[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 7th We Crossed hams fork And drove to Fort Bridger & in the region of the fort before we got onto our Camping ground we Crossed more than a dozen trout Brooks. The water run swift but clear. Hard, cold gravelly bottoms. The brethren Cought several brook trout the first I had seen since I left England. The whole region of Country all up & down these streams were coverd with grass knee deep. 10 of battalion found A Hors thief at the fort who had assisted in Stealing 10 of their Horses. They had got all but two, & the man said they had gone to Oregon. We saw About A dozen traiders lodges about the fort. The fort was merly A small traiding post. One duilding not large. Distance of the day 17 3/4 miles.
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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