Tax collectors from this state cut down beehive-containing trees in a neighboring state to the north during the Honey War.
Tax collectors from this state cut down beehive-containing trees in a neighboring state to the north during the Honey War. German-Americans in this state published newspapers like Anzeiger des Westens and Westliche Post and assisted Nathaniel Lyon in forcing the surrender of pro-slavery militia at Camp Jackson. Two future governors of this state fought a duel on a sandbar to the east of one of its cities known as Bloody Island. The Battle of Crooked River and the Haun's Mill Massacre took place during a war in this state that prompted Governor (*) Lilburn Boggs to issue the "Extermination Order," which led to an exodus of its resident Mormons. A Senator from this state wrote the autobiography Thirty Years' View and was called "Old Bullion" for his outspoken advocacy of hard currency. The latitude line at 36-30, running along the south of this state, regulated slavery in the Louisiana Territory. For 10 points, name this home state of Thomas Hart Benton that names an 1820 Compromise. 
Tax collectors from this state cut down beehive-containing trees in a neighboring state to the north during the Honey War.
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