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Day in the Life

Jul 24, 1884

Journal Entry

July 24, 1884 ~ Thursday

July 24, 1884
[FIGURES] 37 years ago to day I brought President
Brigham Young in my carriage into the valley of
the Great Salt Lake the first time He Ever saw the
valley. The Twelve who came were ^1^ B. Young ^2^ H C Kimball
^3^ W Richards ^4^ O Pratt, ^5^ W. Woodruff, ^6^ G A Smith, ^7^ E. Snow
^8^ E. T. Benson ^9^ A Lyman 9. The other Thre of the Twelve
followed us the same season or soon After ^10^ TJ Taylor
^11^ P P Pratt & ^12^ O Hyde. Nine out of these 12 men
are in the spirit world to day and but 3 of us living
viz J Taylor W Woodruff & E Snow and time must
determin how long before we shall be Numbered with
them I spent this 24th quietly resting in my own house
Also C C Rich Died in Bear Lake valley

People

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Lyman, Amasa Mason
30 Mar 1813 - 4 Feb 1877
287 mentions
Apostle
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Rich, Charles Coulson
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
344 mentions
Apostle
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
641 mentions
Apostle
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
366 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1376 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1403 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1837 mentions
Apostle
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
673 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1035 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Parley Parker
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
524 mentions
Apostle
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
519 mentions
Apostle

Places

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Bear Lake Valley, Idaho and Utah Territories
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Jul 24, 1884