Under Compromise of 1850, Congress created the Utah Territory; Brigham Young appointed as Governor.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
September 16, 1850 ~ Monday
16th A plesant morning we travled to the south pass I here
found capt Petty & Hardy & company camped on the sweet water
Capt Hardy was stuck fast one yoke of His oxen had died & the
Indians Had stolen his Horses & He could not move He was furnished
with A team & we all moved on to the Pacific springs & camped
distance 16 miles we turned our cattle on to the ground of
the pacific springs it was all quagmire yet covered with grass I
17waided to my knees in mud & water untill midnight among the oxen
to keep them from the mire
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Petty, Robert C.
abt. 1812-1856
34 mentions
Hardy, Samuel Bradford
21 Sep 1804 - 9 Sep 1899
48 mentions
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Woodruffs arrive in Salt Lake Valley and live in cabins Wilford built in 1847.