. Americana. ame year was the blowing up of thesteamboat, Saluda, on the Missouri river near the town of Lex-ington, in the state of Missouri. The Saluda had about one hun-dred and seventy-five passengers on board, ninety of whom weroLatter-day Saints under the leadership of Elder Eli B. Kelseyenroute for Utah. The Saluda left St. Louis on the 30th ofMarch, 1852; and as she drew near to Lexington she met a massof floating ice, which detained her at the Lexington wharf forseveral days. After the ice floe was past and the steamer was get-ting up steam to round a point a1)ove Lexington, the engin
. Americana. ame year was the blowing up of thesteamboat, Saluda, on the Missouri river near the town of Lex-ington, in the state of Missouri. The Saluda had about one hun-dred and seventy-five passengers on board, ninety of whom weroLatter-day Saints under the leadership of Elder Eli B. Kelseyenroute for Utah. The Saluda left St. Louis on the 30th ofMarch, 1852; and as she drew near to Lexington she met a massof floating ice, which detained her at the Lexington wharf forseveral days. After the ice floe was past and the steamer was get-ting up steam to round a point a1)ove Lexington, the engineers al- 1. Documentary Hist, of the Church. Vol. IV, p. ir. 2. President Philips (i, President of the Cymback branch), says Provi-dent Young-, counseled the disorg-anization of the Church at that place previoi:sto the explosion. (Hist. Brigham Young, Ms., entry for 21st May, 1852. p. 40^-Implying that had such counsel been followed the Saints might have escaped thecalamity. r ^%. 1^ >>!> ?3^ ^ S. 5. i-^ I ,1 / /
Size: 2118px × 1180px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidamericanaq19, bookyear1909
