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Daniel George (Dan) Whitaker Journals

April 24, 1997

Image courtesy of: Heritage Gateway Project Images, These images have been gathered to support the Sesquicentennial celebration of the immigration to Utah.

Location: Fremont, Nebraska -

Location: 41:26:00N 96:29:52W

Elevation: 1195 feet

Summary: Flags and a broken tongue.

Journal entry: 500 flags lined the streets in Freemont as we arrived. Thousands of people lined the streets to greet our wagons. A wagon got stuck between two crossings guards. It was scary, he broke the tongue to his wagon. See ya danny