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Most of the Saints were excited to finally enter the
Salt Lake Valley, others not so much. What was Angelina’s description of the
valley when she entered?
a.
Heavenly
b.
Mob-free
c.
Desolate
d.
Tasteless
Yesterday’s
answer:
A.
Utah was a slave
state
Hark Lay was born about 1825 in Monroe County,
Mississippi. He took the name of his master as he was born in slavery in the
William Lay household. He did his work well while crossing the plains and
helped the pioneers in every way he could after they reached the valley. He
entered the valley in Orson Pratts’s vanguard of July 22, 1847. He was known to
have a beautiful singing voice. The Los Angeles County census of 1852 indicated
that Hark Lay was in California that year. As California was a “free’ territory
and Utah was “slave,” a number of Blacks traveled to California to become free.
Lay died at Union, Salt Lake County, Utah, about 1890.
Chronicles of
Courage, Lesson Committee (Salt Lake
City: Talon Printing, 1997), 8: 233.
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