Today in Mormon History - Sep 29

[Second Counselor John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City

I spent the entire day except one hour with the Directors of the Utah National Bank in the office. We read Whitney Article to the Oakland California Tribune. We had quite a number of Callers and we had a most excelent day. (1)
-- 100 years ago today - Friday, Sep 29, 1911

Capt. Daniel Thompson's ox train of immigrants, which had left Wyoming July 25th, with 84 wagons and about five hundred immigrants, arrived at G.S.L. City. (2)
-- 145 years ago today - Sep 29, 1866 (Saturday)

[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 29 I signed 26 Recommends. I received 14 Letters. I wrote 2 Letters to Mary & Malinda Hatch. (3)
-- 120 years ago today - Sep 29, 1891


1 - Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990, http://bit.ly/johnhenrysmith
2 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
3 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies

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