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Day in the Life

Sep 17, 1847

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September 17, 1847 ~ Friday

17^th We started out on a buffalo hunt this morning but after view[ing]
the Hills & Plains we could not see any buffalo cows & as bulls we[re]
poor this season of the Year we would not kill any of them so
we returned to camp, harnessed our horses & drove 12 miles & camped
on the Bank of the Platt, grass quite good, on the way I exhamined
the grave stone of a young man who was drowned while swiming
the river in the spring He was one of the Mo emigrants going to Oregon
It is warm plesant weather (distance 12

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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 .

October 28, 1847

seventh child born in , Iowa, in Wilford's absence.

October 31, 1847

Wilford arrives in /Kanesville, Iowa.

Sep 17, 1847