Wilford Woodruff, Fourth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints History of His Life and Labors, as Recorded in His Daily Journals

CHAPTER 28.

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PIONEERS ENTER SALT LAKE VALLEY.

Ferrying the Missourians over the River.--Construction of Rafts.--Obtaining Provisions.--Ten Men Left at the Ferry.--Independence Rock.--Devil's Gate.--175 Miles from Fort Laramie.--South Pass.--Meet Major Harris, and Mr. Bridger.--Cross Green River.--Meet Samuel Brannon.--Independence Day.--Meet a Detachment of the Battalion.--Fort Bridger.--Report of the Missouri Company That Perished.--Reach Salt Lake Valley, July 24, 1847.