Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On the the Twelve held council. Each one was to make
choice of the blocks that they were to settle their friends upon. Brother Brigham
took two tiers of blocks south through the city Brother Kimballs runs
North and N. W. Orson Pratt 4 blocks Wilford Woodruff 8 blocks George
A. Smith 8 and Amasa Lyman 12 blocks according to the companies
organized with them.
Next day 4 of the Messengers returned from
Bear River and Cache Valleys. They had gone with Capt. Brown who
had started with a company to San Francisco Bay via Fort Hall.
The returned messengers brought a cheering
report of Cache Valley and the country betwenen us and there. The soil
was rich well watered and well calculated for farming purposes and
Bear River ^valley^ for grazing &c
The brethren also returned that went to Utah
Lake to get fish and they found a mountain of granite good for building
running from 7 to 15 miles from camp. The Quorum of the
Twelve decided in council that the name of our city should be the "City of
the Salt Lake"
Remarks by President Young
