Mary Ann Jackson and her 19-day-old son James start journey to Salt Lake Valley with Wilford's father Aphek.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
August 03, 1847 ~ Tuesday
3rd Our ten sowed our Buck wheat to day a little over one bushel
on two acres, O Pratt one third, G. A. Smith one third, & W Woodruff
one third, mine to dbe divided between A. O. Smoot Br Dewey &
Aphek Woodruff. All the encampment are busiy to day in farming,
laying out the city, preparing for making dobys lime &c
I recieved of Br ^James^ Case 19 lbs of Iron at 25 cts per lb $4.75
I visited the farming grounds gardings &c & found things coming up
well such as corn, beans, potatoes &c I went in the evening to the
warm spring to bathe with Dr Richards
People
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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
583 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Dewey, Albert C.
abt. 1825- 1900
9 mentions
Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
579 mentions
Family
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1438 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Case, James
1794-1860
10 mentions
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1085 mentions
Apostle
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
541 mentions
Apostle
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Advance company arrives in Salt Lake Valley (still Mexican territory at the time); sets up camp.
Wilford arrives in Salt Lake Valley with Brigham Young and plants potatoes.
Wilford first to climb Ensign Peak.
Location for Salt Lake Temple Block designated by Brigham Young (originally 40 acres).
First bowery built on Temple Block by Mormon Battalion.
Wilford, Brigham Young, and other apostles are rebaptized (Wilford's third rebaptism).
After planting crops and building cabins, Wilford leaves Salt Lake Valley to return to Winter Quarters.
