Mormon History, Jul 18, 1848

[Hosea Stout Diary] Tues July 18th 1848. We traveled on and put up in a very large wet bottom of good grass[.] We turned of to the river some 2 miles & stoped on the river banks[.] This bottom was wet and strongly impregnated with alkali.

[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]