[Plains] Joseph W. Young Freight Train begins crossing plains (1)
-- 150 years ago - Jul 23, 1860
[Mountain Meadows] The trial of John Lee opens in the courtroom of Judge Jacob Boreman. Payment for Lee's defense is arranged by Brigham Young. The prosecution's star witness is Philip Klingensmith. (2)
-- 135 years ago - Jul 23, 1875
[Lucy Mack Smith] The First Presidency and Twelve issue a statement condemning Biographical Sketches "for its inaccuracy." (3)
-- 145 years ago - Jul 23, 1865
1 - Church History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868, Chronological Company List, http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanylist-chronological/0,15765,3968-1,00.html
2 - Linder, Douglas, The Mountain Meadows Massacre Trials, http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTRIALS/mountainmeadows/leechrono.html
3 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
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