and spent most of the day in the office reading letters I met with
3 of the 12 for Prayer
~ Sunday
23rd Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning and attended
meeting at the Tabernacle Presidents Young & Kimball preached in the
morning also Brother Holladay all the Presidency preached in the afternoon
Presidents Young gave a great deal of good teaching & instruction as well
as the others.
I preached in the Evening at the 14 ward school Houce
and spent the evening at President Youngs office. The mail came in today
~ Monday
4 we obtained the mail today I learned that Dr Hickman Brother
^to^ Wm Hickman was shot deat through the Head at Pikes Peak.
I am preparing to go North with the president this morning
Presidents YoungKimball & wells with a large company atwith about
30 carriages & waggons started For Cash valley soon after we started
it began to rain and it rained for some two hours we drove to Farmington & spent the night. I spent the night with Ezra Clark 16 miles
~ Tuesday
5th We rode to Branch Creek & nooned, then proceeded to Ogden
& camped I spent the night at Aaron Farr's with J. Taylor
& J. Horn. The Encampments was Formed in the yard of Bishop West. The Presidency stoped with Bishop West distance 24 miles
~ Wednesday
6 We visited Bishop Wests Tanery. we then started For Box
Elder whare we arived about 4 oclok I dined with the Bishop
and spent with Brother Lorenzo Snow. He has a fine location
a good grist mill & saw Mill & the best wddwelling house in the
city and the best garden in the North Country. We held a
meeting with the Saints in Box Elder President Young Preached
Followed by President Kimball
~ Thursday
7 We left Box Elder & passed through the Eastern Canyon into a
small valley whare the surplus stock is kept we then passed into another
small valley whare there was a shallow lake covering about 100 acres
with stock water good range & grass but no stock in the valley. we
then rode over into Cash valley, & stoped for the night at wellsville
18 1/2 miles from Box Elder This is the First time wI was ever in
Cash valley A Public Dinner was got up for the company after
dinner The Presidency walked out on a Bench & Located the public
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and spent most of the day in the office reading letters I met with
3 of the 12 for Prayer
~ Sunday
3rd Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning and attended
meeting at the Tabernacle Presidents Young & Kimball preached in the
morning also Brother Holladay all the Presidency preached in the afternoon
Presidents Young gave a great deal of good teaching & instruction as well
as the others.
I preached in the Evening at the 14 ward school Houce
and spent the evening at President Youngs office. The mail came in today
~ Monday
4 we obtained the mail today I learned that Dr Hickman Brother
to Wm Hickman was shot deat through the Head at Pikes Peak.
I am preparing to go North with the president this morning
Presidents YoungKimball & Wells with a large companywith about
30 Carriages & waggons started For Cash valley soon after we started
it began to rain and it rained for some two hours we drove to
Farmington & spent the night. I spent the night with Ezra Clark 16 miles
~ Tuesday
5th We rode to Branch Creek & nooned, then proceeded to Ogden
& camped I spent the night at Aaron Farr's with J. Taylor
& J. Horn. The Encampments was Formed in the yard of Bishop
West. The Presidency stoped with Bishop West distance 24 miles
~ Wednesday
6 We visited Bishop Wests Tanery, we then started For Box
Elder whare we arived about 4 oclok I dined with the Bishop
and spent with Brother Lorenzo Snow. He has a fine location
a good grist mill & saw Mill & the best dwelling house in the
city and the best garden in the North Country. We held a
meeting with the Saints in Box Elder President Young Preached
Followed by President Kimball
~ Thursday
7 We left Box Elder & passed through the Eastern Canyon into a
small valley whare the surplus stock is kept we then passed into another
small valley whare there was a shallow lake covering about 100 acres
with stock water good range & grass but no stock in the valley. we
then rode over into Cash Valley, & stoped for the night at wellsville
18 1/2 miles from Box Elder. This is the First time I was ever in
Cash Valley. A Public Dinner was got up for the company after
dinner The Presidency walked out on a Bench & Located the public
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," June 2, 1860 - June 7, 1860, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/66ER