March 11, 1843

Ramus, Illinois
Joseph Smith traveled with Brigham Young from Nauvoo to Ramus, where with one hand Joseph pulled up the strongest man in the town in a stick-pulling contest.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 5:302
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