Today in Mormon History - Aug 04

Ezra Booth: Attended Church conference in Jackson County, Missouri 4 August 1831. Directed to purchase canoes for Ohio elders returning to East. (1)
-- 180 years ago today - Aug 4, 1831

[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] Went fishing at Soda Springs with SHH Clark and Jay Gould. (2)
-- 120 years ago today - Aug 4, 1891

[Prophecy] Wealth from Salem - Smith was to go to Salem, Massachusetts, where he would receive "its wealth pertaining to gold and silver". D&C 111:4 -- Critics claim this prophecy was not fulfilled. (3)
-- 175 years ago today - Aug 4, 1836

1 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985, http://amzn.to/RevelationsofJosephSmith
2 - Diary Excerpts of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
3 - Wikipedia, Prophesies of Joseph Smith, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecies_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.