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Day in the Life

Jun 30, 1881

Journal Entry

June 30, 1881 ~ Thursday

^30^ We rode up Ogden Canyon One of the most Romantic
^[FIGURES]^ canyons in the Rocky mountains and many vary dangerous
Places but when we got into a good place one of the bolts


came out that held the tongue up Droped one side of the tongue
the horses sprung brought the waggon side ways onto a stump
and turned it almost bottom side up all 4 of us was flung
out of the waggon suddnenly onto the ground my wife was
sitting on the nigh side of me was flung clear over my head
and struck onto her feet Brother Parry the driver was flung
flat upon his belly he held on to the lines & stoped the
Horses a large woman setting beside him was flung into the
fore wheel I struck on my hands & knees but sprang to my
feet & caught the woman in the wheel & helped her out
if the horses had draged the waggon any further the woman
in the wheel would have stood a chance to have been killed
but throug the mercy of God we all escaped un hurt
we drove to Eden and escaped unhurt and held a
Meeting at 10:30. F D Richards Prayed W Woodruff spok 35 M[inutes]
RG Reynolds 10 M[inutes], John Smith 8 M[inutes], & John Taylor 70 M[inutes]
we dined at Eden then rode 3 Miles to Huntsville & held
a Meeting at 2:30 in the New Meeting [House] that will seat 1000
peopl & it was full. F D Richards Prayed again G Q Cannon
spoke 45 M[inutes] W Woodruff spoke 11 M[inutes] John Taylor 35 M[inutes]
F D Richards 10, John Smith 10 Br Middleton 5 Br Ham-
mond
3 M[inutes] we spent the night at Br Hammands 15 M[inutes]

People

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Hammond, Francis Asbury
1 Nov 1822 - 27 Nov 1900
26 mentions
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
784 mentions
Apostle
1966 mentions
Apostle
415 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1834 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1544 mentions
Family

Jun 30, 1881