to be located 6 miles from the base of the mountain on the
east the fort on the west we then road to the present
location of fort Harmony 3 miles making 18 1/2 miles by
the rodeometer & 287 miles from Salt Lake City 287
this is a good grazing country & a splendid mountain
scenery. The brethren are trying to take out the stream
of waters called Ash Creek to water their farming land
they have carried it 6 miles & have ito carry it 2 mils
further to get it onto their new field which is made by
the missionaries who were sent out last winter from
Salt Lake Rufus Allen is their captain John D Lee has now
charge of their old fort. Fort Harmony is 15 miles
from the Rio vergin. I went fishing but caught nothing
though it was said that there were some small trout in
it. I then went ionto the top of the canyon through which
runs Ash creek 1/2 mile south of the fort in company with
T Bullock & Samuel Atwood & in about 2 Hours we rolled
into the canyon 1000 feet below about 50 tons of rock we
rolled off one would weigh about 5 tons it fell about 200
feet perpendicular struck a shelf of rock & took the shelf
with it it landed in the creek & sent a sheet of water
about 50 feet into the Air we made a good deal of thunder
for a while. after being weary of this we returned to the
fort & found the people assembled in meeting President Young
Had spoken & P. P. Pratt neither of which I herd Presidt
Kimball was speaking when I came in He spoke well
He said that if the Brethren would be faithful & united they
would have great blessings that they would bring great good to
Israel that there would soon be thousands of the Lamanites that
would be gatherd together & saved & they would have revelation
& they would do a great work in this kingdom.
Then Lorenzo Snow ^Young^ spoke & had the spirit of God upon him &
profisied upon many things but ther was no reporting of
any part of the meeting ownly T. D. Brown took a minute of presidents
Young speech which He gave me which is with our reports in
the Historians office Thomas Bullock & myself reported all
the Presidnts sermons when we were present as we were app[oin]ted
the Historian & clerk of the camp. At the dismissall of the
meeting I went to my waggon & spent the night with Sprague
& Angel
~ Saturday
Saturday 20th May we rode back on the bench on our return
home 3 miles & the company stoped & President Young located
a new fort ground to be called fort Harmony T Bullock took an
accont of it in his Journal it is a good location a great
quantity of Grass & good soil we than rode to the creek
& nooned we then rode to Cedar City & spent the nigh 18 1/2 mils
abotut 20 miles south of fort Harmony we desend a great distance
into another climate on the Rio Virgin there is a kind of fruit
there that covers thousands of Acres that is vary choice its
flavor is betwen a strawbury & cranbury Wm C Stains
has some of it growing in his gardin
to be located 6 miles from the base of the mountain on the east the fort on the west we then road to the present location of fort Harmony 3 miles making 18 1/2 miles by the rodeometer & 287 miles from Salt Lake City 287
this is a good grazing country & a splendid mountain scenery. The brethren are trying to take out the stream of waters called Ash Creek to water their farming land they have carried it 6 miles & have to carry it 2 mils further to get it onto their new field which is made by the missionaries who were sent out last winter from Salt Lake Rufus Allen is their captain John D Lee has now charge of their old fort. Fort Harmony is 15 miles from the Rio vergin. I went fishing but caught nothing though it was said that there were some small trout in it. I then wentonto the top of the canyon through which runs Ash creek 1/2 mile south of the fort in company with T Bullock & Samuel Atwood & in about 2 Hours we rolled into the canyon 1000 feet below about 50 tons of rock we rolled off one would weigh about 5 tons it fell about 200 feet perpendicular struck a shelf of rock & took the shelf with it it landed in the creek & sent a sheet of water about 50 feet into the Air we made a good deal of thunder for a while. after being weary of this we returned to the fort & found the people assembled in meeting President Young Had spoken & P. P. Pratt neither of which I herd President Kimball was speaking when I came in. He spoke well [FIGURE] He said that if the Brethren would be faithful & united they would have great blessings that they would bring great good to Israel that there would soon be thousands of the Lamanites that would be gatherd together & saved & they would have revelation & they would do a great work in this kingdom.
Then LorenzoYoung spoke & had the spirit of God upon him & profisied upon many things but ther was no reporting of any part of the meeting ownly T. D. Brown took a minute of president Youngs speech which He gave me which is with our reports in the Historians office Thomas Bullock & myself reported all the Presidents sermons when we were present as we was appointed the Historian & clerk of the camp. At the dismissall of the meeting I went to my waggon & spent the night with Sprague & Angel
~ Saturday
Saturday 20th May we rode back on the bench on our return home 3 miles & the company stoped & President Young located a new fort ground to be called fort Harmony T Bullock took an account of it in his Journal it is a good location a great quantity of Grass & good soil we than rode to the creek & nooned we then rode to Cedar City & spent the night 18 1/2 miles about 20 miles south of fort Harmony we desend a great distance into another climate on the Rio Virgin there is a kind of fruit there that covers thousands of Acres that is vary choice its flavor is betwen a strawbury & cranbury Wm C Stains has some of it growing in his gardin
