Winter Quarters were taken back to the Cutler's Park
Cemetery, three miles southwest of Winter Quarters,
for burial, a change was made. Winter Quarters designated
a site on the second ridge of bluffs west of the city for
a burial grounds. The last of the Cutler's Park residents
removed to Winter Quarters some time in December, bringing
to an end that tent city which must have had at least
2000 population in August and September.
William Clayton noted in his journal Friday, January
1847: "Morning at the store. At 2:00 p.m. went with
Diantha to her father's and partook of a roast turkey
for dinner. At 4:00 met the band at the Basket Shop and played about an hour and a half. The basketmakers made
each of us a present of a new basket and showed their
gratitude in various ways. At 6:00 met with the band at Father Kimball's and played for a party till after one