Under Compromise of 1850, Congress created the Utah Territory; Brigham Young appointed as Governor.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
October 12, 1850 ~ Saturday
12th Travled 8 miles over the second mountain And O Horr[id] [page covered]
what A road we had to repair the road near one third of
the way gutted out by the late storm we were in Danger of
Breaking waggons
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September 29, 1850 ~ Sunday 29th [FIGURE] We left Fort Bridger this morning I went forward with my Division to day and the first Division or some of the[m] complained or murmured much about it & their was sin committed by so doing I called them together at night & gave them a sharp rebuke & reproof for I was constrai[ned] by the spirit of God so to do.
~ Wilford Woodruff
September 29, 1850 ~ Sunday 29th [FIGURE] We left Fort Bridger this morning I went forward with my Division to day and the first Division or some of the[m] complained or murmured much about it & their was sin committed by so doing I called them together at night & gave them a sharp rebuke & reproof for I was constrai[ned] by the spirit of God so to do.
~ Wilford Woodruff
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Woodruffs arrive in Salt Lake Valley and live in cabins Wilford built in 1847.
Wilford appointed to the Council (Legislature) of the State of Deseret (serves a total of 21 terms).