President George O. Pitkin's Deliverance from an Infuriated Bull
Published October 6, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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President George O. Pitkin was attacked by a Holstein bull in his corral. Despite being knocked down and dashed against a gate, he retained his presence of mind, successfully tied the bull's rope to a gate post, and escaped with only bruises, avoiding what appeared to be certain death.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 51, No. 42, 21 October 1889, p. 671):
President George O. Pitkin, of the Logan Stake, had a narrow escape from death on the 14th inst. He was attacked by a Holstein bull in his corral, and was knocked down and dashed against a gate. He retained his presence of mind, however, and succeeded in tying the bull's rope to a gate post, and thus escaped with only a few bruises.
In Their Own Words
“On Thursday morning, Sept. 19th, while President George O. Pitkin, of Logan, was leading his Holstein bull by a rope attached to its nostril ring in his corral at 2 the animal suddenly made a lunge at him striking a blow on his thigh and knocking him down. He had no sooner regained hi feet than the bull threw him to the ground once more. Never loosing his presence of mind Mr. Pitkin dodged the infuriated animal for a while, but was dashed forcibly against the corral gate, He still held the bull by the ty eg was fortunately quite long, and when thrown against the gate Mr, n, with great presence of mind, succeeded in fastening the rope to the gate post and made his escape. He was much bruised and shaken up. It was very wonderful, however, that his injuries were not more serious ; in fact it is surprising that he was not gored to death. The only thing that saved him was his presence of mind. — Millennial Star 51:42”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 21 October 1889 (Vol. 51, No. 42). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1889-10-21_51_42 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 51, No. 42, 21 October 1889, p. 671 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1889-10-21_51_42
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