Ulysses S. Grant inaugurated as 18th President of 37 United States.
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Journal Entry
April 18, 1869 ~ Sunday
18. Sunday H S Eldridge & myself attended meeting at the
spanish Fork settlem[en]t prayer By Z Coulton H S Eldridge
spoke 20 [minutes] W Woodruff 60 [minutes], A. K. Thurber 10 Minutes Afternoon
I attended the sunday school & spoke to them a short time. it
is storming we drove to provason we spent the night at ^G^ Pattens 6 M[iles]
We held a meeting at Pason. G Q Cannon Prayed Joseph
Young spoke 48 minutes D. H. Wells spoke 50 M[inutes].
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Thurber, Albert King
1826-1888
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Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
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Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
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Eldredge, Horace Sunderlin
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
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Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
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Coltrin, Zebedee
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Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah, effectively ending the Church's isolation in Utah.