Show KNOW UTAH By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS The pace set by the second company of pioneers arriving in S Salt lt La Lake e valley just a few days after the original company caused othe others s to hurry forward so that by the fall faH of 1847 the people in tile the valley numbered about 2000 The second company compan was Under under under un un- der the direction of D Daniel niel Spencer grandfather of or Daniel DanielS S. S Spencer general p passenger a agent nt of the Union Pacific railroad In 1848 about 1000 wagons arrived in the valley vaHey bringing saints Early in the year on on January 20 the first immigrants from froni abroad sailed from Liverpool saints in all bound for Salt Lal Lako o valley under the direction of ot Franklin D. D Rich Rich- ards The Tle party arrived lit iii New Orleans on April 19 and at once pr proceeded up the Mississippi river to Vint r Quarters and tho the recommenced th the long journey journey journey jour jour- ney across across across' the pl plains On March 6 1848 the old fort tort fortIn fortin tortIn in Salt Lake Lako City as shown by a census contained houses and 1671 souls the adjoining adjoining- farming field consisting of acres of land of ot which acres were sown with wheat On M March 16 the second vessel the Sailor Prince sailed from Liverpool with eighty saints saints' und under the direction of Moses Martin and on March 14 a reenlIsted company of the Mormon Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon battalion left San Diego for Salt Lake S. S On May 26 President Brigham Young left Winter Quarters for the se second ond for Jor Salt Lal Lake e valle valley and on on arrival at Elkhorn twenty twenty-s twenty seven ven miles away commenced to organize the emigrating saints into companies of hundreds fifties and tens tens- tensOn On Juno A 4 Ahe Ahe he lie broke camp at the tho Elkhorn and started for th the Sa Sat Salt t ral Lake e valley with a regiment which consisted of ot 1229 1220 souls and wagons Heber C. C Kimballs Kimball's company consisting of souls and w wagons gons and the company company under Willard Richards with souls and 16 wagons were were close followers the caravan consisting in all ll of 2417 souls and nd wagons wagons On August 9 9 1848 another another- census showed that the fort fortin fortin fortin in Salt Lake City contained buildings and 1800 inhabitants There were sere three three s sawmills and on one grist mill mUl in iii operation The caravan led by Brigham Young arrived in Salt SaIt Lal Lake e on September 20 0 Th That t the in in England was bearing fruit is Ia seen by the fact tha that on August 13 13 when a general general gen gen- eral cral conference was held in Manchester l England th there re was was represented in the British mission lon twe twenty twenty- ty- ty eight conferences with branches and mem mem- bers berL S S On September 24 24 1848 the ship Sailor Prince sailed from Liverpool with saints on board bound for Salt Lake City via New Orleans They were under the direction of ot Elder D. D Butler On September 28 Addison Pratt returned return d from tho the South Sea islands wh where re ho ho had been on a mission for five ye years rs and where he baptized more than 1200 persons During the year 1849 five comp companies nies of saints cros crossed ed tho the plains A number of ot emigrants bound for California arrived in Salt Lake City and while hero here were were converted to Mormonism and remained in inthe inthe inthe the valley vaHey Th The first ship to sail from Liverpool in 1849 with saints on board was the It carried carried car car- ried ned saints under the leadership of Orson Spencer |