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Show I Journal i story •.,_ay 27 , 18,A ·aturday, ay 27 . Pres . Br i ham Young and party cont i nued their journey north- ward from Nephi . , Thos . ullocl: , the camp ·~istorinn, wri t~s : "The w ather cle red u:p and we had a fine uv.y . to loci:. .te a s i t3 for a fort. t.1!:lt J. e ~.1i :1.t dnsignate i'iat south road to the so 1 t grass ; thence 11e ::.i.st ...he committee :met at 7: 30 a • .• lat of the Cit .. was 11' block to 9 close . or!1er of the traveled 1est ed to Pres . ' OUll{" , in ore.er At 9 : 10 a . m. the car, p started on the ig 1',ielu , where there was )lenty of excellent to the 1 luffs , throu.o-h sue:e and good gr&ss . Asconded by a gent e slope to tLe top w·1ere there was plenty o~ cedars , thence ~esc.,nded to a valley co t ining beautiful gr ns s , yellow :ec-t to o·i g a and at the serveral SW1 1i t _m1ers and an excelle .t -soil. . in the mount ins and COF.J!lended first a ;rad al ascent 1hic.h ms very stee Tm found rough ·ocks . t "ie road . hill by a steep and rocky "tu· a little delay we , oved. on , do ' ke it br;t'iren as. ed over t .e ~ 1 our ani halt at 6 : 1.5 in ·ight of Utah Lake . of gr· ss and sage but o~ly little v1ater . ood The brethren co.ntinue1 to gr de tne road ore level and at 5 p . r.1 . we again hitched the Creek a11c1 cmne to 1here th escent of Kimball's Creek, where there ·was plenty of water and an abund·nce of t·1e finest grass . .1 nd asce ded .1e ee_ pitches until ~ ~ at 2 : 30 :p . .. 1 . cQ e to a halt at a point fr om _ e-oh · were wor kin~ · 1d e then bore Days pasoed over so.. e excellent lands , covered wit h ourney 21 ass . iles . ls , d starting ' e found plenty Dur,· s t.he day This was the roughest 1:10 art aif our j ourney . Geo . • Smit h with -the Utah brethren living south of Provo River took the ol d road ; Geo . S . Smi th arrived at Provo a t 10 o ' clock p . m. (Office Journal} |
