165 years ago today - Jun 23, 1847

[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 23d We travled in the forenoon 8 1/2 miles & nooned by the Sweet water with the mountains piled up near by us. Our road to day has been through A level, sandy, barren sage region for A mountain Country. We travled in the Afternoon 8 1/2 miles & camped on the bank of the Sweetwater whare the road leaves it for about [.]0 miles across the sandy sage plains without water or feed. We had excellent grass for our camp at night. We Are in plain view of the Rocky Mountains at the pass & beyound. We had A vary sandy draging road all day. Whole distance 17 miles.

[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]