170 years ago today - Oct 31, 1848

[Wilford Woodruff]
... [July 9th letter from SLC states that] there Harvest of wheat came in full & heavy. They had wheat Enough Alone to last the Encampment two years. Also that they had large crops of corn & was doing well. That it was Also Healthy. This was certainly Glorious news to us.

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