sickness and also of your son, Lehi. We hope by this time that you are well and that he is better and that peace and plenty prevail with you in the midst of all your calamities of which you have had a good portion. r But, we would say to continue...
the sand was blowing like sleet against the house and much of it was coming in under the door. In fact, hefore they left it was necessary to shovel the sand away from the door to make a pathway out. Lehi later, recalling this event, said that he...
stories and laughing, they agreed to do a little betting on their teams as to how much they could pull. Dan and Atoat had several fine horses in their teams. Once the betting started, it continued most of the day. First one team was tried, then...
camps was the product of many small farms and dairies combined. Few families had enough surplus to justify a trip on their own. In 1870. Iron Ciounty had 264 farms, most of them composed of less than 10 acres. Consequently, shipping to the mines...
accumulated sornc cattle of their own and no longer felt it necessary to lease these cattle, Lehi and his younger brothers leased them. They received a percentage of the cattle as p a p e n t for their work. By receiving about 215 of the calves...
caught and arrested the man. Later, when his trial was to be held in Beaver, Mr. Phillips sent for Lehi to be a witness. Here he met the famous cattle rustler, Jim hlarshall, who had helonged to the Ku Klux Klan during the Civil War and was the...
beef was hidden in thick timber some distance from ramp, while they had been wishing for meat for supper and breakfast, all but one prospector made a hasty getaway before our boys returned from the day's ride." " As I was riding out that morning...
the herds in the valley and take them to their hangout and slaughter them and haul the beef to Pioche, Nevada. The ranchers finally reached a point of desperation where they felt they could not operate under these conditions any longer, and decided...
St. George 7colple. Homer Dunran. Lehi works on Manti Ternplr.
I n 1871, the general authorities of the L.D. S. Church decided that a temple should be built in the 3outhern part of Utah, and a site was selected and dedicated in St. George on Nov....
and has made slaves of our mothers and daughters. I have long had it in my mind to organize the young ladies of Zion into an association. There is need of our daughters getting a living testimony of the truth.' Then he said, 'We are about to...
J d e d i a h Tones married. Kunren and ~ e h takins care of cattle. i Exploring party ]pave3 for San Juan. Komen's account of Hole-in-theRock trek, etr.
Jedediah, Lehi's younger brother, married Ellen Eva Wilson Lunt, Henrietta's younger sister,...
had left four days before and we felt that our fervent prayers had been heard and answered hy the kind Father above. My horse, 'Frank' lead us out of our lost condition toward camp before the storm broke, show ing us the superior instinct of...
Paragonah, through Bear Valley and over into the Sevier Valley, following ri well-estahlished wagon road. The complete list of officers is not known, hut Silas S. Smith was sustained as captain with Robert Bulloch as Assistant Captain. The old...
where powder is used. Good progress was made and a hearty good feeling prevailed throughout the whole camp." '< In the camp consisting of ninety or more men, ahout thirty women and sixty children, moving in eighty-three or more wagons through an...
experiences almost unbelievable with snowstorms, boxed canyons, thick cedar and pine forests, and food shortage. Their experience almost made the journey of the good Chtholic Escalante, look like a picnic party." " Just before reaching the camp of...
with quaking aspen poles, a pole corral for the cows, and two adjacent pens for the calves. T h e cows grazed the pul~lic domain during the day, whilr the calves were kept in the pasture. Each afternoon the cows were rounded up and hrought to the...
the calves. Oue night, Will Simpkins, the young hired hand, Willard, Kumen, and Henry were sleeping on the porch of the mountain cabin. The porch was open at both ends. There was a small fence in front of the house to keep the cattle away from the...
it looks stormy. Hyrum, Peter, and Johnny Willden start with the cattle. This road is just a trail, rock, fallen trees, and stumps in the path. The women and children walk most of the way to the top, with mothers carrying babies. Then it started to...
from this City at as early a date as Tuesday, 7th February, 1888. Please let us know, :it your earlicst convenience, what your feelings are with rc,yard to this call. Your brother in the Gospel, Wilford Woodruff. P.S. Please have your Bishop...
no travel by way of Pine Creek and Wildcat Canyon for weeks. The travel went down the canyon west of Milford - so I did not know what to do. My horses were worn out, and to make that big circle would delay me for days. I finally decided to try it...