News arrives in Utah of firing on Fort Sumter and the beginning of the Civil War.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
June 18, 1861 ~ Tuesday
18 [FIGURE] I broke sumthing in my right breast it seemed as though
sumthing gave way in the right Lung which gave me much pain all day
I herd History read in the fore noon & lay a bed in the afternon. One of D H.
Wells teamsters by the name of Bullock was kicked by a mule & broke his Jaw
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Bullock, Alexander
1838-1926
9 mentions
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
797 mentions
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