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Day in the Life

Jul 8, 1847

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July 08, 1847 ~ Thursday

8^th [FIGURE] The calculation was to spend the day at the fort, as soon as I
got my breakfast I riged up my trout rod that I had brought with me
from Liverpool, fixed my reel, line, & artificial fly & went to one
of the brooks close by camp to try my luck cetching trout, the men
[page covered] [a]t the fort said there were but vary few trout in the streams, and
[page covered] [a] good many of the brethren were already at the creeks with their rods
[page covered] [&] lines triying their skill baiting with fresh meat & grass hoppers, but
no one seemed to ketch any, I went & flung my fly onto the wat[er]

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born (only child of and Wilford).

and her 19-day-old son start journey to with Wilford's father .

Advance company arrives in (still Mexican territory at the time); sets up camp.

Wilford arrives in with and plants potatoes.

Wilford first to climb .

Location for Block designated by (originally 40 acres).

First built on by Mormon Battalion.

Wilford, , and other apostles are rebaptized (Wilford's third rebaptism).

August 26, 1847

After planting crops and building cabins, Wilford leaves to return to .

September 3, 1847 - September 5, 1847

Wilford and first pioneer company meets companies heading west including his father , wife , and son .

Jul 8, 1847