The Legend of Strang

After Joseph Smith's murder, thousands of disgruntled Mormons went to Michigan and settled on an archipelago. Strang proclaimed himself king of Beaver Island; he held that title until 1976 when Arnold Raghetti actually claimedKing of Beaver Island at a resort off of the turnpike in Newark, New Jersey. But after Strang started claiming revelations of his own, Brigham branded Strang a heretic and excommunicated him as well. So these four men followed Strang to a dock at the harbor of St. James and shot him in the back three times and pistol whipped him afterward for good measure. Three weeks later, the King of Beaver Island died from his wounds.