Day in the Life

Aug 25, 1847

Journal Entry

August 25, 1847 ~ Wednesday

25th I laid my floor & laid part of oa chamber & moved my
goods into the house & left them in care of Brother J Bevin I buil[t] [page covered]
a good chimney which draws well Br johnson put it up for me
I had prayers in the house in the evening. we shall leave
this valley in the morning to start back to winter Quarters.
we as A pioneer company have accomplished more this season th[an] [page cut off]
can be found on record concerning any set of men since the
days of Adam. Having travled with heavy loaded waggons ov[er] [page cut off]
one thousand miles having made our road more than one half
of the way over & through the rough mountains & canions &
searched out a glorious land as a resting place fore the Saints &
in one month after our arival laid out a city Ttwo miles squar[e] [page cut off]
& built A fort & fortification of hewn timber drawn 7 miles f[rom] [page cut off]

the mountains & of unburnt brick surrounding 10 acres of ground, 40
rods of which was coverd with Block Houses. Besides planting about
100 Acres of corn, potatoes, Buckwheat turnips gardens &c the pioneers
did not exceed 150 men during the time 140 of the Battalion arived
I think there was not over 100 men labouring on the works at
a time besides much exploring was done And after accomplishing
this work the company return to winter Quarters the place
of Begining making nearly 2,500 miles traveling during one
summer besides all the labour

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Bevin, James
1821-1894
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Aug 25, 1847