155 years ago today - Mar 22, 1863 (Sunday)

The overland mail coach, with four passengers, was attacked by Indians, near Eight Mile Creek Station, Tooele Co. Henry Harper, the driver, was killed and one passenger wounded. Judge Mott, delegate to Congress from Nevada, who was in the coach, took the reins, drove for life and escaped.

[Source: Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]

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