August 17, 1879 ~ Sunday Aug 17, 1879 ^Sunday^ Ammon M Tenney arived last night we attended the sabbath school in the forenoon Br Bigelow Presided at the close I addressed the children. I met at 2 oclok nearly all the inhabitants of the Place Mexicans Gentiles & Saints A large assembly I read the vision and spok an hour and all gave good attention. At the close of the meeting we met with about 30 Mexicans A M Tenney read and talked to them in spanish about one hour ...

November 20, 1879 ~ Thursday Nov 20, 1879 I spent the day helping to pack up for moving I read a report the day I dreamed at night of being at home which will be fulfilled November 21, 1879 ~ Friday 21. We hitched up our team and drove across the valley 4 miles in 8 inches of snow, And drove up a steep rocky Bluff we had 4 waggons 3 yoak of Oxen a span of muels & Horses it took us half a day to get to the top of ...

Nov 22, 1879 slept untill 12 oclok and I awoke and my Monitor guide or spirit of the Lord call it by what name you will said to me arise, tarry not, go to Sunset council A M Tenney to close the bargin buy St John and send the missionaries to take possession of the Colorado Meadows for much depends upon your action in this matter. According to this instruction I November 23, 1879 ~ Sunday ^23^ arose early and prepared myself and left the place in company ...

Dec 110, 1879 I also drank a surrup made of Hops and Onions. I received [FIGURE] 4 letters to day from Bulah, Leslie, Nellie, & A M Tenney concerning the Purchase of St John I got an interesting letter from Bulah. Brother Wakefield arived as a Messenger from Br Tenney with the Letters December 11, 1879 ~ Thursday 11 I received Letters from G Teasdale & J. C. Owens Jr. I ...

January 1, 1880 ~ Thursday Jan 1, 1880 Jan 1, 1880 How these figures look to me I was born March 1, 1807 if I was to live untill 18087 I should be 80 years of age but how long I shall live & remain in the flesh God ownly Knows. This year opens with a prospect of Great hostility of our government against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and the Kingdom of God Esstablished in Utah and adjoining Territories in the rocky Moun- tains, the ...

January 5, 1880 ~ Monday Jan 5, 1880 [FIGURES] we rode to Perkins Camp I ordained John H Perkins to the office of a seventy and set him apart to his mission to the lamanites we then rode to Hatches Camp I there set apart a man as a missionary. We then drove to Br Domaciano Garabe house and camped for the night, this is the main camp for the brethren who are going to take possession of the Land we had purchased from the ...

Jan 7, 1880 we drove to Woodruff and held a meeting Lot Smith spoke 40 M[inutes] L Hatch 20, W Woodruff 15 M[inutes]. I spent the night with Br Hatch 30 Miles January 8, 1880 ~ Thursday Jan 8. [FIGURE] Mrs Richards we drove to St Joseph arived at 1 oclok we were informed that Martha Jane Richards gave birth to a pair of Twin daughter one was born 24 hours after the other but thought she was doing well after ...

Feb 1, 1880 with the cold which seemed remarkable to me considering my age having passed through seventy ^three^ winters. On my arival at [FIGURE] I had a package of 18 letters awaiting me from Georg Reynolds J Jaques, Henry A Woodruff, M F Farnsworth, J G Bleak, J McAllister D H Cannon, G. Q. Cannon, G Teasdale, L. J. Nuttall, Warren M Johnson,

[sideways text] John W Young to W Woodruff Sept 1880 Received Sept 11 [end of sideways text] STOVER & CO., GENERAL MERCHANDISE, WOOL, HIDES, PELTS, WAGONS, CARRIAGES, &C. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, Sept 2nd 1880. Prest W. Woodruff Dear Bro: I write you in regard to the St. John purchase. It seem the Lord has indeed moved upon those Barth Bros. I saw two of them last night. "Saul" the oldest & the one, says he must have 125 first class cows the ...

W. Woodruff & Jesse N. Smith St John Country Oct 232 [18]79 [upside-down text] President John Taylor [end of upside-down text] Sunset Oct. 9, 1879. To President John Taylor and Council Dear Brethren A few days ago I sent a let- ter to Bro. Erastus Snow sug- gesting the importance of having a company in Utah to ^come^ and buy out St. John. Since that time, in conversation with Bro. Jesse N. Smith, I learn that the St ...