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Day in the Life

Jan 3, 1851

Journal Entry

January 03, 1851 ~ Friday

2 & 3 I went into the canyon & drew rock for stoneing a suller
wall for a dwelling house which I intend to build to locate my
family in Zion while I go abroad to preach the gospel to the nations
of the Earth

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Woodruff Home, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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December 5, 1850
Wilford appointed to the Council (Legislature) of the State of Deseret (serves a total of 21 terms).
1851
Wilford moves his cabins from Old Fort to construct home on the corner of South Temple and West Temple.

Jan 3, 1851