March 25th 1878
we drove to Beaver and spent the night at Br Murdocks 36 M[iles]
we had a Rainy night
~ Tuesday
26. we drove to Cove Fort, had a hard snow storm 35 M[iles]
~ Wednesday
27 We drove East through the Romantic Canyon
and Mountain scenery to the city of Joseph took dinner
then rode to Richfield and spent the night with Br Thurber 36 M[iles]
we held a Meeting E Snow spoke 71 Meetinginutes He spoke
on the clensing of the body and raising fruit W Woodruff
spoke 25 Minuts, Then talked with the Brethren on the
United Order. Took Dinner then rode to Salina 16 M[iles]
Held a Meeting in the Evening W Woodruff spoke 40 Minuts
E Snow 17, Brother Spencer spoke 5 M[inutes] spent the night
at Br Ezra L Curtis House
~ Friday
29. We rode to Petty ville. Took dinner with L D Bunce
On the Bank of the Sanpete Creek We then rode to Manti and held a Meeting in the Evening W Woodruff
spoke 360 Minuts Had Present a Prysbeterian Minister
and his members distance 30 M[iles]
~ Saturday
30. I sent Message to St George. We went to the Tithing
Office looked at the plan of the Temple read the Account
of the American piping Manufacturing Company in the
Afternoon we rode onto the Temple Ground examined the
4 walls 1000 feet long 17 High 3 feet thick. saw the
Effect of a Blast of 800 lb of powder under the moun-
tain 40 feet high. Trench 25 feet under the hill & 35
in the shape of a [FIGURE] it lifted & Broak 9000 yards of
Rock and Earth We then rode to Ephrain & spent the night 7 M[iles]
~ Monday
March 25th 1878
we drove to Beaver and spent the night at Br Murdocks 36 Miles
we had a Rainy night
~ Tuesday
26. we drove to Cove Fort, had a hard snow storm 35 Miles
~ Wednesday
27 We drove East through the Romantic Canyon
and Mountain scenery to the city of Joseph took dinner
then rode to Richfield and spent the night with Br Thurber 36 Miles
we held a Meeting E Snow spoke 71 Minutes He spoke
on the clensing of the body and raising fruit W Woodruff
spoke 25 Minuts, Then talked with the Brethren on the
United Order. Took Dinner then rode to Salina 16 Miles
Held a Meeting in the Evening W Woodruff spoke 40 Minuts
E Snow 17, Brother Spencer spoke 5 Minutes spent the night
at Br Ezra L Curtis House
~ Friday
29. We rode to Petty ville. Took dinner with L D Bunce
On the Bank of the Sanpete Creek We then rode to
Manti and held a Meeting in the Evening W Woodruff
spoke60 Minuts Had Present a Prysbeterian Minister
and his members distance 30 Miles
~ Saturday
30. I sent Message to St George. We went to the Tithing
Office looked at the plan of the Temple read the Account
of the American piping Manufacturing Company in the
Afternoon we rode onto the Temple Ground examined the
4 walls 1000 feet long 17 High 3 feet thick. saw the
Effect of a Blast of 800 lb of powder under the mountain 40 feet high. Trench 25 feet under the hill & 35
in the shape of a [FIGURE] it lifted & Broak 9000 yards of
Rock and Earth We then rode to Ephrain & spent the night 7 Miles
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," March 25, 1878 - March 30, 1878, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 24, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/pQLp
