Hosea Stout Journals

January 2, 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: Hosea Stout goes to Council then to town for the day.

Journal entry: Sunday Jan 2nd 1848. Clear & pleasant weather. Went to Council at ten. Decided not to attend to temporal cases any more on Sunday. Several cases laid over. After Council I was around town the rest of the day.

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.

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