Day in the Life

Aug 16, 1872

Journal Entry

August 16, 1872 ~ Friday

16. I Left S. L. City in company with Presidents Young & G. A. Smith
J Taylor, G Q Cannon B. Young jr J. F. Smith & several others we took cars
rode to Box Elder changed to Narrow track & rode to terminus took
carriages & Rode to Logan to hold a 2 days Meeting 100 M[iles]

I stoped Bwith Br Thatcher two of his sons George & John, while
in Calafornia killed a Mountain Lion or Panther with their
Hands & feet without any weapon that measured 9 feet from
tip of nose to End of tail 2 1/2 feet high & weighed 160 lbs He Jumped on
to Johns Back in a dark night He caught him around the Jaw bak

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3426 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
578 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1431 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2238 mentions
Apostle
Thatcher, Hezekiah
25 Aug 1809 - 27 Apr 1879
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1945 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4104 mentions
Apostle

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I stoped Bwith Br Thatcher two of his sons George & John, while in Calafornia killed a Mountain Lion or Panther with their Hands & feet without any weapon that measured 9 feet from tip of nose to End of tail 2 1/2 feet high & weighed 160 lbs He Jumped on to Johns Back in a dark night He caught him around the Jaw bak
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Aug 16, 1872