline studies were conducted to ensure views from all seats were not only good, but something more: “There's no seat that has a view of the stage that isn't framed by other audience members,” says the designer.
		Rockwell's form-and-function sense yielded particularly ingenious results here, as those aforementioned ribs extending down from the decorative ceiling structure double as cable distribution shafts from the catwalks, which branch off into troughs inside the pretty, backlit cast-glass balcony and box fronts.
	entertainmentdesignmag.com /mag/show_business_kodak_moment (3075 words)

	Amazon.com: Porter Rockwell: A Biography: Books: Richard Lloyd Dewey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While principally a bigraphy of gunfighter Orrin Porter Rockwell, this lackluster book by the author of Rockwell: U.S. Marshall is also a history of the Mormons from the early days of the sect almost to the end of the 19th century.
		A farmer and a neighbor of Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism, Rockwell became an early convert and journeyed with the Saints, as they called themselves, from New York to their several stops in the Midwest and finally to Salt Lake City.
		Rockwell has been accused of being a horrible villian and lauded as the most effective lawman in the old West.
	www.amazon.com /Porter-Rockwell-Richard-Lloyd-Dewey/dp/0961602406 (2044 words)

	Neff Times Spring 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Porter Rockwell probably met Mary Ann Neff for the first time during the pioneer exodus across the plains, when she was just a few months shy of her nineteenth birthday.
		Porter returned to the valley on Nov. 4, 1856, having been gone seven months, to discover that he was a new father; Mary Ann had given birth on Aug 5, 1856 to their second child, a daughter, Sarah Naomi.
		Porter had also built an inn and a brewery at the south end of Salt Lake Valley, near the Point of the Mountain, hoping to cash in on the influx of military dollars and on the increase of travelers through Zion.
	www.ocii.com /~fisher/neff/spring98.htm (5795 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Wild West \| Utah War: U.S. Government Versus Mormon Settlers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Rockwell and his men had been watching troop movements, burning grass, and running off an occasional mule or steer.
		Rockwell warned him that the troops had found out what a "damn fool" Smith was and had set a trap for him.
		Rockwell was furious, cursing at Smith to wait for the rest of them to catch up.
	www.historynet.com /magazines/wild_west/3033416.html?page=4&c=y (1101 words)

	Times & Seasons » Christina Olsen Rockwell: Visiting Teacher
		Rockwell had been widowed shortly before his marriage to Christina, and Christina probably helped to raise some of the young children of the earlier wife, in addition to her own children.
		Porter Rockwell had had two families before marrying Christina, and some of her stepchildren were older than she was.
		According to my family lore, Rockwell, along with my ancestor and others, was part of a brutal secret police force called the Sons of Dan or the Avenging Angels or the Destroying Angels (not the crickets and not the mushrooms).
	www.timesandseasons.org /?p=3513 (6266 words)

	I heard a prominent Mormon tried to assassinate the governor of...
		Rockwell was charged with murder, but died before the trial could determine one way or another.
		Rockwell was known as the body guard of Joseph Smith, and went by the moniker The Destroying Angel for his association and collaboration with the Danites, a group of Mormon frontiersmen who responded to anti-Mormon intimidation and violence with their own brand of intimidation and violence.
		Smith and Rockwell had been arrested—Rockwell for assault with intent to kill, and Smith for being an accessory "before the fact." When two deputies took them in custody, Smith obtained writs of habeas corpus and the deputies reluctantly turned over their prisoners to the Nauvoo city marshal.
	www.answerbag.com /q_view/4460 (1623 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Orrin Porter Rockwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		When Joseph was killed he had risen to become a defender of the Mormon church, but a defender who preffered the gun to the good book and a horse to the pulpit.
		I became interested in reading about Orrin Porter Rockwell while reading about him in the History of the Church by Joseph Smith; I wanted to know who this person was and what became of him after volume seven.
		Schindler presents Rockwell as a Saint rather than a drunken fanatical assassin at every oppotunity when the historical records seem a bit cloudy; fortunately, however, the author has put in some wonderful footnotes which often contradict or illuminate Schindler's assessments.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/087480440X/wwwhometalkec-20 (907 words)

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