165 years ago today - Sep 20, 1847

[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 20th We travled 30 miles. We crossed dry creek, little timber, & camped on Big timber. Did not get through untill 9 oclok at night. Had great difficulty in finding grass as the other camps had eat it off. A Boy by the name of Judson Persons did not get into Camp but lay out 10 miles from camp. 30 miles.

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