This Day…

1858-Commissioners from President Buchanan arrive at Camp Scott in Utah and proceed south to Provo.  They bring a full pardon from the president ‘to all who will submit themselves to the just authority of the federal government.’  The pardon has been signed by the President two months earlier, and the commissioners admonished ‘to bring those misguided people to their senses.’  Only after the pardon is signed is the US Army allowed to march through Salt Lake City-still deserted-into an area soutwest of the city, where they will construct Camp Floyd.