Day in the Life

Oct 22, 1870

Journal Entry

October 22, 1870 ~ Saturday

22 I visited Brother MCDonalds House & saw the destruction
caused By the raid made By the soldiers in Mashing in all the windows
& doors. The conference commenced at 10 oclok W Woodruff Prayed
G. A. Smith spoke 25 Minutes, G Q Cannon 30, & W Woodruff 30 M
Afternoon Prayer By G. Q. Cannon Joseph Young spoke 56 M,
& John Taylor 32 Minutes. In the Evening we visited the provo
cooperative woollen Factory built this season which was composed
of 3 Buildings one 165 feet long By 65 wide & 86 feet high built
of rock laid in cem[en]t walls 2 1/2 feet thick will take 100000 shingle
to put the roof on. 2nd Building 134 feet long By 34 wide Adobie
walls 2 stories. 3rd Building 74 By 34 Adobies 2 stories it will
take some 500000 feet of Lumber to build the buildings.

I had an Interview with Brother Burton D. P. Kimball pace
& Thurber. spent the night at Brother Smoot

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Kimball, David Patten
23 Aug 1839 - 21 Nov 1883
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2259 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1954 mentions
Apostle
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
Burton, Robert Taylor
25 Oct 1821 - 11 Nov 1907
Pace, William Byram
9 Feb 1832 - 18 Jun 1907

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Oct 22, 1870