Lawrence Robinson (1837 - 1905) Profile

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Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, Page 36, Line 1513.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 2, Page 39, Line 1513.

Book of the Pioneers, 2:149

Book of the Pioneers, 2:149.

Historical Department journal history of the Church

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, June 21, 1847.

Historical Department journal history of the Church.

Lawrence Robinson, "A Pioneer's Story," Deseret Weekly

Lawrence Robinson, "A Pioneer's Story," Deseret Weekly, May 8, 1897.

Through that winter we had a great deal of sickness in our family by scurvy, but no deaths; and in the spring of 1847 President Young counseled all who wished to cross the plains that year for the West to be sure and take provisions enough to last them eighteen months, and seed to sow and plant to raise a crop the next year.



My father acted according to that counsel, loaded his wagons and started and was among the first to land on the west bank of the Elk Horn river, which was about twenty-five miles from Winter Quarters. There we waited for further orders. As we were in a wild Indian country we had to move with some considerable caution[.] When the Saints had nearly all arrived, we were organized into companies of hundreds, fifties and tens. We were in Elder Taylor's company, and Bishop Hoagland's ten. Not being large enough to drive a team, and as father had some loose stock, I had to drive them. Bishop Hunter and myself drove the loose stock for the company most of the way, the Bishop riding a mare twenty-two years old.



I was baptized into the Church of Christ by Elder Taylor in the Platte river. We had some ups and downs crossing the plains but they did not try the people as they were tried in Illinois. Brother Joseph Horne was in our company, and also Brother Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon. I think the latter will remember a little pair of cows he drove in his team, which he called Jack and Gill.



We landed in Salt Lake Valley with that company in good order the first part of October, 1847, and we all went to work preparing for the winter.



 



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Transcript for Lawrence Robinson, "A Pioneer's Story," Deseret Weekly, 8 May 1897

Lawrence Robinson, "A Pioneer's Story," Deseret Weekly.

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