Millard Fillmore inaugurated as 13th President of 30 United States.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
September 07, 1850 ~ Saturday
7th We travled 8 miles & camped under Independance
Rock. A O Smoot camped A mile Above on the sweet
water men women & children went onto the rock to
visit it some wild Animal supposed to be A panther
jumped onto one of my cows & nearly killed her
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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
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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.