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Day in the Life

Aug 19, 1847

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August 19, 1847 ~ Thursday

19 & 20 was Also spent in drawing timber & laying up logs
into the Houses I labour so hard & am so weary at night I
cannot rest. this evening while unloading the last load of logs
one stick fell on Br G. A. Smith head & knocked him down
cut a hole in his head & hurt him badly.

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26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875

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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 .

Aug 19, 1847