Brigham, on January 6, 1849, recollects a prophecy of Joseph's that the Kirtland Bank's notes "would one day be as good as gold."
Brigham Young, January 6, 1849, in Journal History, CR 100 137, Church History Library
aturday January 6. I <Pres Brigham Young> attended council <at 10:30 a.m. at Heber C. Kimball's house> when the following resolution were passed: That the High Council be relieved from municipal duties: that Asama <M> Lyman, Orrin P. Rockwell, George D Grant, Jedediah M Grant, David Fullmer, John S. Fullmer, Lewis Robinson, Dimick B. Huntington, William Crosby, and George <W> Boyd go go Utah valley to learn its capabilities for a stock range, and that <when the cattle go, forty or fifty men go with them; that> the Fort building be removed; that Isaac Higbee, John M. Higbee, and William Wadsworth be a committee to seek out suitable fishing places in the Utah Lake, establish fisheries, and supply the market; that Alanson and Ira Eldridge engaged in the business of taking and manufacturing leather, and that the Council exert its influence to sustain them therein; that the council approbate Joel Johnson in his journey to the States to buy sheep that Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball have the privilege of fencing in as much of the table lands and the spurs of the mountains east of the city as they wish for pasturage; and that the Kirtland bank bills he put into circulation for the accommodation of the people, thus fulfilling the prophecy of Joseph that the Kirtland notes would one day be as good as gold.