Today in Mormon History - Nov 17

[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Provo

Charles is a little improved. I traveled to the City and back to Provo. (1)
-- 130 years ago today - Thursday, Nov 17, 1881

Led by Captain James Brown, the sick detachment of the Mormon Battalion arrives in Pueblo, Colorado, where it will spend the winter with a group of Saints from Mississippi. (2)
-- 165 years ago today - Nov 17, 1846

Eden Smith: Ordained elder 17 November 1831 by Reynolds Cahoon. (3)
-- 180 years ago today - Nov 17, 1831

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 - The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com
3 - 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