I attended council at 10 oclok and took into consid-
eration the Importance of Having committees visit each
county and see that all Elligible voters Register W Wood
ruff & B Yo[u]ng was Appointed to visit Wasach & Uinta Counties
~ Wednesday
30 I received 1 Letter from Milford Waggon Company
I met in council at 10 oclok & attended prayer circle
I prepared to start in the Morning to Ashleys fork
Sept 1. we Met in council with Presidents & Bishops
and held a Meeting in the Evening I was quite sick with
the cholera Morbus & could not attend Meeting B Y[ou]ng
spoke to the people
~ Saturday
2 I was better this morning we had a plesent day. Abram
Hatch the President of the Stake & Bishop Foreman of the 2nd ward
prepared themselves to accompany us to Ashleys fork. we
left Heber City at 11 oclok we rode up the creek to Br W
Foremans saw Mill and nooned we wthen continued on to Strawbury valley whare we camped for the night distance 23 M
The Altitude of this valley is 8000 feet no one living in the valley
it is to high & cold for cultivation it is ownly fit for stock
range in the summer as it is covered with grass in summer
and Deep snows in winter Strawbury Creek abounds with
Mountain trout
I attended council at 10 oclok and took into consideration the Importance of Having committees visit each
county and see that all Elligible voters Register W Woodruff & B Young was Appointed to visit Wasach &
Uinta Counties
~ Wednesday
30 [FIGURE] I received 1 Letter from Milford Waggon Company
I met in council at 10 oclok & attended Prayer Circle
I prepared to start in the Morning to Ashleys fork
Sept 1. we Met in council with Presidents & Bishops
and held a Meeting in the Evening I was quite sick with
the Cholera Morbus & could not attend Meeting B Young
spoke to the people
~ Saturday
2 I was better this morning we had a plesent day. Abram
Hatch the President of the Stake & Bishop Foreman of the 2nd ward
Prepared themselves to accompany us to Ashleys fork. we
left Heber City at 11 oclok we rode up the creek to Br W
Foremans saw Mill and nooned wethen continued on to
Strawbury valley whare we camped for the night distance 23 Miles
The Altitude of this valley is 8000 feet no one living in the valley
it is to high & cold for cultivation it is ownly fit for stock
range in the summer as it is covered with grass in summer
and Deep snows in winter. Strawbury Creek abounds with
Mountain trout
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," August 29, 1882 - September 3, 1882, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed February 8, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/99vD