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Hosea Stout Journals

January 31, 1848

Location: Winter Quarters - 1014 miles left, Nebraska - Location: 41:21:41N 95:56:45W Currently the site of Florence, Nebraska, Winter Quarters was settled in September, 1846 as a temporary resting place for the pioneers. It is located just west of the Missouri river in Nebraska.

Summary: Weather is better; preparations for burial are made.

Journal entry: Monday Jan 31st 1848. Mild clear weather. S. W. Wind. Preparing for Elizabeth's burial.

Blazzards reports still more unfavorable against Covey which I reported to Priest Young.

Source: On the Mormon Frontier: The Diary of Hosea Stout 1844-1861 Volume I - Edited by Juanita Brooks. Permission to use excerpts granted by Utah State Historical Society and the University of Utah Press.