he lied in the lion house here in salt liake city. he had been declining for a number of years.e point he had to have all of his teeth pulled and he wore dentures. so there's no real assurety of what took his life. young left very strict instructions so if he baptwante he wanted to be comfortable. he wanted a pillow urnder his head. he was finally going home. it was to a small cemetery on his own estate. young remains one of the most influential people in american history because of his vision for what could be built here in the american west it is idaho, nevada, arizona. they spread far and wide and build important infrastructure. he had that vision that brought tens of thousands of people here to the american west to establish these mormon communities and to build a society that was striving to be as christian as they could possibly be. >>> you're looking at a photograph of woodruff, arguably the most important historian of the first century. woodruff was a very good journal keeper. he kept journals from the time he joined the church in 1833 and continued keeping them up until