I spent the day in Preparing to take a Journey to Calafornia
to Attend the State Fair with G A Smith & G Q Cannon
I took up a collection for G. A. Smith to Bear his Expenses
I collected $1658 which I paid over to him
~ Sunday
8. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the Morning &
attended Meeting in the Tabernacle all day. Benjamin Hulse
spoke in the Morning one hour & G. Q Cannon one hour & 10 M
I met with the Presidency & Twelve for Prayer I received 2 letters from Wilford & Susan & wrote one to Wilford
~ Monday
9th In company with G. A. SmithG. Q. Cannon & A M
Musser I took cars at S L City for Calafornia left at 3 oclok
& took cars at Ogden at 6 oclok it was soon dark so we could see
Nothing but we took sleeping cars & soon went to bed
~ Tuesday
10. When I arose this morning I found myself in the Humbolt
valley & not feeling vary well did not sleep much. We took
breakfast at Carlin, paid $1. Went through the Palisade Canyon
The whole Humbolt Valley has ownly small settlements at rail
road stations, & occupied By Herd Ranches, mostly Barren
salaratus sage Plains, some good herd grounds
~ Wednesday
11 This Morning found us at Trucky at the foot of the Nevadiaa Mountains we had a view of the Lake whare the company
of Emigrants perished in 1847. Mrs Murphy & children were
among the Number. We went to the summit & took breakfast
It was a vary grand scenery in crossing the Sire Nevada Mountains
As we passed the place called Cape Horn the cars stoped so we
could take a good view of the scene it was said to be 1 1/2 miles abot
perpendicular down to the bottom the American River looked like
a Ribon of silver in the valley below us we soon passed down
in to the Sacramento vally. The country looked dry & parched
we stoped but a short time in Sacramento & passed on to San
Francisco we had to take a steemer & cross the bay we arived
at abot 8 oclok in the evening & put up at the lick House 900 M[iles]
~ Thursday
12 We found the lick House to possess vary fine accomodations
Their dining Hall was said to be the finest known in the
world. G. A. Smith & Myself two bed rooms & one sitting room
together we took breakfast at 8 oclok. We then commenced
~ Saturday
Sept 7, 1872
I spent the day in Preparing to take a Journey to Calafornia
to Attend the State Fair with G A Smith & G Q Cannon
I took up a collection for G. A. Smith to Bear his Expenses
I collected $158 which I paid over to him
~ Sunday
8. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the Morning &
attended Meeting in the Tabernacle all day Benjamin Hulse
spoke in the Morning one hour & G. Q. Cannon one hour & 10 Minutes
I met with the Presidency & Twelve for Prayer I received 2 letters
FIGURES from Wilford & Susan & wrote one to Wilford
~ Monday
9th [FIGURE] In company with G. A. SmithG. Q. Cannon & A M
Musser I took cars at S L City for Calafornia left at 3 oclok
& took cars at Ogden at 6 oclok it was soon dark so we could see
Nothing But we took sleeping cars & soon went to bed
~ Tuesday
10. When I arose this morning I found myself in the Humbolt
valley & not feeling vary well did not sleep much. we took
breakfast at Carlin, paid $1. went through the Palisade canyon
The whole Humbolt Valley has ownly small settlements at RailRoad Stations, & occupied By Herd Ranches, mostly Barren
salaratus sage Plains, some good herd grounds
~ Wednesday
11 This Morning found us at Trucky at the foot of the
Nevada Mountains we had a view of the Lake whare the company
of Emigrants perished in 1847. Mrs Murphy & children were
among the Number. We went to the summit & took breakfast
It was a vary grand scenery in crossing the Sire Nevada Mountains
As we passed the place called Cape Horn the cars stoped so we
could take a good view of the scene it was said to be 1 1/2 miles abot
perpendicular down to the bottom the American River looked like
a Ribon of Silver in the valley below us we soon passed down
in to the Sacramento vally. The country looked dry & parched
we stoped but a short time in Sacramento & passed on to San
Francisco we had to take a steemer & cross the bay we arived
at abot 8 oclok in the Evening & put up at the lich House 900 Miles
~ Thursday
12 We found the lick House to possess vary fine accomodations
Their dining Hall was said to be the finest known in the
world. G. A. Smith & Myself two bed rooms & one sitting Room
together we took breakfast at 8 oclok. We then commenced
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