Mary Ann Jackson and her 19-day-old son James start journey to Salt Lake Valley with Wilford's father Aphek.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
August 04, 1847 ~ Wednesday
4th I met in council this morning with the Twelve to set upon
case brought up By Br Gribble concerning improper conduct
of one or two men with his wife there was contradictory test
emony & the case was finally dismissed for the time being. we
again met in council concerning the size of the temple square
it was finally considered we could not do justice to 40 acres to
begin with & finally concluded to confine the Temple & gard[ing] [page covered]
to 10 acres. After council I rode with G. A. Smith to the mountai[n] [page covered]
to find some timber to put us up a small building for a store House &
men also commenced to day to prepare ground to commenced ma[king] [page covered]
Dobys for puting up a fort
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Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1438 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Tubbs, Sophia Hulda Smith Gribble
1829-1903
1 mention
Gribble, William
abt. 1818-aft. 1860
1 mention
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Advance company arrives in Salt Lake Valley (still Mexican territory at the time); sets up camp.
Wilford arrives in Salt Lake Valley with Brigham Young and plants potatoes.
Wilford first to climb Ensign Peak.
Location for Salt Lake Temple Block designated by Brigham Young (originally 40 acres).
First bowery built on Temple Block by Mormon Battalion.
Wilford, Brigham Young, and other apostles are rebaptized (Wilford's third rebaptism).
After planting crops and building cabins, Wilford leaves Salt Lake Valley to return to Winter Quarters.
