23rd At my request, Prests. Cannon and
Smith are to accompany me to the
coast.
~ Monday
24th At home today, getting ready for
my trip
~ Tuesday
25th Took baggage to the cars and went
on board at 5:50 p.m. for the north,
to Ogden, Logan, and at Pocatello we
spent several hours. I am accompanied
by my wife, Emma, and daughters, Blanche Alice, and Clara and Ovando Beebe, and Phoebe Scholes, my granddaughter.
~ Wednesday
26th I had a bad night; did not
sleep. we had traveled through
dust all day. We stopped a while
at Nampa. We agreed to take Steamer
at Vancouver for Alaska. Mr Millis
called upon us fourabout transportation to Portland. It is quite hot to day, 70 deg.
altitude 300. Am much better today
being in a low altitude. We had a
great deal of dust today. We passed
large young fruit orchards and many
improvements. We crossed the Snake
River and were in sight of the river
a good deal of the day. We traveled
in the evening for forty miles through
~ Sunday
23rd At my request, Prests. Cannon and
Smith are to accompany me to the
coast.
26th I had a bad night; did not
sleep. we had traveled through
dust all day. We stopped a while
at Nampa. We agreed to take Steamer
at Vancouver for Alaska. Mr Millis
called upon usabout transportation to
Portland. It is quite hot to day, 70 deg.
altitude 300. Am much better today
being in a low altitude. We had a
great deal of dust today. We passed
large young fruit orchards and many
improvements. We crossed the Snake
River and were in sight of the river
a good deal of the day. We traveled
in the evening for forty miles through
"Journal (January 1893 – April 1897)," June 23, 1895 - June 26, 1895, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/7pDr
