Day in the Life

Jul 24, 1890

Journal Entry

July 24, 1890 ~ Thursday

[FIGURES] July 24, 1890 Forty Three years ago this day
I Brought President Brigham Young in my carriage
onto the ground upon which Salt Lake City now
stands And to day I rode in my carriage with my
wife Emma & Owen & Alice 14 miles over Jordon to the farm
of President G Q Cannon to celebrate the day


President G Q Cannon & family Joseph F Smith
& family and quite A Number of others were assem-
bled there and we spent the day together rejoicing
in the celebration of the Enterance of the Pioneers into
the valley we had a good day, we spent the day in
social conversation & feasting upon the good things
of the Earth we returned about 6 oclok Distance of the day 28 mils

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Woodruff, Abraham Owen
23 Nov 1872 - 20 Jul 1904
592 mentions
Apostle, Family, Missionary
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3428 mentions
Apostle, Family
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
987 mentions
Family
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2221 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4086 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Mary Alice McEwan
2 Jan 1879 - 14 Jan 1916
208 mentions
Family

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Frank H. Dyer resigns as receiver under accusations of malfeasance of Church property and is replaced by Henry W. Lawrence.

Jul 24, 1890