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Day in the Life

September 09, 1850 ~ Monday

9^th Travled 9 miles to the sandy Bluffs & camped I shot
one antilope cut his throat with a bullet

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inaugurated as 13th President of 30 United States.

Under Compromise of 1850, Congress created the ; appointed as Governor.

Woodruffs arrive in and live in cabins Wilford built in 1847.