Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah, effectively ending the Church's isolation in Utah.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
May 16, 1869 ~ Sunday
16. Sunday I did not attend Meeting in the forenoon two
Methodist Ministers spoke in the forenoon in the Afternoon
G Q Cannon spoke 50 Minutes & W Woodruff spoke 35.
I was followed By one of the Methodist Ministers who spoke
in the forenoon, his name was Allen He was a Decendant
of Col Ethan Allen who took Ticondiroga Mr Allen
acknowledged what we said was true & said Amen
to it He seemed almost converted to the gospel I followed
him again & gave an Account of the organization of
the Church. At the close of the Meeting I attended the prayer
circle with G Q Cannon & J. F Smith President B Young &
concil was at Ogden.
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Allen, Ethan
21 Jan 1738 - 12 Feb 1789
1 mention
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Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2257 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4127 mentions
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