140 years ago today - Feb 1, 1877

[Wilford Woodruff]
[In the temple] W Woodruff Presided and Officiated as El. I dressed in pure white Doe skin from head to foot to officiate in the Priest Office, white pants vest & C[anl?] the first Example in any Temple of the Lord in this last dispensation. Sister Lucy B Young also dressed in white in officiating as Eve. President [Young] was present and deliverd a lecture at the veil some 30 Minuts.

[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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