Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah, effectively ending the Church's isolation in Utah.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
May 28, 1869 ~ Friday
278.
I wrote a letter to A. O. Smoot we got a letter from
Susan I went to the field with Elias Smith to find the Boundaries
of our land. I found my Farm lay on the west half of North
east quarter of sec 18, Township 1, South, Range 1 East
A. O Smoot was on the east half of the North west quarter
of sec 18, Township 1, South, Range 1 East
I visited Brother Brown & found him much better than
could possibly have Been expected. I attended the Theater in the evening
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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Smith, Elias, b. 1804
6 Sep 1804 - 24 Jun 1888
190 mentions
Brown, James Stephens
4 Jul 1828 - 29 Mar 1902
15 mentions
Scholes, Susan Cornelia Woodruff
25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897
361 mentions
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