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Show - 44 - r~~ arrived at 9 :55 p . m. w:1ere he rr_et ~. Wm . Sp r y and Elder/\ April 3 , 1888 He wa s ousy assisting ~ emi gration group off . He a±d- SOllie Alo1.zo J . Stookey. Pre sident Sp r y ..-±n c;etti nc; the .. fV.A~-<}-e:--~ . . .,4 4 j)r-'-+t) pur c ~ra s9 nc; and at 7,' p . r:u ~ t he train for fuemph i s with two car l oad s of emigrants . April 4 , 1888 They arrived at IvleL.phis tnree i1our s late . Here h e found a nur ber of erfli J; rants .vai ti n6 to · oin the g roup . After some ~CM ~,_. ~ delay f they stm"'ted for 1\.ansas Ci tJ over t he F'ort Scott R>f · The weather wa s warn; and sultry . The engi ne broke dowu. duril1c; ti.1e ev er1i Dc; a nd they were d el ayed three h our s . April 5 ~ 1888 They arrived at · ,_ansas City at nere they changed cars and took the Santa Fe speci a l t rain f or Puebl o . ~;Mad e g ood time during t h e day . .... April 6 , 1 888 Th ey ai..,rived at Pueblo on time . At 10. a .m. a sp e cial train vJh±ch /;;_d "b~on rR0:9:8-~r lVlEmassa/ left . At 2 : 25 p . m. the Saint s enroute to Utah left on the reg ul a r t rai n . e During the n i ght a land s l i de stopped the train and delayed them f or t hree h our s . Ap r il 7, 1888 They st opped and had b reakfas t , at the town of Green River, Utah . /"Yr.(/"'"\,.~-i.-1 It stormed during the l' bt•enoon . 'i hey had suppe r f' at Provo and arriv ed at Salt Lake a t 8-'p . m. Be found all iiell .. ~ )t.».-rJ a~ feu~_a n ew babj ~ bo rn to ~ ellie on Tuesday , April 3 , 1888 . "" (Gail Hamilt on Jilorgan ) • April 8 , 1888 he a tt ended church at the Taoerna cle at 10:,.ca . r . po stle John nenry Smith / ana - resi dent Angus l.1 . Connon sp oke . There was an i mr11ens e audience . He later attended t1e ,tJ ;:;::, P . m. meeting . Tne General uthori tie s were presented and sustained after which Ap o ?tle Frankl i n D. Richards sp oke . I e then attended a-..?Qotr(A.-~N ) the Y.. . h . IV1o I. k. • 'he eting at 7 : 30 p . m. in the Social 11all. April 9 , 1888 I n the ruorning of-tt.ri ~ de:~ h e went t o the depot |
