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we are all vacating our towns and cities and going into the southern settlements we shall evacuate the city of the Great Salt Lake if needs be into the hands of our enemies or burn our habitations and lay waste evry thing we possess inasmuch as our enemies are coming upon us and determined to destroy them us because we are deter- mined to worship God and acknowledge his hand in all things the rodes are lined with men, women and children, teams and waggons all moving south
~ Wilford Woodruff
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Wilford moves families to Provo; 30,000 Church members prepare to abandon/burn Salt Lake City ahead of army.
United States Army peacefully enters abandoned Salt Lake Valley under the command of Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston.