Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President of 26 states.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
March 01, 1861 ~ Friday
March 1st 1861
This is my birth day, I am 54 years old this day,
time rapidly passes with us all It is a plesant morning, still
some snow upon the ground in the valley Wilford started for
Fort Harriman this morning with 9 Head of cattle I visited
the labor on North Temple Street putting the water Ditches
on the side walks & paving them I spent the day in the office
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Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
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News arrives in Utah of firing on Fort Sumter and the beginning of the Civil War.