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Gehrke: What Brigham Young would have tweeted, you know, if we had Twitter back in 1847

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) In honor of Pioneer Day, here is what Robert Gehrke figures Brother Brigham Young would have tweeted in that first year after leading the Saints into the valley.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) In honor of Pioneer Day, here is what Robert Gehrke figures Brother Brigham Young would have tweeted in that first year after leading the Saints into the valley.

By https://author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub/sltrib/018796ae-a238-4261-8b37-b91a265f498b.png Robert Gehrke
 | July 23, 2018, 7:30 a.m.
| Updated: 10:11 a.m.

Today,

Twitter is ubiquitous. Everyone from politicians to church leaders are tweeting.

We can only imagine that simpler time, well before Twitter or even the internet if you can imagine that, and what leaders might have had to say. In honor of Pioneer Day, here is what I figure Brother Brigham Young would have tweeted in that first year after leading the Saints into the valley.


Fake tweets from Brigham Young created for Robert Gehrke's column that published Monday, July 23, 2018.


Fake tweets from Brigham Young created for Robert Gehrke's column that published Monday, July 23, 2018.


Fake tweets from Brigham Young created for Robert Gehrke's column that published Monday, July 23, 2018.


Fake tweets from Brigham Young created for Robert Gehrke's column that published Monday, July 23, 2018.


Fake tweets from Brigham Young created for Robert Gehrke's column that published Monday, July 23, 2018.


Fake tweets from Brigham Young created for Robert Gehrke's column that published Monday, July 23, 2018.


Fake tweets from Brigham Young created for Robert Gehrke's column that published Monday, July 23, 2018.


Fake tweets from Brigham Young created for Robert Gehrke's column that published Monday, July 23, 2018.


Fake tweets from Brigham Young created for Robert Gehrke's column that published Monday, July 23, 2018.


Fake tweets from Brigham Young created for Robert Gehrke's column that published Monday, July 23, 2018.


Fake tweets from Brigham Young created for Robert Gehrke's column that published Monday, July 23, 2018.


Fake tweets from Brigham Young created for Robert Gehrke's column that published Monday, July 23, 2018.


Fake tweets from Brigham Young created for Robert Gehrke's column that published Monday, July 23, 2018.


Fake tweets from Brigham Young created for Robert Gehrke's column that published Monday, July 23, 2018.

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