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Brigham Young Journals

April 27, 1847

Summary: Rainy, hot, and windy weather.

Journal entry: Tuesday. Travelled about eighteen miles in a southerly direction and encamped at Praire Creek. Afternoon, thermometer 86 degrees in the shade. Thunder and lightning with very high wind and shower of rain.