Under Compromise of 1850, Congress created the Utah Territory; Brigham Young appointed as Governor.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
September 22, 1850 ~ Sunday
22nd Sunday Drove 8 miles & camped on Big Sandy within 4
miles of Green River Ford we were informed that Elder Hyde
would call upon us in a day or two many wrote Letters to
send by him to the states I wrote A Letter to I. F. Carter &
gave him An extract from my Journal of each Days travel
up to this date
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Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
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Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
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Woodruffs arrive in Salt Lake Valley and live in cabins Wilford built in 1847.