Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah, effectively ending the Church's isolation in Utah.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
May 22, 1869 ~ Saturday
22nd I attended the school of the prophets President
Young G. A. Smith D. H. Wells W Woodruff G Q Cannon & G D Watt
& president Joseph Young all spoke upon the case of John Pack
Joseph Young sen did not vote to cut off John Pack with the
President B Young said that inasmuch as he did not vote
that cut the thread of union between those who did vote
& him. (He required ie Presid[en]t B Young) that his Brother
Phineas should give up his ticket & keep away from the
school Because of trading with outsiders at the
close of the Meeting I rode with Jeremiah Stocking to
Fort Herriman & spent the night with a portion of my family
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
799 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Watt, George Darling
1815-1881
125 mentions
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2257 mentions
Apostle
Stocking, Jeremiah Reuben
20 Mar 1833 - 11 Sep 1901
12 mentions
Family
Pack, John
20 May 1809 - 4 Apr 1885
32 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
311 mentions
Young, Phineas Howe
16 Feb 1799 - 10 Oct 1879
56 mentions
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