Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah, effectively ending the Church's isolation in Utah.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
June 13, 1869 ~ Sunday
13 Sunday met at 10 oclk Prayer By E. T Benson
G Q Cannon spoke one hour & 8 Minutes B Young Jr 25
Afternoon Prayer By Wm Budge Sacram[en]t Administered
President Young spoke 50 Ministered [minutes] G. A. Smith spoke 11 M[inutes]
D. H. Wells 28. At the close of the Meeting I rode with
Capt Hooper & G. Q. Cannon in company with Presid[en]t
Young we drove to Huntsville through the ogden canyon
one of the most interesting canyon ro[a]ds in the Mountains 12 M[iles]
we drove to the Meeting House which was filled
with people & held a Meeting John W Young Prayed
Wm W Hooper spoke 18 M[inutes], E T Benson 12 G Q Cannon
9 M[inutes] & D. H. Wells 10, W Woodruff 6, B Young Jr 4,
J W Young 3, & President Young 25. We spent the night at
Brother Hammonds
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Young, Brigham
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22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
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Hammond, Francis Asbury
1 Nov 1822 - 27 Nov 1900
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Smith, George Albert
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Cannon, George Quayle
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Young, John Willard
1 Oct 1844 - 11 Feb 1924
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Budge, William
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Hooper, William Henry
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