Zachary Taylor inaugurated as twelfth President of 30 United States.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
January 23, 1849 ~ Tuesday
223rd I was sick through the day Br Cory & Another Brother
called to see me He had made Arangements to on board of a
ship & start in few days for the gold diggins He goes He says to
get gold as He is A poor man to move his family to zion He
Has Asked no council from me upon the subject but goes
upon his own hook
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Corey, Nathaniel Barney
abt. 1817-1882
5 mentions
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Constitutional convention held to form the State of Deseret. (to encompass present day Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and parts of California, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and Idaho.
Wilford baptizes father-in-law Ezra Carter.