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Day in the Life

Apr 23, 1869

Journal Entry

April 23, 1869 ~ Friday

23rd A Plesant Morning we Rode to Canarrahosh settlement
& held a meeting Joseph Young Prayed H. S. Eldridge spoke
10 M[inutes], Joseph Young spoke 13, G. Q. Cannon spoke 10 M[inutes]
W Woodruff spoke 12 B Young Jr spoke 5 Minutes D H Wells
spoke 13, President Young spoke 12 Minutes. We drove to Corn Creek
Fort & spent the night This Fort is a vary substantial Building
I think the best Fort in the Territory the Fort is Built of volcanic
Rock laid up in lime Mortar. The walls are 100 feet square
outside 18 feet High from the foundation to the vertex. On the East
side is a Gateway 14 feet square with a good substantial arch
set all inside 6 feet deep & 3 feet thick Above this Preparation
are being made for a lock out & telegraph office on the west
side is a gate way 8 feet By 4, with a projection inside 10 1/2 feet
wide 10 feet High Hanging with strong Hinges The fort also con-
tains 12 Rooms 6 on the North & 6 on the South side, 10 of which
are 16 By 14 feet & 2 16 x 17 feet & 9 feet 4 inches High. A
chimney to Each room 3 feet wide & 2 feet thick standing 6 feet
above the fort wall the Rooms are well lighted & have 4 pannel
doors the roof is covered with good shaved pine shingle the whole
Building contains 2250 pearch of rock 1975 Bushels of Lime
& cost up to the present time $22690. distance of the day 37 1/ m[iles]

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
540 mentions
Apostle
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
773 mentions
Apostle
1966 mentions
Apostle
Eldredge, Horace Sunderlin
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
138 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
304 mentions

Places

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Corn Creek Fort, Millard County, Utah Territory
Kanosh, Millard County, Utah Territory
Utah Territory

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Apr 23, 1869