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Day in the Life

May 12, 1855

Journal Entry

May 12, 1855 ~ Saturday

12th We rode 7 miles & camped we then took a few waggons
rode 3 miles to the west to the foot of a small canyon we there
left our waggons & Horses & walked 1 1/4 miles to the head of the
canyon & their visited a splendid good coal mine the vein
was about 6 feet thick it diped to the west about 20 degrees
the coal was of excellent quality we brought some of it away
with us it was in sight on both sides of the canyon this
coal bed lies about 10 miles north northwest from Fort Ephram
after returning to camp we rode 7 miles to Fort Ephraim & spent
the night we held a meeting J M Grant ^Brother McIntosh^ Preached was followed by
H. C. Kimball & athe few meeting was dismiss
by J. M. Grant I spent the night with Brother Isaac Behunnin 20 mls
Fort Ephraim is laid out with an inner fort 12 1/2 by 15 rods built
with a stone wall 2 feet thick 10 feet high finished. An outside
wall built of splendid white limestone 4 feet thick at the
bottom 2 feet at the top 18 feet high 60 by 44 rods the
coity contains 400 inhabitants two thirds Danes. they have
a shch school taught by a man in the winter & female during
summer. This city has been esstablish or setteled but about
one year the inside wall is built & outside wall is built & two
thirds of the outside wall is built 7 feet High & a part of ist
is 14 feet high the intention is to build the dwellings against

the outside wall making the wall one side of the dweling. Reuben Alread is bishop
& Elijah Everett is president

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7 mentions
2 mentions
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1455 mentions
Apostle
Behunin, Isaac
20 Oct 1802 - 10 May 1881
5 mentions
Host
Grant, Jedediah Morgan
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
280 mentions
Apostle, Zion's Camp
Allred, Reuben Warren
18 Nov 1815 - 4 Oct 1896
1 mention

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Fort Ephraim, Sanpete County, Utah Territory

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Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
In jouring on the we visited a splendid coal mine. The vein was about 6 feet thick. It dipped to the West about 20 degrees. The coal was of excellent quality and we brought some of it along with us. This coal bed was in sight on both sides of the Kanyon and was about 10 miles N.N.W. from Fort Ephraim. We reached Fort Ephraim that night and held a meeting. Presidents Heber C. Kimball and Jedediah M. Grant preached to the people Description of Fort Ephraim in 1855 Fort Ephraim was laid out with an inner fort 12 1/2 by 15 rods wide built with a stone wall 2 feet thick 10 feet high

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May 12, 1855