ORRIN PORTER ROCKWELL Ep. 3 | “A Mormon Samson”

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

Arts, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Porter Rockwell is arrested for the attempted murder of Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs, and Rockwell rots in jail for nearly a year. After a perilous journey to his new home in the Mormon settlement of Nauvoo, Illinois, Rockwell is reunited with the head of his church, Joseph Smith. But the reunion doesn’t last long. The LDS church suffers a devastating tragedy that requires a change of leadership. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to LEGENDS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons. Hit “JOIN” on the Infamous America YouTube homepage. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4V_wVD7N1gEB045t7-V0w/featured For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com. Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram, and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Must remember do not forget
0:08.0	remind me to bring photo ID
0:11.0	reminder set babe can you make sure I don't forget Photo ID. Reminder, set.
0:13.0	Babe, can you make sure I don't forget my photo ID when I vote?
0:17.0	All right, love.
0:20.0	However you remember, you'll need photo ID to vote on the 2nd of May.
0:24.7	Find out more at Electoralcommission.org. UK slash voter ID. You're going to. After Porter Rockwell was arrested in St. Louis for the attempted murder of former Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs, he was thrown
0:55.3	in jail for three days. Then he was shackled by the wrists and ankles and loaded into a stagecoach
1:01.8	for transport to Independence, Missouri.
1:05.0	After a day and a night bumping over the trail with seven passengers in the coach,
1:10.1	the stage coach driver stopped in the evening for a drink at a tavern.
1:14.4	He left Rockwell under the watchful eye of the bounty hunter who had captured him.
1:19.6	When the driver emerged from the tavern sometime later, he was noticeably swaying.
1:25.4	He climbed back into his seat, slapped the reins, and resumed the journey.
1:30.4	A mile down the road, he drove the horses into a tree.
1:34.4	The coach overturned and broke the bolt that held the axle to the body.
1:40.3	Rockwell climbed out of the coach, still shackled, and checked on the other passengers.
1:45.6	Instead of trying to escape, he found the spare bolt and replaced the damaged pin.
1:52.0	With the other passengers, Rockwell pushed the coach upright and stepped back in.
1:56.7	Then he fell asleep as they continued toward independence. A short time later, Rockwell was jarred awake when the coach tilted and one of his fellow
2:06.8	passengers slammed into him as the horses outside stomped and winnied. The coach had plowed into an embankment and was wedged against it.
2:16.5	The horses were scared and the driver was now so drunk that he had passed out.
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