Priesthood members vote in favor of building temple in St. George.
26. Sunday
I did not sleep but little during the night I arose
this Morning & found the snow about 2 feet deep & still falling thick
& fast, it looked vary gloomy I did not know what course to pursue
I could ^not^ travel the road & I went & Enquired of Mr Haven the operator
& Agent in that place what chance there was of takigng a car He said
he had No baggage car there & if he had, he did not know how
I could get my waggon or horses on board of it as all the
accomodations of the kind was moved to Evanston. I could not
buy any grain in the place for it was not there & the ownly Hay
there was in the hands of Mr Hammer an Apostate Mormon &
vary bitter I had put in about 100 lbs of Hay when I started from
Randolph which was all I had to feed the snow was covering
up my waggon I went over to My Horses & gave them a little Hay &
knelt down & prayed for the Lord to Deliver me I could get
No watter to my horses ownly as Brother Rowley who had charge
of the Engine run it upon a trak near my horses & poured me out
4 Buckets of water this I divided between them while I was there
I went to bed at night with the snow still falling & all things looked gloomy
Browse people Wilford Woodruff mentioned on this day in his journal. Click on the person's name to view a short bio and other pages they are mentioned on or click on "View in Family Search" to view their FamilySearch profile.
Browse places mentioned in Wilford Woodruff's journal entry on this day. Click on the place names to view other pages where they are mentioned.
View selected events in the two months surrounding this date in Wilford Woodruff's life. Click on the dates to jump to that day in Wilford Woodruff's journal.
