On this day in SLC in 1848, Porter Rockwell rode a handmade unicycle around the temple lot 6 times wearing nothing but his cowboy boots, a leather holster, & a cowboy hat. He fired 2 shots into the air, 1 from each pistol, every time he passed a giggling Eliza R. Snow. Brigham Young watched from the center of the lot, remarking to Wilford Woodruff, "What a goddamn idiot." (Brigham Young Diaries. Volume 7, page 83. LDS Church Archives).
Sunday, June 21, 2015
On this day in SLC in 1848, Porter Rockwell rode a handmade unicycle around the temple lot 6 times wearing nothing...
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