Day in the Life
Journal Entry
December 07, 1847 ~ Tuesday
7th We rode [to] Br Dailys 3 miles it rained, Hailed, & froze, which made
bad travling we found the brethren building the meeting House
in the Afternoon in company with B Young H C Kimball W.
Richards I rode through a cold Hail storm to the ferry & Had some
difficulty in getting across the river 16 mils
I spent the night at home
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3435 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Daley, Moses
16 Apr 1794 - 9 Dec 1865
5 mentions
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
541 mentions
Apostle
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Wilford arrives in Council Bluffs/Kanesville, Iowa.
Log tabernacle built in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
First Presidency reorganized with Brigham Young as President of the Church.
Brigham Young sustained as President of the Church by Church membership.
Treaty signed ending Mexican-American War. Mexico cedes to United States: present day California, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona, and Colorado.