[FIGURES] July 24, 1885
This is the Aniversary of the Arival of the Pioneers into Salt
Lake Valley. I carried President Brigham Young in my carriag
through Emigration Canyon into the valley of the Great Salt Lake
38 years ago this day And this is the day Appointed By the President of the United States, The General of the Armey, &
Gov Murry to send An Armey unto Salt Lake to Destory
the Mo[r]mons if they Put the flag at half mast And yet in
the Providence of God President Cleavland was under the
necessity of commanding all the People of the United States
to place the flag at half mast on that particular day And
Gov Murry commanded the People of Salt [Lake] to do the same
for Gen Grant was Dead and the Lord had prepared him
as a scape Goat to bear of the sins of the Mormons
We drove to Mayfield and Nooned then drove to [blank]
we spent the night with Br George Gates Distance of the day 30 m[iles]
26 Sunday ^[FIGURE]^ we drove to Elsemore and I was vary
sick on the Road we stoped at Bishops Sylvesters, Joshua
Wm Sylvester. After Dinner the Rest of the Brethren
went I staid untill 6 oclk. Then Br Sylvester tooke
me in the carriage & drove me 14 mils into the Canyon
we spent the night with a Brother distance of the day 122 m[iles]
~ Monday
27 I fished in Clear Creek half a day & caught 25 trout
But I got vary weary. we left Clear Creek at 3 oclok
& drove 35 Miles to Beaver & stoped with John R Murdock 40 M[iles]
~ Tuesday
28 We drove to Parawan & spent the Night with Brother Marsden Distance of the day 35 Mils
~ Friday
FIGURES July 24, 1885
This is the Aniversary of the Arival of the Pioneers into Salt
Lake Valley. I carried President Brigham Young in my carriag
through Emigration Canyon into the valley of the Great Salt Lake
38 years ago this day And this is the day Appointed By the
President of the United States, The General of the Armey, &
Gov Murry to send An Armey unto Salt Lake to Destory
the Mormons if they Put the flag at half mast And yet in
the Providence of God President Cleavland was under the
necessity of commanding all the People of the United States
to place the flag at half mast on that particular day And
Gov Murry commanded the People of Salt Lake to do the same
for Gen Grant was Dead and the Lord had prepared him
as a scape Goat to bear of the sins of the Mormons
We drove to Mayfield and Nooned then drove to [blank]
we spent the night with Br George Gates Distance of the day 30 miles
26 Sunday [FIGURE] we drove to Elsemore and I was vary
sick on the Road we stoped at Bishops Sylvesters, Joshua
Wm Sylvester. After Dinner the Rest of the Brethren
went I staid untill 6 oclk. Then Br Sylvester tooke
me in the carriage & drove me 14 mils into the Canyon
we spent the night with a Brother distance of the day22 miles
~ Monday
27 I fished in Clear Creek half a day & caught 25 trout
But I got vary weary. we left Clear Creek at 3 oclok
& drove 35 Miles to Beaver & stoped with John R Murdock 40 Miles
~ Tuesday
28 We drove to Parawan & spent the Night with Brother
Marsden Distance of the day 35 Mils
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," July 24, 1885 - July 28, 1885, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 24, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Br0N