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Day in the Life

Dec 17, 1858

Journal Entry

December 17, 1858 ~ Friday

17th we travelled to the severe Baited our animals then drove
to Cedar Fort 560 miles & spent the night with Brother
Johnson

People

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Johnson, Luke
1807-1861
69 mentions
Apostle

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Cedar Fort, Iron County, Utah Territory
Sevier River, Utah Territory

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I told the people to get the spirit of God & follow its dictates & to remember daily their prayers & to pray for the Presidency & all the Authorities of the Church & to pray for the President of the United States & for all men in Author- ity as the spirit of God shall dictate.
~ Wilford Woodruff

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December 1858
Wilford serves ninth term as member of Territorial Legislature.

Dec 17, 1858