[Lot Smith] At sixteen he was said to be the youngest member of the Mormon Battalion, with which he made the entire march to California in . He participated in the California Gold Rush and brought to Utah a modest grubstake in gold dust to help establish himself. 1846-47
[source: Utah History Encyclopedia: Lot Smith, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/s/SMITH%2CLOT.html]
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