Ulysses S. Grant inaugurated as 18th President of 37 United States.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 17, 1869 ~ Saturday
17. A stormy morning. We drove to sProvingfield & held a meeting at
10 {o'clock} to Dedicate the meeting House President D. H. Wells made
the dedication Prayer. President Young then spoke to the people
45 Minutes. Afternoon. Prayer By G. Q. Cannon W. Woodruff
spoke 35 Minutes H. S. Eldridge spoke 15 Joseph Young spoke 35 M[inutes]
At the close of the Meeting we rode to Spanish Fork & spent the
night with Bishop Thurber I wrote 3 letters to A O Smoot
Wilford & Phebe
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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Thurber, Albert King
1826-1888
48 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
800 mentions
Apostle
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2257 mentions
Apostle
Eldredge, Horace Sunderlin
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
142 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
311 mentions
Snow, Phebe Amelia Woodruff
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
345 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
719 mentions
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Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah, effectively ending the Church's isolation in Utah.