1868 -1869 ~ Andrew Madsen's Journal ~ Men Were Called To Go East For Emigrants ~ More Grasshoppers ~ Mt. Pleasant City Organized

In the Spring of 1868 the following men were called from amongst us to go east after poor emigrants.

Bishop W.S. Seely, Capt.; Philip Hurst, Assistant; Christian Madsen; Moroni Seely; Andrew Syndergaard; Conderset Rowe; Joseph Caldwell; Thomas Fuller; Hyrum Seely...

 See http://mormonhistoricsites.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/MHS_Spring2003_Green-River-Drownings.pdf ~ history of the drownings

See more on the drownings and the song:  "We The Boys of Sanpete"  :http://mtpleasantpioneer.blogspot.com/2010/05/we-boys-of-sanpete-county.html