Temple Lot

An Obscure Mormon Prophecy and the Temple Lot of Jackson County, Missouri
By Lara Tacita

Any good Mormon knows that the followers of Joseph Smith inhabited Missouri until the extermination order of Governor Boggs forced them to flee the state. Despite the portray of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints of it being purely religious persecution, the saints were not wholly innocent. In the time the early followers of the movement spent in Jackson County, Missouri, the prophet declared that temple should be built on a certain spot - now known as the Temple Lot.

The full story can be read here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/328231/an_obscure_mormon_prophecy_and_the.html

Author's Note: If I have the details wrong, I will accept corrections
in the comments.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Christ_(Temple_Lot)

http://www.dlmark.net/tindependence.htm