Jan 10, 1870
There were present on the stand the first Presidency the Twelve
Apostles, The officers of the Union &
& of the with Many invited guest
including the officers of
The last was driven By President A large steel
Mallet was used on the occasion made By Mr
it was Elegantly chased on the top, there was Engraved a
Bee-hive surmounted By the inscription under-
neath the were the letters U. C. R. R. The spike
Made of Home made Iron Manufactured By the late
was ornamented like the Mallet & was the work of Brother Lawson Just
Before the ceremony of laying the last rail commenced, the sun, which
during the whole day, had Been completely concealed By clouds
burst forth with unclouded Brilliancy as if determined to Enha-
nce the general Joy By his genial rays After the performance of
the ceremony which took place about 9 minutes past 2 oclok a
salute of 37 guns ^was given^ one for Each mile of the road was when Capt
Brass Band burst forth with their Enlivening strains
after which the following Prayer was offered By
Elder Wilford Woodruff
O, God, our Eternal Father we have assembled on this occasion
to celebrate one of the greatest & grandest Events of the generation
in which we live, and we offer up the gratitude of our hearts
with thanksgiving for thy merciful & protecting care that has
been over us when we were led into these vallies By thy servant
servant Brigham Young, twenty two years ago, we found them
a perfec desert inhabited ownly by wild beast & a few red men
who roamed over the plains. To day we behold the teeming thousands
of the Anglo-Saxon race assembled here to celebrate the completion
of a line of Rail Road into this which has opened up commerce
between us and all the world. Thou has Enabled thy saints who have
gathered here from the Nations of the Earth to fill these vallies of the
Mountains with 600 miles of cities, towns, villages, gardens, orchards,
vineyards, and fields, and the desert has been made to Blossom as the
rose. We should be recreant to our duty did we not acknowledge
the hand of thee our God in thy protecting care that has been over us
Jan 10, 1870
There were present on the stand the first Presidency the Twelve
Apostles, The officers of the Union &
& of the with Many invited guest
including the officers of
The last was driven By President A large steel
Mallet was used on the occasion made By Mr
it was Elegantly chased on the top, there was Engraved a
Bee-hive surmounted By the inscription underneath the were the letters U. C. R. R. The spike
Made of Home made Iron Manufactured By the late
was ornamented like the Mallet & was the work of Brother Lawson Just
Before the ceremony of laying the last rail commenced, the sun, which
during the whole day, had Been completely concealed By clouds
burst forth with unclouded Brilliancy as if determined to Enhance the general Joy By his genial rays After the performance of
the ceremony which took place about 9 minutes past 2 oclok a
salute of 37 guns was given one for Each mile of the road when Capt
Brass Band burst forth with their Enlivening strains
after which the following Prayer was offered By
Elder Wilford Woodruff
O, God, our Eternal Father we have assembled on this occasion
to celebrate one of the greatest & grandest Events of the generation
in which we live, and we offer up the gratitude of our hearts
with thanksgiving for thy merciful & protecting care that has
been over us when we were led into these vallies By thy
servant Brigham Young, twenty two years ago, we found them
a perfec desert inhabited ownly by wild beast & a few red men
who roamed over the plains. To day we behold the teeming thousands
of the Anglo-Saxon race assembled here to celebrate the completion
of a line of Rail Road into this which has opened up commerce
between us and all the world. Thou has Enabled thy saints who have
gathered here from the Nations of the Earth to fill these vallies of the
Mountains with 600 miles of cities, towns, villages, gardens, orchards,
vineyards, and fields, and the desert has been made to Blossom as the
rose. We should be recreant to our duty did we not acknowledge
the hand of thee our God in thy protecting care that has been over us
