Day in the Life
Journal Entry
August 25, 1873 ~ Monday
25. Monday we rode 24 Miles up the canyon & camped on
the Blacksmith Fork on the Meadyow in Camp Linlinquist
we met C. C. Rich & Budge & other Men from Bear Lake. we had
in camp 34 waggons, 8 Horsmen 150 Men women & childrn
The Team that John Taylor rode after got frightened ran
Broke the Tongue Brother Taylor was flung out but did not Hurt him
The Team that Thomas Taylor & myself was riding after was
troting vary fast around a short turn & a sideling peace of Gro[u]nd
& I was on the off side & the fore wheel struck a rock which
stoped the waggon & it flung me near 10 feet clear of the waggon
& I struck upon my hands & knees but it happened to be in a
soft Bed of sand & did not hurt me & it was almost the ownly
sof[t] spot I had seen all day by the road side as most of the way it
was rocks & stubs I was almost mirracleously preserved from
being Hurt 24 M[iles]
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Rich, Charles Coulson
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
352 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1954 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, Thomas
26 Jul 1826 - 8 Dec 1900
36 mentions
Budge, William
1828-1919
226 mentions
Missionary
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