Brethren Saved From a Fifty-Foot Snowslide in a Canyon Near Great Salt Lake City
Published October 4, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Millennial Star Research
During the winter of 1849-1850, a company of brethren were loading wood on a mountain side in a canyon. An avalanche of snow slid down, filling the canyon to a depth of fifty or sixty feet and burying the track. The men and their teams were able to escape by leaving their wood and making a pass on the side of the mountain.
In Their Own Words
“The facts were, the brethren had passed the Kanyon in the morning, and while loading their sleds on the mountain side, an avalanche or slide of snow came down on their track, and filled the Kanyon, some fifty or sixty feet deep, and prevented their passage; but by leaving their wood, and making a pass on the side of the mountain, drivers and teams were all saved. — Millennial Star 12:16”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 15 August 1850 (Vol. 12, No. 16). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1850-08-15_12_16 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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