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Thursday, April 14, 2011 - Utah Rt 12, East of Escalante UT

Bloomin' on the Ridge, Escalante UT, April 14, 2011
Bloomin' on the Ridge, Escalante UT, April 14, 2011

Night camp

Boondocked - Utah Route 12 East of Escalante UT

Hobnobbing with Brigham Young

The day following my arrival in the flourishing City of the Saints, as they called it then and still call it, I very unexpectedly met and formed the acquaintance of Brigham Young. I was riding along at the head of my flock of sheep when a stoutly built, florid faced genteel-looking man, whose hair was just turning gray, walked down to the street from one of the most pretentious residences in the place and inquired whose sheep I had charge of.

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