JANUARY,
1855
Monday the 1 of January 1855 hauled clay to the School house at a party
in the eavning. Melio Burdick (?)
William Smith was married. Tuesday the 2 Snoy day. Wednesday the 3 turned
a roling pin and so forth. Thursday the 4 put up his Stable. Friday
the 5 got lumber for a Chest. Saturday the 6 worked at my Chest. Saturday
the 7 at home. Monday the 8 helped Milton H. Clear wheat. Tuesday the
9 worked at my Chest. Wednzday the 10 moved in James I. Wilcoxes house.
Thursday the 11 helped father make his bob Sleds. Friday the 12 finished
my Chest. Saturday the 13 Seating Chairs. Sunday the 14 at meting. Monday
the 15 Seating Chairs. Tuesday the 16 went in the kanion and got logs.
Wednsday the 17 the Same. Thursday the 18 put Shoes on the bob Sled.
Friday the 19 I visiting at fathers house. Saturday the 20 went in the
Kanion about 2 miles and got a log. Sunday the 21 at meting. Monday
the 22 Making Shingles. Tuesday the 23 helped Milton Mammond (?) haul
hay. Wednesday the 24 visiting the ward as teachers. Thursday the 25
the Same. Friday the 26 visiting. Saturday the 27 Mustering. Sunday
the 28 At meting to the Schoolhouse.
Monday the 29 Making Shingles. Tuesday the 30 the Same. Wednesday the
31 the Same.
FEBRUARY, 1855
Thursday the Febuary the 1, 1855 at fast meting in the Schoolhouse.
Friday the 2 making (?) Shingles. Saturday the 3 the Same. Sunday the
4 at meting. Monday the 5 made me a Sword. Tuesday the 6 made Shingles.
Wednesday the 7 the Same. Thursday the 8 the Same. Friday the 9 the
Same. Saturday the 10 went in the kanion and Cut Some logs. Sunday the
11 at home. Monday the 12 making Shingles. Tuesday the 13 the Shingles.
Wednesday the 14 the Same. Thursday the 15 the Same. Friday the 16.
Saturday the 17 went to the raising of J Carns (?) Mill. Sunday the
18 at meting to the Schoolhouse and got a recomend to be ordained a
Seventy. Monday the 19 Snowy day. Tuesday the 20 split some poals. Wednesday
the 21 splitting of Pols. Thursday the 22 helping father white wash
his house. Friday the 23 Snowy day. Saturday the 24 Mustering. Sunday
the 25 at meting. Monday the 26 went to the City at meting in the eavning
to the Seventies hall. Tuesday the 27 Came home. Wednesday the 28 helped
father make Shingles.
MARCH, 1855
Thursday the 1, 1855 at fast meeting. Friday the 2 Made Shingles. Saturday
the 3 Made Shingles. Monday the 4 at meting to the Schoolhouse and was
ordained a Seventy in the 40 fortieth quorum, under the hands of Thomas
S. Smith. Monday the 5 set my aples trees out. Tuesday the 6 commensed
diging my Cellar. Wednezday the 7 piling Stone and diging Cellar. Thursday
the 8 making posts. Friday the 9 Made fence. Saturday the 10 at Sword
School. Sunday the 11 at meting. Monday the 12 diging cellar. Tuezday
the 13 diging Cellar. Wednesday the 14 diging Cellar and finished it.
Thursday the 15 Stormy day. Friday the 16 Sawed a Shingle log in the
morning. Snowed all day. Saturday the 17 went to mill. Sunday the 18
at meting in the School house.
Monday the 19 Walking over the Bottom to see the (?). Tuesday the 20
made Shingles. Wednzday the 21 Made Shingles. Thursday the 22 Went in
the kanion and got a load of Wood. Friday the 23 got out some peach
trees and grafting trees. Saturday the 24 training and to Sword School.
Sunday the 25 at meting to the School house. Monday the 26 went to the
auction and move (?) some Shingles. Tuesday the 27 Made Shingles. Wednesday
the 28 Made Shingles. Thursday Moving (?) rock. Friday the 30 got Andys
oxen to haul rocks. Saturday the 31 Hauling rock.
APRIL, 1855
Sunday April the 1 at meting 1855. Monday the 2 went in the kanion with
Andrew Quigley and got some poles. Tuesday the 3 Worked for E.T. Clark.
Wednesday the 4 plowing on my lot and Sewed some onions. Thursday the
5 at fast meting. Friday the 6 went to the City to attend Conference.
Saturday the 7 at Conference. Sunday the 8 at Conference and came home.
Monday the 9
Planted Some potatoes. Tuesday the 10 Plowing my lot. Wednesday the
11 Planting potatoes. Thursday the 12 went in the kanion after a load
of mill timber. Friday the 13 Planting potatoes. Saturday the 14 hauling
Stone. Sunday the 15 at meting. Monday the 16 Quising (?) Stone. Tuesday
the 17 worked on the water ditch. Wednesday the 18 the Same. Thursday
the 19 the Same. Friday the 20 hauling Stone and making a ford a crossing
the water ditch by my lot. Saturday the 21 making a ford. Sunday the
22 at meting in the forenoon at home in the after noon the choir was
organized. Monday the 23 Working on the water ditch. Tuesday the 24
Went in the kanion and Cut Some polez. Wednesday the 25 laid my wheat
of for watering. Thursday the 26 Washing sheep. Friday the 27 went in
the kanion and got a load of pols. Saturday the 28 training. Sunday
the 29 at meeting.
Monday the 30 working on the water ditch that goes over to the field.
MAY, 1855
Tuesday the May the 1, 1855 Worked for father. Wednesday the 2 made
the water ditch to water my lot. Thursday the 3 banked the water ditch
by doltons (?). Friday the 4 mending Shoes. Saturday the 5 got a load
of mill timber Andrew Quigley. Sunday the 6 at meting. Monday the 7
Gatherd sabrsaly (?) went to Bears Mill. Tuesday the 8 Worked in the
kanion on the road. Wednzday the 9 worked for Andrew Quigley. Thurzday
the 10 went to bears mill. Friday the 11 Went in the kanion for Andrew.
Saturday the 12 went to bears mill. Sunday the 13 at meting. Monday
the 14 worked in my garden. Tuesday the 15 Planting potatoes for T.
Smith. Wednesday the 16 hauling Stone. Thursday the 17 Went in the kanion.
Friday the 18 Went in the kanion. Saturday the 19 Plowed out my potatoes
and went to bears mill. Sunday the 20 at home. Monday the 21
went in the kanion. Tuesday the 22 howing potatoes. Wednesday the 23
went in the kanion. Thursday the 24 howing and watering my garden. Friday
the 25 rainy in the fore noon turned the watter on my wheat. Saturday
the 26 training. Sunday the 27 at meting. Monday the 28 acting as teacher
visiting the ward. Tuezday the 29. Went in the kanion to make Shingles.
Wednesday the 30 making shingles. Thursday the 31 the Same.
JUNE, 1855
Friday June the 1, 1855 made Shingles and came home in the eavening.
Saturday the 2 attending an office drill. Sunday the 3 went to the city
to meting. Monday the 4 Went in the kanion to make shingles. Tuezday
the 5 making Shingles. Wednesday the 6 the Same. Thursday the 7 the
Same. Friday the 8 the Same and came home in the eavening. Saturday
the 9 attending a regimental parade. Sunday the 10 at at meting. Monday
the 11 Plowing my potatoes. Tunesday the 12 Went in
the kanion and got my rafters. Wednesday the 13 went over the mountain
to view the Country. Thursday the 14 the Same. Friday the 15 came down
weber and stopped at weber ft. Saturday the 16 Came home. Sunday the
17 at meting. Monday the 18 howing potatoes. Tuesday the 19 howing and
watering my potatoes. Wednesday the 20 Went in the kanion to peal bark
for bro. Wear. Thursday the 21 pealing bark. Friday the 22 the Same.
Saturday the 23 the Same. Came home in the eavening. Sunday the 24 at
meeting. Monday the 25 Went in the kanion to make shingles. Tuesday
the 26 making shingles. Wednesday the 27 the Same. Thursday the 28 the
Same. Friday the 29 the Same and Came home. Saturday the 30 attending
a officer drill.
JULY, 1855
Sunday the 1 of July at 1855 meting. Monday the 2 Working on the kanion
road. Tuesday the 3 Went in the kanion and a load of Sleepers. Wednesday
the 4 went to the City and driled in the escort with our company. was
there to the performance and came home. Thursday the 5 at home. Friday
the 6 making my Cellar wall. Saterday the 7 making wall and went in
the kanion to run the Saw mill. Sunday the 8 my birth day. Tending Saw
mill. Monday the 9 Came home. Tuesday the 10 fixing for harvisting.
Wednesday the 11 harvisting my wheat. Thursday the 12 the Same. Friday
the 13 the Same. Saturday the 14 the Same. Sunday the 15 at meeting
and in commita appointed to make preparations for Celebrating the twenty
fourth. Monday the 16 harvisting the wheat and training. Tuesday the
17 Making hay. Wednesday the 18 the Same. Thursday the 19 windy day.
Mending shoz. Friday the 20 gathering wheat. Saturday the 21 working
on the bowry. Sunday the 22 at metting. Monday the 23 working on the
bowry. Tuesday the 24 met with the ward at the bowry to celebrate the
twenty fourth of July the day
the pioneers arrived in the valley. Wednesday the 25 making hay. Thursday
the 26 the Same. Friday the 27 making a wagon rack to haul hay on. Saturday
the 28 hauling hay and went to the City. Sunday the 29 at meting and
came home. Monday the 30 helping Bro Grover thrash wheat. Tuesday the
31 the Same.
AUGUST, 1855
Wednesday the August the 1, 1855 working for bro grover and wels Smith.
Thursday the 2 Stacking my wheat. Friday the 3 the Same. Saturday the
4 Stacking wheat for George Mcbride. Sunday the 5 at meeting. Monday
the 6 hauling hay. Tuesday the 7 hauling hay for M.P. Hammond. Wednesday
the 8 Mowing for Father. Thursday the 9 the Same. Friday the 10 went
in the kanion and got a load of shingles. Saturday the 11 hauling hay
and toping off stacks. Sunday the 12 at meting. Monday the 13 watering
my garden. Tuesday the 14 mowing the grass. Wednesday the 15 the Same.
Thursday the 16 helping Andrew Quigley thrash his wheat. Friday the
17 helping
M.P. Hammond thrash. Saturday the 18 helping George Mcbride thrash.
Sunday the 19 at meeting. Monday the 20 thrashing my wheat. Tuesday
the 21 Went in the kanion and got a load of shingles. Wednesday the
22 Went to the field and got Some Straw to put in beds. Thursday the
23 hauling hay. Friday the 24 Making my cellar winder frames. Saturday
the 25 making cellar wall. Sunday the Went to meeting. Monday the 27
Went in the kanion to make shingles. Tuesday the 28 Making Shingles.
Wednesday the 29 the Same. Thursday the 30 the Same. Friday the 31 the
Same.
SEPTEMBER, 1855
Saturday the 1 of 1855 Sep the Same and came home. Sunday the 2 at meting.
Monday the 3 Went in the kanion and got a load of shingles. Tuesday
the 4 mowing for E.J. Clark. Wednesday the 5 hauling Stone. Thursday
the 6 went in the kanion and got a load of lumber. Friday the 7 laying
the foundation of my house. Saturday the 8 went to the City. Sunday
the 9 at meting. Monday the 10 Went in the
kanion to make shingles. Tuesday the 11 the Same. Wednesday the 12 the
Same. Thursday the 13 the Same. Friday the 14 the Same. Saturday the
15 the Same and came home. Sunday the 16 at meting. Monday the 17 to
work at my house. Tuesday the 18 went in the kanion to make shingles.
Wednesday the 19 the Same. Thursday the 20 the Same and came home. Friday
the 21 Working on my house. Saturday the 22 Training. Sunday the 23
at meeting. Monday the 24 Went in the kanion and got a load of shingles.
Tuesday the 25 hauling clay. Wednesday the 26 Went in the kanion and
got a load of shingles. Thursday the 27 hewing Sleepers. Friday the
28 Making shingles for J Hefs. Saturday the 29 hauling Sand. Sunday
the 30 Ebenezer Came home from meeting the companies with flour at meting
in the after noon.
OCTOBER, 1855
Monday October 1, 1855 Went in the kanion and got shingles. Tuesday
the 2 hauling Adobies. Wednesday the 3 Commenced laying up my house.
Thursday the 4 the Same.Friday
the 5 the Same. Saturday the 6 the Same. Sunday the 7 at home. Monday
the 8 went to the City to attend Conference. Tuesday the 9 tending masons
to lay up my house. Wednesday the 10 the Same. Thursday the 11 went
to the kanion and got a load of pols. Friday the 12 plain my freeze
boards. Saturday the 13 my wife was taken sick she
was taken with fitts about 10 o'clock and about 12 of clock. She was
delivered of a fine boy. She Continues to have fitts till about 12 o'clock
at night. She had them very hard and often and she lost her Senses.
Sunday the 14 She Came to her senses about 5 o'clock and was a getting
better. Monday the 15 my wife getting better the baby was taken with
fitts about 10 o'clock and continued to have them til 12 o'clock at
night. Tuesday the 16 the boy appeared to be better it was on Monday
that Father and myself blessed him and i named him Oliver
J. Wednesday the 17 the boy getting worse my wife getting better. Thursday
the 18 My Son died about 10 o'clock and was buried. Friday the 19 my
wife getting better. Saturday the 20 there was a quarterly meeting it
commenced at 10 o'clock. Bro P.P. Pratt and Orson Pratt, Wilford Woodruff
was here i attended it. Sunday the 21 at home in the forenoon at meting
in the after noon. Monday the 22 I attended a regimental parade. Tuesday
the 23 went in the kanion With Andrew Quigley and got shingles logs.
Wednesday the 24 went in the kanion an got a shingles log. Thursday
the 25 working about the house. Friday the 26 putting my rafters on
my house. Saturday the 27 Shingleng my house. Sunday the 28 my wife
getting better i took her up to her mothers and my sister Anna M. Came
home to her mothers.
Monday the 29 Shingleing my house. Tuesday the 30 finished shingleing.
Wednesday the 31 Went in the kanion and got a load of wood.
NOVEMBER, 1855
Thursday the Nov the 1 worked for Father 1855. Friday the 2 Went in
the kanion and got a load of wood. and Came down in the windstorms it
blowed from the East, it took the roof of from J.W. Hess and H. Berk
and done considerable other damages. Saturday the 3 the Ceased blowing
in the night i mended my shoes. Sunday the 4 went to the City, was at
meeting in the after noon Bro Charles Bassett and Bro B. Young gave
a very interesting discourses. Monday the 5 Worked for Father. Tuesday
the 6 went in the kanion and got a load of wood. Wednesday the 7 worked
for father. Thursday the 8 laying floor in my house. Friday the 9 finished
laying my floor, Stormy day. Saturday the 10 Went in the kanion and
cut
Some Cottonwood. Sunday the 11 diging potatoes. Monday the 12 went in
the kanion and got a load of wood. Tuesday the 13 working at my house.
Wednesday the 14 Went in the kanion and got a load of wood. Thursday
the 15 Caseing my doors. Friday the 16 Working at my house. Saturday
the 17 the Same. Sunday the 18 at home. Monday the 19 hauling Some Sand
and Adobies. Tuesday the 20 made a door. Wednesday the 21 Caseing my
windoes. Friday the 23 bathing (?) my house and Jacob Miller plastering.
Saturday the 25 Plastering. Sunday the 25 at home. Monday the 26 working
at my house. Tuesday the 27 the Same. Wednesday the 28 helping Andrew
Quigley. Thursday the 29 Went in the kanion after a shingle log and
came down without it.
[The rest of 1855 is missing]
Oliver Lee
Robinson Diary