Millard Fillmore inaugurated as 13th President of 30 United States.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
September 06, 1850 ~ Friday
6 Travled 16 miles camped on the greese wood near the sweet
water 8 miles below independance Rock. Brother Hanks caught
A wild mare the fa[s]test & most beautiful Animal of the Horse kind
I ever saw He run by the side of Her on a small bay Horse flung A
larriett over her Head flung himself from his Horse onto the
ground the wild Horse drew him half a mile over the sage plains
untill she was stoped by being choacked down, she then tryed
to bite, kick & strike him but He fought her by whiping her with
A rope untill He conquerd Her & led Her in triumph into
camp
People
Browse people Wilford Woodruff mentioned on this day in his journal. Click on the person's name to view a short bio and other pages they are mentioned on or click on "View in Family Search" to view their FamilySearch profile.
Hanks, Ebenezer
1815-1884
7 mentions
Places
Browse places mentioned in Wilford Woodruff's journal entry on this day. Click on the place names to view other pages where they are mentioned.
Events
View selected events in the two months surrounding this date in Wilford Woodruff's life. Click on the dates to jump to that day in Wilford Woodruff's journal.
Under Compromise of 1850, Congress created the Utah Territory; Brigham Young appointed as Governor.
Woodruffs arrive in Salt Lake Valley and live in cabins Wilford built in 1847.