25 I rode in company with Elder T Kington to Webber & spent
the night with him I was sent to webber by Govornor Young
to locate the fort for the inhabitants they could not agree
among themselves they had moved it several times & still
were dissatisfyed. 40 mls
~ Friday
26th I rode throughout the webber Settlement on both sides
of the river & examined the whole country & collected the
whole people together at 12 oclock & I preached to them
two hours & herd them talk 2 hours more I then esstabli
shed the fort on the North side South Side of the river in the
midst of the farming lands I was weary at night & spent
the night at Brother Kingtons
~ Saturday
27th [FIGURE] I left webber & rode to Salt Lake City through hard
rain showars was wet I then mounted a hors & rode
to John Benbows on Cotton wood & spent the nigh 50 mls Wm Benbow with two Daughters had arived from Wisconsin & was at John Benbows has also visited me
several times
~ Sunday
28th Sunday I baptized Wm Benbow & two Daughters Ann & Marion Benbow & confirmed them, & then rode
with Wm & John Benbow & to the City I was quite unwell
I attended meeting several spoke 12 mls
29th I done some business with J M. Bernhisel took some
goods to sell at 15 percent Brother Barnes comm[enc]ed to hay today
~ Tuesday
30th I spent the day choreing drawing lumber &c
I baptized a Brother Brown & confir[m]ed him
~ Wednesday
31st I spent the day choreing
~ Thursday to ~ Saturday
Sept 1 to 3 I spent the [time] labouring about home
~ Sunday
4th Sunday Meeting was addressed by Lorenzo Snow & O Hyde
in the fore part of the day & in the afternoon by P. P. Pratt who spoke
much to the edifycation of the people
~ Monday to ~ Saturday
5th to 10th President Young had opened City Creek Canyon
to some of his friends to draw wood from I drew 12
load of wood this week
18th Sunday meeting was addressed by S. M. Blair in the fore
part of the day & by P P Pratt in the Afternoon
~ Thursday
25 I rode in company with Elder T Kington to Webber & spent
the night with him I was sent to webber by Govornor Young
to locate the fort for the inhabitants they could not agree
among themselves they had moved it several times & still
were dissatisfyed. 40 mls
~ Friday
26th I rode throughout the webber Settlement on both sides
of the river & examined the whole country & collected the
whole people together at 12 oclock & I preached to them
two hours & herd them talk 2 hours more I then esstabli
shed the fort on the South Side of the river in the
midst of the farming lands I was weary at night & spent
the night at Brother Kingtons
~ Saturday
27th [FIGURE] I left webber & rode to Salt Lake City through hard
rain showars was wet I then mounted a hors & rode
to John Benbows on Cotton wood & spent the nigh 50 mlsWm Benbow with two Daughters had arived from
Wisconsin & was at John Benbows has also visited me
several times
~ Sunday
28th Sunday I baptized Wm Benbow & two Daughters
Ann & Marion Benbow & confirmed them, & then rode
with Wm & John Benbow & to the City I was quite unwell
I attended meeting several spoke 12 mls
29th I done some business with J M. Bernhisel took some
goods to sell at 15 percent Brother Barnes commenced to hay today
~ Tuesday
30th I spent the day choreing drawing lumber &c
I baptized a Brother Brown & confirmed him
~ Wednesday
31st I spent the day choreing
~ Thursday to ~ Saturday
Sept 1 to 3 I spent the time labouring about home
~ Sunday
4th Sunday Meeting was addressed by Lorenzo Snow & O Hyde
in the fore part of the day & in the afternoon by P. P. Pratt who spoke
much to the edifycation of the people
~ Monday to ~ Saturday
5th to 10th President Young had opened City Creek Canyon
to some of his friends to draw wood from I drew 12
load of wood this week
"Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)," August 25, 1853 - September 18, 1853, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/YEmA