July 1. I signed 23 Recommends I receivd 18 Letter
~ Wednesday
2 I signed 25 Recommends I receivd 20 Letters
~ Thursday
3rd I spent the day preparing to go to the Mountains
~ Friday
4JulyIndependance In company with Emma I took cars
& rode over the Mountain to Kimballs there met my carriages
which we got aboard off & rode to Wonship to Rockport
& to Peoa then East up the Mountain some 10 miles there
we camped on the South Fork of the Weber River Distance
of the day 60 Miles we pitched our tents regulated our camp
& spent the night. Asahel & Ovando camped 60 Mils
East of us near a Mile with James Gibson & [Jacob] Howard
~ Saturday
5 I felt weary this Morning but went fishing I caught
ownly 1, Asahel & co caught 20 Owen & co 12. the River was high & fishing poor
~ Sunday
July 6 Sunday some of the Brethren lost 3 Horses they
went to hunt them the rest of us staid in camp
~ Monday
67th Several of the Brethren Hunted Horses The rest of us
staid in camp reading
~ Tuesday
8 The day was spent fishing Mostly all caught a few
in the Evening a large Bond fire was built which was
kept up untill near Midnight
~ Friday
June 27, 1890
I signed 10 Recommends I received 12 Letters I wrote
2 Letters to Sarah & Susan
July 1. I signed 23 Recommends I receivd 18 Letter
~ Wednesday
2 I signed 25 Recommends I receivd 20 Letters
~ Thursday
3rd I spent the day preparing to go to the Mountains
~ Friday
4JulyIndependance In company with Emma I took cars
& rode over the Mountain to Kimballs there met my carriages
which we got aboard off & rode to Wonship to Rockport
& to Peoa then East up the Mountain some 10 miles there
we camped on the South Fork of the Weber River Distance
of the day 60 Miles we pitched our tents regulated our camp
& spent the night. Asahel & Ovando camped 60 Mils
East of us near a Mile with James Gibson & Jacob Howard
~ Saturday
5 I felt weary this Morning but went fishing I caught
ownly 1, Asahel & co caught 20 Owen & co 12. the
River was high & fishing poor
~ Sunday
July 6 Sunday some of the Brethren lost 3 Horses they
went to hunt them the rest of us staid in camp
~ Monday
7th Several of the Brethren Hunted Horses The rest of us
staid in camp reading
~ Tuesday
8 The day was spent fishing Mostly all caught a few
in the Evening a large Bond fire was built which was
kept up untill near Midnight
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," June 27, 1890 - July 8, 1890, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 15, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/lRBJ