Day in the Life

Jun 18, 1869

Journal Entry

June 18, 1869 ~ Friday

18. I caught 7 trout out of one hole near the House before Breakfast
we attended Meeting in the school House Brigham Young Jr
Prayed W Woodruff spoke 18 M[inutes], E T Benson 12 M[inutes]
G Q Cannon 15 M[inutes]. He said the Lord has given this
People this land & Elem[en]t to see what they will do with
it. B Young Jr spoke 21, Presid[en]t Young spoke 33 M[inutes]
C. C. Rich 3 M[inutes]. At the close of our meeting we went
to the ferry swam our animals across & ferried our carriages
across Bear river several of us stoped on Bear river to
Fish. We caught about 30 trout & then went onto North
Creek & caught about 20 more, then to Paris & spent the night
with Brother Rich family. distance of the day 20 M[iles].

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3441 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
583 mentions
Apostle
Rich, Charles Coulson
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
352 mentions
Apostle
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
379 mentions
Apostle
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2259 mentions
Apostle
15 mentions

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Bear River, Idaho Territory
Paris, Oneida County, Idaho Territory

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Jun 18, 1869