Wilford leaves for the Salt Lake Valley with the first company of pioneers.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 08, 1847 ~ Thursday
8th In the morning we arose & took Breakfast. A squirrel
was killed it being the first game killed in the camp of the
Pioneers I moved that as it was the first fruits of the
game that it be offered to the Priest. It was presented
to President Young for his Breakfast. President Young
in company with Father Morley & others went to the old
^camp Ground^
to pick them out a place for A farm. I with several
others spent the day Hunting & caught nothing but
weary limbs & weat feet. we saw 7 or 8 deer, & geese
ducks cranes &c but could not get any. As I returned
in the evening I understood tha P. P. Pratt had arived in
winter quarters from his mission in England & tha Presiden
Young O. Pratt & others had gone back to the city to see
him. distance of the day 12 m
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3427 mentions
Apostle, Family
Morley, Isaac
11 Mar 1786 - 24 Jun 1865
61 mentions
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1083 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Parley Parker
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
547 mentions
Apostle
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James Jackson Woodruff born (only child of Mary Ann Jackson and Wilford).