On Oct. 6-7, 1867, the 37th Semiannual General Conference came to a close, the first very conference held in the historic Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City. According to historical accounts and Deseret News reporting, for the first general conference held in the Tabernacle in October 1867, President Brigham Young was so eager to hold the conference there he pushed the work forward enough to hold those first meetings. The Oct. 8, 1867, edition of the Deseret News, recapping general conference of The Church or Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City.