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A History of the Manti Temple A History of the Manti Temple
Glen R. Stubbs Brigham Young University - Provo
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A HISTORY OF THE MANTI TEMPLE
A thesis
presented to the
department of history
brighamBrig youngharmharahamm university
in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree
master of science
by
glen R stubbs
july 1960
LE
hoeACEhogPREFACE
As a resident of sandates&npetesanpate county for some years my interestnaturally focuses upon the mantihanti templetempie research into the history
of this particular building indicated that very little had been
written concerning theuieulenie history of its planning and construction
the scope of this study covers the period between 1891849 and
1960 with the most concentrated research on the period between 18771377
and 1888 this thesis represents an attempt to give an accurate
history of the mantihantimantlmenti templetempie in order that local residents interested
scholars the latter day saint people and others alightmight gain a better
insight into the history pertaining to this building every attempt
has been made to search all attainable primary sources because of
the inaccessibilityccessibilityaccessibility of somebomedome source material this history is not as
complete in detail as it otherwise could be however it does give
an insight into the problems faced by the early settlers of manti and
gives a basic account of the planning construction and dedication
of the temple later improvements andend additions to the temple and
grounds as well as its religious significance in the community are
also described
main sources for this research have been newspapers church
periodicals the sanpete stake records minutes of meetings heldholdheid in
the manti tabernacle 18821885183218851882188518821832 unpublished1885 manuscripts at the
church historianhistorians office in salt lake city manti temple historical
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senaenabnbannan thankthanks to them and alao to rrskramrs laraeaar1ar
kinder of Huntingthuntington utah for the mounting of the picturespic
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am particularly grateful to howard cox of manti who has
been so helpful to me in my research above all I1 am indebted to my
wife kay for the typing of the manuscript and for her continued
interest and support during the writing of this history
hrsmrsmra mabelfabel
slibbonaS prankfrankprenkbrenk9p cox hrsmrs elvauvaeiva christianerchriatianaenchristianemChriatianChristi joeephjoesphanem judd edwin jeneen
mrameameb abeabsabwlbs livingstonLivin Jgeton hattenbattenhatton carpentercarpntercarpanter anaantienaencienli jamood olaon of mantihantlnanti
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bapeciallylepeci&14 to ordr leaselituaaellbasel Bbo Swenswensensenaenwmagn
profeaaorressorfessorresaor of history iirighamilrigham young university for hishiahla timely and
helpful suggestions and to dr nusselrussel R rich and gustive 0 darsonderson
associateaftsooiateassoclateasso professorsproclabeclate offeor the church history department Aae williamwliilamdi lundiah49
assistantabiAeiabl churchtant historianhiatorianhlaHiahis andboriantorianborlan his staff
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I1 am indebted to many perannaperaonapersortsper forsorts their assistance in the
compilation of this history
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temple presidentPre andsidenbaident lewielewisdeniedemis R andersonanderaon and robert D young
retired templelamplelampie presidents thanks aisoalaoalso to jamesjamea andersonanderaon mr
C peterpeberbonaoneon wilford breinholt fanniepannie thompsonihoapeon oscar nielsonnieMie
seymour
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christensenchrisChriachrls andbenbenteneenlensen mariehavle laramlarwnlarvm of Ephephraimephreimraiareimrelm andend B PF larsen
anclanciand fred markham of provo
photographs werewam furnishedfumia byhed the church historianshistorianatorianaHis office
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
pagePREFACE
vi
chapterTHE SETTLING OF MANTI 1
II11III111liilit A TEMPLE IS PLANNED 15
111IIIlii THE construction PERIOD 187718881877 1888 25
1 the construction2 financing the temple3 workers and their skilled crafts4 the manti temple association5 the building program and economic development6 the faith of the people
IV THE dedication 60
V LATERlacer developments AND significance OF THETOILnoidnold TEKPUTEMPLE 66
1 finishing landscaping and additional improvements2 significant aspects of the temple
APPENDIX 81
bibliography 94
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CHAPTER I1
tozTOATHEnoztwe SETTLINGSETTLDG OF MANTIKANTInantimantl
situated in the south central part of the state of utah
surrounded bybyrbye the wasatch mountains the hanti temple has been seen
by thousandisthousands of tourists who have marveled at its beauty its archi-
tectural design and the unique history which surrounds
the city of manti is located on the eastern side of the sanpete
valley one hundred twenty miles south of salt lake city the altitude
is 5548548 feet above sea levels the 5topitch valley more commonly
known as sanpeteSan ispete sixty miles in length with an average width of
thirty miles and contains about 1820 square miles it takes its2name from sanpitchsianpitchsanditchSanSian chiefpitch of the indians who lived in the valleyvalleysveiley
these natives known as the sanpitchessempitchesSanSemsam werepitches an independent branch of
ute indians sanpitchsanditchSan waspitch a brother of the ute chief walker
when the settlers arrived in the valley the hill on which the
manti templeteepleteepietepletepie now stands was gray in color and not very attractive to
the eye the soil which covered it was shallow and shaly As there
were no streams that flowed over its semibarrensemi surfacebarren the vegetalegeta3tion was stunted and dwarfed this hill is marked by the outcrop of a
W H leverlover history of01 undenesanpeteundete and klum counties ogdenutahtutahlutacht published by the author 1811898191 p 11
ble warrum ed utah since statehood salt lakkelake citticityicitytS J clanisclarisclarkclarnc publishing co 1919 p 519
gillian H peterson the miracle of the mountainsmountain hantimantiipublished by the author 1942 p 6
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thoudandissandis
jameajamesdames E imagetalaagelaagetalamage theme house12u of the lord salt lakeleke citticityicitytdeseret
beeleeeeenews press 1912 ppap 224225224
peter
225
gottfredson compcoap & ed history of indianmianmlanwiandepredationsdepreddedred in utahuta salt lake cityicitys skelton publishing co 1919ppap 31731317 31831
entoontoente saltsait lakeleke valley onan the twenty fourth
of july 718847 the mormonscormons had comcoaecamchae west because of the persecutions
they had suffered in illinois due to their religious convictions at
this binstinebime the greatgroatgreab badinbasinhasinhadin was part of the territory belonging to
mexico with no one living there except the indianindians and a few white
trappers
the settlingnettling of manti in 113491849 was due to the encouragement of
one of the indian chiefs walkertalkerwaiker whoP clairedclaiaed lordship over sanpitchsanditchSan
valley
pitch
it is purported that he had a remarkablerettar dreamkablekabie in about 1840
the following is a white manamansnana account of ithe died and his spirit went to heaven
he saw the lord s sittingittingbitting upon a throne dressed inwhite the lord told him he could not stay hehad to return he desired to stay but the lordlardtold himhiahla that he mlatmistmot return to earth that therewould colcomcosm to hlahiahim a race of white people thatwould be his friends and he mustoustmot treat t hekindly
wellweilweli stratified and evenly beddedbeaded deposit of oolite thisthiathib oolite ieis
of uniformuni grainroriaforrA and of a fine cream color this is a granular rock
the separate particles of which are minute spheroids consisting of
concentric layers of calcium carbonate the stone peara under a lens
not unlike fish roe hence the name oolite literally meaning eggstoneeggetoneeggeggeeggs 4tonestoneslone
tempietomale
spiapi are or
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2
the history of steplettepletom hillaleaie doesdoosdowsdoob not start with the construc-
tion of the temple in 1877 but goes back to the early pioneer days of
utah under the leadership of the greatgroatbreal colonizer brigham young a
group of mormon pioneers entered
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shortly after the pioneers had established themselves in the
salt lake valley chief walker with twelve of his tribe met in
council with president brigham young and other leading men of the
mormon church these indians had come to ask brigham young to send
colonists into the sanpitchsanditchSan valleypitch to teach the indians how to build
homes and till the coilsoil during the proceedings of this council which
convened on june 14 1849 at salt lake city walker remarked I1 was
always friendly with the cormonsmormonsMor asmons I1 hear what they say and remember
it it is good to live like the mormonscormons and their children I1 do not
care about the land but I1 want the mormonscormons to go and settle itan exploration party left in august of 1849 with walker as a guide
they returned with the recommendation that a colony be located in the7valley
preparations were made in the fall of 1849 to send a group of
pioneers into the sanpitchsanditchSan valleypitch to establish the new settlement at
the october conference isaac morley charles shumway and seth taftwere placed in charge of a company of fifty families men women and
children these pioneers arrived at the present site of manti on the
nineteenth of november 1849 isaac morley a veteran of the war of
1812 one of the founders of far west missouri and later a member of8the council of fifty and the legislative council of the territory of
journal history of the church of jesus christ of latter daysaints church historians office salt lakecityl&kecityLakeleke juneCity 14 1849microfilmed
7lever op02 citcite t p 12
0kiausklausklaub J hansen the theory and practicepracProc oftice the political
kingdom of god in mormon history 182918901829 unpublished1890 mastersthesis dept of history brigham young university p 199
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depsyl&&tsr2uboday staint biognphop4 x2lodediayryuasalt lakeleke cityicitys andrew jenson history co 1901 ppap 23523623536235 236
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Badaadsaaa sidwelldwells history of nanti sanpete5&npeteSan stakepete recordchurch historians office salt lakeleke city p 4
ibid ibid
opa084
teftstafts
bearssfearss
tectedteated rmafrom inclement weather william H peterson in his booklet
rhethe miracleminamila ofot thehet m9untainsmountainsam&m
winterwinterilinteri
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4
9utah medemadenade a prophetic statement as they neared nantimanti when he said
there is the termination of our journey in close proximityty to that
hill god willing we will build our city 10
some aeorbers of the company desired that they go farther south
possibly where the present city of gunnisongunQun standsnison others doubted the
desirability of establishing a settlement near such an unproductive
hill seth zafttaftzart one of the leaderslead voicingersoerss his feelings saldsaid this
is only a lonslonglongsions narrow canyon and not even a jack rabbit culdauld exist
on its desert soil favoring the altesite which had the approval of
president drighaadrighmdright loungyoungs was isaac morley more connollycoaroonlyconnonlyeonconeom knownnonly as
father morley he spoke to those in doubtdoubts sayingaingsyings this is our
in spite of all their problems fears and doubts the colonists
were willing to accept the site which had been selected for themthea a
short distance south of the hillwith the near approach of winter father morley advised the
settlers to move to the south side of the hill so that they might be
protected
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the primitive settlementsettgett thuslement established wasin reality a cluster of pioneer wagons grouped to-gether for protection in the midst of rank underbrushit occupied a small speck of ground amid thousands ofsquare miles of rugged mountains and virgin valleywhere the only living things were wild animalsstrange plants and tribes of savage indiansindiana
each wagon was a home for a family servingas kitchen dining room bedroom and parlor it wasprotected from the elements by a sheetshoot of clothstretched over the bowsbowbog of the wagon box hardly hadthe circle of wagons been established and a few trailsmade through the surrounding underbrush when thesnow began to fall obliterating the trails and cover-ing the ground to a depth of two feetfootfoet freezingweather followed crusting the snow and covering thestreams with ice A long hard winter was ahead ofthese settlers a winter in which most of their cattlewere to starve or freesefreeze to death J
realizingRearaa theirlising inadequate protection against the severity of
winter storms and freezingfreefreb temperaturessingaing the settlers turned to the
hill for protection digging holes in the side of it took several
days for it proved to be for the most part layers of solid stone
this was however a blessing in disguise as the hill proved to be a
valuable stone quarry which was later utilized these dug outs
which they built had smokesnoke vents at the rear and though crude from our
standards of today gavegaye the settlers a comparative degree of comfort
and warmth theilietlletyle pioneers lived under these adverse conditions until
the following spring when they were able to start building log cabins
and tilling the ground mrs adelia B sidwell a pioneer girl of
this period describes the first winter in the valley
although the depth of snow wasc3fromwaecjfron indianlegend unprecedentedctheunprocedentedcthe winter was not so vigorousas some have been known the weather being for themost part cloudy with but little wind after the
3petersonl3petersonopeterson3 opoil012peterson cit op ppap 787 8
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basCALhnsbri ancy onan the encrusted and crystallizedenow eo cm rendering nearly all the men snowenowblind and the little boysboye now madeaademede themselvesavailable by leading the aensenmenabn to the warm springspringewhere their labor waronlywaymar ended at nightfall to beresumed in the morning snowlsnow snowenowsnowlI1 wllenow I1
nothing whatever to reebreefrestrebbreatreab the vision upon but onevast expanseexpansesexpenseexpenses and dreary monotonous waste ofsnow and while the cattle were faring thusbadly the people themselves were none too wellprovisioned and general feelingreeh of anxiety pre-vailed throughout the campcsap
in addition to climatic difficulties the pioneers were
faced with another trying event a rattlesnake plague one warm
spring day they heard a hissing sound it startled lheatheathenthemwhen and to LCU
amazement they found that the hill which had served as their pro-
tector during the winterswinter was now a dendon of spotted backed rattlesnakesanakessruLarhlarbakeakevkwa
comameementcooaenoement of the deposits until the feb-ruary sun oamecamecamoalaal out and reflecting jicj itsbrilliancy
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n the whole camp was alerted to action asaisats the menmannen fought
this deadly foe with the aid of pine torchestor clubschess guns stones
and any other available weapon that would destroy the snakes
this
15
continued for several days before the pioneers were able to get
rid of the saakesnakessnakeanakesanake the rattlers would go into their holes at dawn
and then come out again at dusk oxon the south slope of the hillthey would crawl under wagon boxes the dwarfed underbrush the wood
pilespilepliesplis and into the dug outoutsoub the remarkable feature of this17experience was that not a singlelingle person was bitten by the snakes v
uadeliacadelia 13 didwell5idwellsidwellsdwellsSi reminiscencesinisconcesiniainis ofconces darly manti MS in thefiles of the mantimati city library p 3 typewritten
peterson15 op 16cit211altoltstieti ppap 9109 ijbdo10 ppap 1011loliloii10
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the reason for the invasion of the snakes at this particular time was
that this species of reptile do sicl most of their traveling in the
early evening and are most alert and dangerous when recovering fromcromcron
the camatosecajnatosematosecomatoseca state induced lyby the cold of winter 1
with grateful hearts for their deliverance from this unexpected
monacemenacemonaco the pioneers turned to the immediate task of building a settlementssettlement
the experience with the rattlesnakes made the settlers realize that
the gray hill was no longer an alluring refuge therefore they moved
away from their protecting dug outs
in the spring of 1850 lands were allotted each familyrandly and
such regulations entered into as would enable the settlers to secure0their squatterssquatter rightslt As a dense growth of sagebrush covered
the entire valley the settlers had to remove it before irrigation and
cultivation could begin because of the sevemseverabevera winter the
pioneers had only one team able to draw a plow through the desert
ground this team owned by jezreel shoemaker was used to break
small garden patches while the other animals were recovering from
the effects of the winter the colonists had a fair supply of seed
and within a short time they had green vegetables for food and the21colony was assured of permanence
mormon church government under the direction of priesthood
ibid prPetersonterson op cit p 11
20eli2abeth20eizaboth crawford munk early history of manti unpu-blished history brigham young university library p 6 microfilmed
212lleverelleverlever opoieole citcito p 15
18
19
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leadersleaderlender guided the people in religious matters and also in temporal
affairs this idea prevailed after the pioneers had arrived in the
great basin for manymeny years the bishop was also mayor one early
bishop said the priesthood has the right to dictate to the people
allailali kinds of duties to perform the lord spoke to brigham brigham
to the bishops and the bishops to the people
leonerdleonard J arrington great basinbabin kingdom bridgetcambridgetcambridgesCam
harvardbridges
university presspreas 1958
stinstsminst livestocklive thestook area outside the fenced por-tion was givengiyenglyenglyn to conmecomaonconmm pasturepasturespeature
8
the mormon
pioneers were willing to be obedient to ecclesiastical authority in
establishing newnow settlementsnetnotsot openingto general stores setting up
sawmills or whatever
before another permanent colony coaldcouldcoaid be established in
sanpete valley a religious organisationorganization was settoottoet up in mantim&ntimantlmenti with
isaac morley as the presidingpre elderoldereideridding A stake was later organizedorgani onzedsed
july 27 9 1854 withvithvilhwilh walcomwaicom chapman as president the stake at that
time was not completely organized with the auxilliaryauxillia organizationsry23functioning as they do today
the people of manti likeilke those of other early utah coaounities
depended upon the maxima use of all available land and water resources
for their survival dr leonardlaonard J arrington describes this early
land policypolicyx
farming lands in the mormon villages through-out the west were occasionally farmed cooperativelybut the usual rule was individual farming of eachplot however all farmingfroll landag was usually fencedin by cooperative effort in order to secure cropsagainst
29
23 interview with L R andersonandersen past president of4 mantijune 1960 see also loyerleverloverleyer op pect 83830 o
t24arrington op citolt
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in thisthiothib settlement a general community plan existed wherein
ditches were constructed to carry the water from city creek to the
severalbeveral fields under the cooperative planpian of union of labor and divi-
sion of interests stock were driven by herd boys each morning to25a tract of land known as the range
the primary enterprises of these early settlers were farming
and hoaebuildinghomebuilding other industries and projects were as followfollowstfolrolroi
grist
lowes
millingbilling begun in january 1851 saw milling two saw millsmille
were started in 1852 road building A road was built north across
the swamp enan the west side of the valley stone cutting building
business houses public building and church buildingbuildingsbuildingsi butter and
cheesechoose making I1 and cattle and sheep raising this latter business
later became the leading industry of this region
about the first of julysjuly 1801850s chief walker and part of his
tribe numbering between five and seven hundred fresh from a success
ful raidmidraldreidnid against the shoshonesSho cameshones into the valley walker and his
braves pitched their wickiupswicki inups a large semicirclesemibemi east and south
of the settlement and theathem commenced to hold their feasts and war
dances in honor of their victory the demonstration lasted for two
weeks and caused the settlers muchmach anxiety as they feared that at any
momentmomant walker and his band of warriors would treacherously attack the27
newnow settlement brigham youngs policy that it is better to feed
layers woesORs citcltep p 79
andrew jackson judd A historyhiptorhaptor of manti manti ubahutahtutahutachtmanti
4south
M
ward church of jesusjebusjedus christ of latterletter day saints 1959ppap 676
27
7
peterson op cite p 12
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thesethebe pioneer30houses were built of adobe and logs the deseret sveningevening news
mkank oii012oli citas psll211sli 5V
utah qenealoiticalgsjjdsj andmd historical magadinemagasinedmazaMaga XIsine 1920 p sas3semsSCMssema sourcessommes indicate that brighaabrighta toxmgyoms christened the
colony see lovers odeopeoueges citju po
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10
the indiana than to fight lheatheathembhea proved to be a wise one for the
settlers as the victorious utes remembered that thibthiathis great white
leaderleader1leaders had1 not madbadebadomadomed war upon themthea and so did not attack the
settlement
that first summrsuaxnr the settlersbettsett builtlere a bowery near their
winter camp where public meetingsweeneewww weretings helaheldhsia the most important
being the sabbath day worship thecne siretfirstsirat of thebhe meetingsceetingscebceeneb recordedtings
was heldholdheid on july 7 1850 with isaac horlymorlymorley presidingthe settlers decided that isaaclame morley should have the honor
of naming the colony he christened it mantinentlnantie in honor of one of
the cities in the book of borammonaonmoram 29
onom june 2 1852 the settlers began to build a fort in order
to protect themselves from any threats or attacks by indians the
stone from the hill waawaswea used to build it it required twenty six
working days from the commencement of the fort until it wagwas finishedfonan
shed
june 28 aen it was completed cabins were built close together
with the backs of the cabins close to the fort walls
be these at a ordedcorded
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w revealed to their prophets
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Nantijtis
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to be the most reliablethe latter day saint church believesbeeboLbae theievesleveslevea book of 1monnonnonnonarmon to be
a record of an ancient group of people who once inhabited the cmtinconfirmcatinenta of north and south americaAnergmarjmar theyiealeaica accept this record to be theword of god as it waawas
mabermater s
wwwene
11
june 27 1852 stated
manti isin at last blessed with a strong fortit has a gategatsgabsgets on the westwantwebbweatwent side in the center of thewall and round bastions at the northwestnorth andwest south-east corners the wall is eight feet high and twofeet thick and is set upon a foundation of aboneatonestoneslonethrewthreethroe 31feet wide sylvester hulethulothuiet is the keeper
after thiathisthin fort was completed a larger fort was begun in the
sumersuler of 1851854 this fort was called the big fort it was built
in order to protect the homes of the settlers which were distributed
over a large area the fort was built chiefly of rock from the stone
quarry with large acobesadobes and other materials used in the construction
the walls measured twelve feet high three feet thick at the bottom
32and two feet thick at the tope it covered an area of nine square
blocks each twenty six rods square makingasking a total area of two
33hundred thirty four square rods
the gray hill later known as temple hill became a source
of good building stone which was used in the building of private and
public structures in manti and also in salt lake city william ward
an architect and sculptor carved a block of the stone for the
washington monument in the year 18521352 the stone which was three feet
longiong six and half inches thick and two feet wide was to be
placedpieced in the monument as a contribution from the state of deseretdebDec
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city june 27 1852
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Brigham H roberts comprehensive history of the church111IIIlil salt lake cibycityicitycitti deseret news press 1930 p 81
279
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in the center wabwaewasmab the emblematic beehive under it the word
deseretdeseretjDeseredeseve andtj over it the all seeing eye
t-
he stone now occupies
a place near the top of the monument acAs temple hill achieved
added importance it becalbecamebecam known an the manti stone amuryluarrylu
an
arry
aspect which has nearly been forgotten is the role temple
hill played in the lives of the younger children they loved to
climb the hill and see what they could discover imbeddedbeddedembeddedIm ineddedadded the
rocks were petrified fish and footprintsfootprintrootfootroob ofprintprints strange prehistoric
animals also many odd shellssholle of amphibious creaturescreati werewerirestrestreb to be
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in the summertimemamer thesetime lusty childrenwhiled away many happy hours of a quiet sundayafternoon hunting for flint arrowheads madewadewede byaborigines they hunted also for round stonesthey called bulls weseyesweb andend which in appearanceappeepperesembled
arancearancoin shape and design the eye of a bullbulibuil
the girls were particularly zealous in theirsearch for smallameilemeil white stones resembling pearlsand round black stones with smooth waxlikelikeilkesurfacesaw theseracesfacesraees they called jack stonesandstonehandStonestonosstoneswith
awd6wdsandthem they played the game of jacksjecks
in the autumn the pine trees on the hill were searched for
pine nuts in the winter monthsmonthe when it was covered with snow the
children would speed down it on homemadehome sledsslodsclodsmade while in the spring
34mosesItobestoses F farnsworth history of mentimantimantillnentl sanpeteSan stakepeterecordrecords church historians office saibsaltsail dakelake city p 9
peterson w cit p 15theremorenorwnare werwerevere very few rattlesnakes on the hill at this time
although some of the older residents of manti can recall seeing somethere when they played on the hillhiuhin as children
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another important incident in the history of sanpete county
occurred when chief arropineatropineArr aopine brother to chief walker deeded the
entire county to brigham young trusteeintrustee trustlil for the church
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young lovers might be seen gathering bouquets of wild flowers on its37warmwamwarewaa slopes
soulesoolesome interesting incidentsJanci indents the early history of mantlhantimantimentirentinentl were
the calling of john lowrylawry sr as the first bishop of manti isaac
morley and charles shulay representing sanpete county in the utah
territorial legislature the incorporation of mantikantikentimentimantl as a oltycity on
february 5 1851185 if the election of dan jones as the first mayor
elected in april 185111851 the establishment of the post office in 1853
with george peacock asat the postmaster and the coming of a group ofQA
scandinavians in deoeaberdecDeo or
the chief of the utes at the death of walker on
january 29 1855185 and because he felt that he was the rightful owner
39he deeded sanpete county to the church A copy of this document as
found recorded in book B church transfer is here appendedappendedtappend
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CHAPTER II11
A TEMPLE IS PLANNED
the latter day saints are a temple building people since the
early days of their church beginning with the time of president
joseph smith and up to the present time i9601960 the latter day saints
have erected fourteen of these structures they have built them both
in times of poverty and strife and in tinestimestinee of prosperity and peace
temple building isin not an original idea of the latter day
saints for other religions and nationalities have erected temples the
babylonians greeks romans jews and others have built such buildings
these were all structures of beauty and distinctive design and were
outstanding in their architectural and artistic achievements superior
to the best public buildings of their respective eras
the latter day saint temples are similar to these other temples
in the following ways 1 the artistic architecture 2 ritualisticceremonies conducted by priestly leaders 3 places of worship and
supplication of the divine or deity the distinction between the
latter day saint temples and these temples is in the significance of the
ceremonies performed in them the latter day saints are unique in their
beliefs on marriage and baptism they believe that baptism moral
and religious covenants and marriage in the temple are necessary for
the salvation of mankind in order that those who have died without
having lladhad this opportunity might gain salvation these ordinances are
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performedperroperfo inmedaed the temples in behalf of the dead by the living the
living also perform these ordinances for themselvesth itselves ieis for these
purposes that the iatterlatter
hyde and
wilford woodruff the first two temples completed in utah were at
st george 1877 and loanloeandoanloganloelog 1884an the manti temple was next in 1883138319881888
the salt lakeleke templtempitempletempie was started before any of these in 1853 but was not
completedcomplecompie untiltd 1893 other temples built by the latter day saints are
the hawaiianHawL 1919iianlianllan the canadian at cardstonbardstonCard 1923ston the arizonaAriarlgri atfiona
mesa 1927 the idaho failafaiia 1945 the swiss at berne switaerlandswitzerlandSwit
1955
aerland
the los angeles 1956 the newnowsew zealand 1958 and the british
at london england 1958
the latter day saints began to plan for the building of temples
shortly after their arrival in utah when president brigham young and
party were making the location of a settlement at mantimantlmenti president
heber C kimball of the first presidency predicted that the day would
comecorncogncorg when a temple would be built upon manti hill on thathetho outskirts
this temple was different fromcrom other latter day saint templesin that no ordinance work was performed in it it was used primarilyfor worship wervicesterviceseservicesTervicebecese
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day saints build temples they are not or-
dinary places of worship the places of worship are called chapels or
meeting houses and all are invited to attend whereas only those who
can be reconzaendedreconiaended by their bishops and stake presidents may enter the
temples
the first iatterlatter day saint temple completed in modem times
was built in kirtland ohio 1 it was dedicated on march 27 1836 by
joseph smith then president of the church the next was the nauvoo
templotemple it was dedicated officially on may 1 186 by ordonorsonoraon
laclwc or
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nobesmosesnebes6moses F famsworthfarnswrthfarnsworthFarnswfernam historyrth of kentimantikentinkentl sanpeteSansa stakepetgpete recordchurch historianhistorians office salt lake city p 62
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two stones were later taken to salt lakeleke city on the twenty
ninth of july 1878188 they weighed 5600 and 5020 pounds and were
used for tablets in the east and west ends of the saltsait lake temple
As early as 1854 the people of manti were talking about build-
ing a tampletampie in their city thisthiathib wabwaewas a natural attitude among these
people as the latter day saintssaint felt it important to have a temple in
as manyMWWmeny localities as possible throughout the great basin
brigham young informed the people at a conference heldholdheid in
phraimshraimph onraim december 4 1873187 that a temple would be builtbulit in sanpetesanpatesandate
county naturally with such an announcement coming from the president
of the church the people of each town desired to have the temple
built in their own communitycoma aty0ty leading citizens of ephreimephraim and manti
were especially suggestive as to where the temple should be built the
citizensciti ofsenasens manti suggested that the tabernacle block was an ideal
placelilacs for a temple to stand while those of ephraim suggested that the
block where the bank of ephraim now stands would be the choice place
2somosome references give this date as august 5 1850 while othersgive 1852 asan the date
3 nhethe lfttterday
2of the city then he said well it will be soisoilotyo and more than that
the rock will be quarried fromfro that hill to build it with and some of
the stone from that quarry will be taken to help complete the salt lakeleke3templeempletempieempieTt 311
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for the temple7tmple7tempietempletempled ephraimephreimEph7 beingraiareimrelm the chief town seemed the logical
place for the tempietemplelempie to stand 0
at another conference held in ephraim on the twenty fifth of
june 1875 the speakers expressed their feelings about the possibility
of building a temple in sanpete county the differences which had
existed as to where the temple should be located seem to have been
resolved by this time to show the unity that existed among the
speakers on this matter elder daniel H wells said manti 14 while
elders george cannon brigham young jr john taylor orson hyde
erastus snow franklin D richards lorenzolorenao snow and AM musser
saidbaidbald the temple should be built on manti stone quarry at loo4004100htoo P
that day president brigham young saideaiddaiddald the temple should be built
on manti stone quarry n
the land on which the temple stands was deeded to the board of
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the latter day
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of manti this land parcel no 117 plot A in the manti city survey
contained twenty seven acres there was a spring located just east of
where the temple was to stand it was just enough higher than the
temple hill so that the water could easily be piped down for use in
the building william K barton owned the land on which the spring
was located he deeded this land to the church on july 17 1878 he
william H peterson the miracle of the mountains
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was to receive in return for this land the sum of 2500 this sum was
to be paid partly in cash and partly in stock and grain three hundred
dollars of this amount was to be a cash donation from mr barton to
the temple
the plans for the temple provided that the building was to be
168 feet long by 95 feet wide the east tower was to be 179 feet high
and the west one 169 feet giving a height of 24.3243 feet from the lowest
terrace wall to the top of the east tower the stairway leading from
the street to the west entrance was to be sixteen feet wide and have
one hundred twenty stone steps of that length and there was to be a
landing eight feet long upon each terrace the face of the hill from
the street grade was to be adorned by four terraces faced with four
successive walls of rock each from six to seven feet thick at the base
and tapering to two feet at the top they were to be 935 feet long
these walls were to rise above each other successively with a space of
ground between them of 43 38 and 35 feet respectively in width
running the entire length 935 feet on which it was intended to plantpiantplent
trees shrubbery and flowers the water for irrigation was to be
obtained from the spring about a mile and a quarter from the temple
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wilford woodruff stated that the upper chamber inideinside the
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aw&w monthly quar-terly and annually bowardtowardtovutofu the4 erection of aampietmpie at manti sanpete15anpete county
thotheiho manti templedempledempietempie districtdietrict covered the area from juab county on
the north to hingtonwashingtonkaeWaekab and kane ancc the couthsouth
navnwv december 13 1877
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these stakes carried
tuietileuieuuieulenie burden of financing and providing labor and materialswebeaatemele forrials the
constructioncmetruction
officersqffieereoffioers of the temple districtsdietric were chargedwith organizingorgan theising labor producesproduce and casheacheashcesh resourceswithin the districtdietrict for the building of the templetempietampletenpiein most instances the trusts inir brusttruettrust placed at thedisposaldiepoealdiep ofoeal each districtdietrict the tithing paidpeidpeld by membersliving in the districtdietrict during the period heshethe templeweewaewaswes being constructedconetruetede within each dietrictdistrict thepresidents of stakes andend bishops of waydewardewardsweyde were assignedthe responsibility of applying the construction needaneeds
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the linminmeinmeln floor wabwaewas to be 80 feet by 104 feet in the clear and 20 feetI1high in the clear metherhe second floor was to be 20 feet high also
in a circular issued by the firstpiret presidency andaridarld the council of
twelve october 25 1876 the boundariesboundarieebouraariesboundbourAbourm ofariesariee the manti tempietempleremplezemple districtwere specified aeas indicatedbatedcated in the following paragraphparagraphs
we reelfeelfoolrwei led to eaveaysaysavbaybaj to the latter day saintsaintsthroughout theeetheethesrheee mountains ietletlotiek us arieearise and buildtemplesitaplestumples unto our bodqodgod at suahuchsuchauch places aeas he shallshelisheil deddeedoignate unto which we and our children can enter andreceive those blessings that he has in storeetore for uslobletlotdetdeb the bishopebiehope of the settlementssett inlemento washingtonwashingtonskane iron plukefluteplute beaversbearer millardrd sevier sanpeteSanand
petejuab counties call the people of their wardawardewardswerda
together and certainascertainae from thomthemthenkhemkhon how rauehnwh each oneieis willing to do in labor and means
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tlupietuplemple would be 28 feet high in the clear and 0080 feet by 104 feet in
the clearlawcleerclaar between weilewalleweils with eelfeupportinselfseifseir roofsupporting without colwcolwcncolumnscolmcoimcolwyn
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of the temple from their ward or settlement achkach wardwaedthen under the chairmanship of the bishop selectedelected atemple cooioittee and theaethese coobiitteesc weresteesttees responsiblefor organisingorganizingorgan theirising areas and providing the neededassistance upon proper notice
within each district a number of industrieswere established to supply needed materials thus eachtemple had its sawmillssawaillssawsam ilmeliaeaills klins rock quarries andcarpentry shopshops
the districtdietrict today serves a differentdifdlfdic purposeferentforentrerent that of ordinance
work it now includes the following staleststakeststakes brigham young university
first second and third carbon deberedeseretDesere emeryuseryeneryhnery grand junction
ciunnieon juab kolobdolob miuardmilard moroni nebo north carbon north
anepetesanpeteanpeteSanAn northpete sevier palwrap&layrapalora sanban juan santaquin untie sevier
south sanpeteSan southpete sevier spanish fork springvilleSpring andwdville waynsrtayncewayneweyns
the ground for the tempietemplelempie was surveyedsuzoveyed andmidwid laidd out in april
1577 by jesse W fox surveyor general of utah territory he waswaewes
assisted by trumantrumen 0 angel and william H folsom church architects
thesetheme amaenmen arrived there on april 24 and were under the direction of17president brigham roungloungeyoung
early on the morning of april 25 177 presidentPre bribrighameident young
asked harrenbarrenwarrubaryenbarru snow to go50 with him to the temple hill mr snow sayocsayscsayst
we two were alone president young took me tothe spot where the templetampletempie was to htwastandstwa we went to thesoutheastsouth cornercomereast and president aung saideaidsaldbaidbald here ieisthe spot where the prophet moroni stood and dedicated
onardlsonardlaonardLs J arrington oveatgat jbaein bridgekingdom cambridge i harvarduniversity press 195801959 p aw3w30e
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thlethiethisthib piece of land for a temple site and that is the reasonwhy the location ieis mademadsmaasmado here and we cant move it fromthibtillthisthilthid spotpotpob 1 and if you and I1 are the only personspersone that cowehere at high noon today we will dedicate thlethiethiswhis ground
oion the twenty fifth of april 1877 the bitecitesite for the manti temple
was dedicated by brigham young presidentpresPros youngident remarked after the
dedicatory prayer that the bishops who presided in nantimantinentl and the
neighboring settlements shoulddhoshonho have men comeCCBBC with beamsteamsteambeam and wagons
plows and scrapers and picks and shovels to prepare the ground for
the masonwork he expected from fifty to one hundred men to come and
start work as soon as possible these menaen wouldwo be changed whenever
and as often asan was desirable heythey couldco gebgetgot credit on labor tithing
or on donation account for their services and he expected themthen toy
work until the temple was completed
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this time president young also exhorted the people that this
temple should be built with clean hands and pure hearts so that their
children might enter into the temple to perform the various ordinances
of the priesthood and also to officiate in behalf of those who were
dead he also remarked that the women couldco render assistance in this
project by giving encouragement to their husbands and sons and also
by making clothing of various kinds for them while they were working
21there he then concluded his remarks with the following words of
encouragement and advice
kownowkom bishops if any person should enquire whatwages is fjsj to be paid for work done on this temple
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letlotiet the answer be not one dime and when the templeiein completed we will work in godgoda holy house withoutinquiring what we are going to getsgetgebgebs or who ieis going topay us but we will trust in the lord for our rewardand he will not forget us behold the fowls of theair says the savior for they sow not neither dothey reap nor gather into barnalteamskarnaikarnel f yet your heavenlyfather reedeth them are ye not much better than they
letlat this work be commenced without delaybuilding cannot be performed here in the winter as inst george the rearing of this templetempitempltempie will have tobe done in the milder portions of the season when theair is free from frostyfrontfollowing the dedication of the sitessiteditesltes a call went out for men
to work on thisthib worthy project and five days later a hundred men knelt
down in prayer at the quarry to ask for guidance and help in accomptacconipaccomp
23lishing this great workeworks in order to prepare the ground to reach
the bed rock they had to excavate to a depth of fifty feet or more at
the east end of the building thia was the beginning of the workoi
which took eleven years to finish
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THETOEmoe construction PERIOD 187718881877
whenever
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a call comes from the general authorities of their
church to build a temple unto the lord the faith of the mormon people
ieis magnified they betsetbel out to accomplish this work ath the zeal that
is characteristic of a dedicated people this was the case in the
building of the manti temple as men throughout sanpete county and
various other counties responded to the call of their presiding
authorities
excavation of the site began on april 30 1877 it was reported
that by june 28 one thousand four hundred twenty six pounds of rope
for scaffolding 400 worth steel iron and tools valued at four
hundred dollars were on the grounds this7histhibchis same day the first accident
connected with the building of the temple occurred uhenwhen a large rock
fellfeufenren on the foot of daniel williams from wales utah he suffered no
2broken bones
shortly after the excavation had begun the sanpete stake was
reorganized on july 4 1877 at ephraim utah president young orsonorbon
hyde and george Q cannon were in attendance thisthib stake included
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all of sanpete county canute peterson was chosen as the president
with henry beal and john B maiben as his counselors the following
statistics recorded on november 17 18771277 give the membership of the
stake at that timet eighteen wards 1623 families 304 seventies
326 high priests 791 elders 155 priests 148 teachers and 153
3deacons these statistics reveal that the number of people in
sanpete county was relatively small at the time of the construction
the construction of the temple brought to manti many artisans
and spiritual leaders of high caliberoa theliberilber city was al so blessed with
the visits of many of the general authorities of the church one of
the most noted artisans who oamecame to mantlmantimenti was A C smyth a graduate
of an england conservatory of music while in manti he produced
choirs of very high quality
the mayors of manti during this period were james C brown
18758111875811875 john81 H hougard 188185 william luke 18858711885 87j87l and john
hougard 18878918875
by the first parbpart of october 187718770 one hundred seven men and
seventeen teamteams were at work on the temple the men in the temple
district had responded cheerfully and spiritedlyspirited to the call for men
findwidlindmid means to prosecute the morkwork at the completion of the harvest
other individuals responded to a second call
3sanpete stake record church historians office saitsalt lakecityclity november 17 1877
staitimtaiti centennial committee sonjisony of a century manti utahutahlstahlcentennialen
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joaephjoeephjoseph A toung had first been appointed to thisthie positionspetition but
owingqwing to hishie death at nankimantiyantinentl onan augustauguet 5as5s 1875 he had been able to do
9no moreacre than makeaakemeke a few preliminary pianaplaneplanspienaplana
mr folsom weawaawas informedinfoinro thatroed wilford woodruff orsonoreon hydehydes and
erastus snow had been appointed aaas a coooittee under the direction of
the council of twelve to act with hlahiahishim in taking charge of the collec-
tion of templekemplekempiezemple fundsfaafadrad disbursements and directing and controlling of
the general business related to the erection of the lempietemple
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other formforarora of graded ascentrecent leading fronfrom the valley floor to the top of
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lice merrill hornshorne dmtewpevoteeapevo mdaadeadendteeakwea cheirtheirchele shrineeshkaollrineerineashrinesSh A4 handkuahua bookBof utah art tsalt lake cityicitys the deseret heghemyem iga
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in a letter fromfron john taylorgtjrlortaylora president of the twelve apostlessapostleeapostlesAp
dated
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the fifteenth of october 1877 williaswi if folsom was notified
that he had been appointed to act aeas the architect in the erection of
the temple and to take the general euperintendencysuperintaidencysuperintendency of the businessbusinbuein7
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connected with the building of it colemfoleoafolem wenwanwaswebwes the ameonaon of a builder
and contractorcont ofactormetorackor buffaloMd newnowfalosraios york hishie architectural work had been
variedveried and menyweny he assisted in designing the salt dakelakedeke tabernaclet&bernacleubernaelesUberna
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the hill by december of 1878 four terrace walls were roughly co-mpleted george F gibbs who visited manti in may of thistas samesane year
wrote the following concerningconcerydng these terraces
A stranger from the old world could easily believethat a fort or fortification was being built the sub-stantial terrace walls four in number each 16 feet highand six feet thick at the base tapering to two feet atthe top rising one above the other each measuring abouta quarter of a mile around presents such an appearanceappearance
the blasting and cutting down of the solid stone required the
labor of large groups of men for nearly two years on june 27 1878
the following telegram was sent from manti to salt lake city tithethe
last large blast for clearing the manti temple site was fired at
twenty minutes past twelve 01 clock PM today eight hundred seventy
five pounds of powder was sic used and upwards of 4600 yards of13rocks and debris were thrown out preparatory for removal 1 this
was necessary to leyellevellevei the ground for the actual site of the temple
the walls of the terraces were built of the rock loosened by the
blasting the terracing of the grounds waswaa part of the architectsarchitect
plan for landscaping the whole site with the terraces and the steps
from one to the other crowned with the temple at the back was to
constitute an outstanding landscape
by the spring of 1879 the preparation of the hill for the
temple had been completed and the people were anxiously awaiting the
james E talmage the house of the lord salt lake citydeseret news 1912 p 227
lthe12theithealthe deseret evening news may 22 1878
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laying of the corner stones at about 1100 AM on april 14 1879 a
large number of people assembled near the temple site and formed into
a procession in the following order nephi brass band quorum of
the twelve patriarchspatriarch presidents of stakes high councilmen seventies
high priests elders presiding bishops and counselors bishops and
counselors aaronic priesthood members mayor of manti city and hlahiahis
council judge and county officers ladiesladles of relief societies
superintendents and teachers of sunday schools manti choir and manti
martial band then came the marshal of the day general WS snow
the leaders were followed by several thousand people they marched
to the southeast corner of the temple site A brief delay was
occasioned by a refreshing shower of rain after which president john
taylor of the quorum of twelve gave some introductory remarks the
opening prayer was offered by charles C rich then firastuserastus snow spoke
to the group 1
after some music by the brass band president taylor and those
of the twelve apostles present assisted by the patriarchs the archi-
tect william H folsom and the master mason ED parry proceeded
to lay the southeast or principal corner stone then president
taylor standing on the newly laid stone said
this principal corner stone the southeast cornerstone under the direction of the twelve who are actingin the place and represent the first presidency is nowlaid in honor of the great god let it thus remain untilthis temple is18 completed and while the annointed of thelord may continue to administer therein may this housebe speedily erected that the saints may have a place inthe stakes of zion and in the stakes of the temple
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district and others who may require to administer inthe ordinances of the lords houses and the son ofman have a place to lay his head
records were then deposited in the southeast comercorner stone in
a zinclinezine casecasel after which lorenzolorenxolorenso snowsnows standing on the stone offered
the dedicatory prayer proceeding to the southwest corner thetho
presidency of the aaronic priesthoodPriest namelyhoods presiding bishop edward
hunter and counselors and several of the local bishopbishops presidents of
quorumsquorms of the aaronic priesthood assisted by the architect and master
mesonmason attended to the laying of this stone in the same order as
before then bishop L W hardy offered the dedicatory prayer
the procession then passed to the northwest comercorner in regular
order this stone was laid by the president of the high priest quorum
of the sanpete stake and his counselors and by president canute
petersontersonlersonwersonPs and counselors presidents of the sanpeteSan juabpete sevier and
salt lake stakes respectively georgegoorge teasdaletea franklinae1e spencerprankfrank
and A M cannonjcannone assisted by the architect and master masonmabon president
frederick walter cox of the high priest quorum of the sanpete stake17pronounced this stone properly laid standing on the stone he saidt
we now pronounce this northwest cornercomer stoneproperly laid and we pray god our eternal father thathis spirit ay rest down upon aliallail who forkyorkfyrk in conne-ction with the building of this temple
the dedicatory prayer was then offered by president peterson
and the procession advanced to the northeast cornercomer which stone was
laid by the presidenciespresiden ofcies the seventiesseventies9 and elders1
W cox mantiutah
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I1 aduties aeas architect mastwastmabb keep hlahiahishim closely confined tomantimantismantlmentimentis whosethose portiasportioneportimsport ofloneionelond the following instructions withregard to visitingeitingvi otheroilier portionaportionportionspor oftiona the temple districtmobbrietmotbrist of necessity chiefly fallralirail on brother petersontereonbersonlersonPe
the council during itsite meeting had the roufourom owingaeaoranduaaemovuaum madeaade of businessesbueineeebusinesssbuein iitemsweeeeewes andaraarmama instructionsinstruction theywished you unitedly to attend to
thabthat you be required to mekeaakemakemekoweko yourselves acquainted with the amountanount
uieute
perlypenly
deldei ttilltiubluble jubbjuetjust at the timetine of separation when it began to rain again
during the ceremonies rain had fallenrellenrelien throughout the reebreefrestrebbreet of the valley20until all waswaekaskes well watered
A letter written to W H foismfoleoafolsm and canute peterson on april 17
1879 tromtroafrom the council of twelve shows that certain responsibilities
in connection with the building of the tampletempletampie were given thebethese two men
at that times
at a meeting of the council of the apoatleaapostlossApoApostheldholdheid
atleasliwalosstoday
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fecrec wabwaewasmab expressed by the brethren thatelderkidby A H colemfoleoafolem weewaewaswesmes overworkedow andendrkedsskeds that woremore waawaewaswea iaimpowk upon hishiehibhiahla shouldersehoulderemhoulders than he could reasonably be ex-pected to carrygarry it wasmasmeanesmes therefore unanimously decided toeelicall president canute berbonpetersontereonPe of ephreimephraim to hishie aldaidas an assistant superintendent3 of the work on the mantihantikentikentltraplettaple1 Asaftasbadb0 we are well aware that brother folwmfolaoffi9
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by the architect and mastormasternastor masonmabonmesonmaam H
during the exercises the sun
shonehone in itsitelbslkaita splendor making thisthie occasionoce oneaaionabionablon of pleasurepleaeureplsurepleapiea andaureeure delifiht
a feeling
of tithing and offerings that arecontributed by the various stakes in the mentimanti templeunie
pie19 deseret ad2devening newsmewsnewnen april 14 1879 mid
S romereme of the seven
presidents of seventies declared that this stoneabonesloneatone was duly and properly19laid rhethe dedicatory prayer was offered by john vann cott
at 200 PM those officiating repaired to the center of the
temple foundation where seats and a temporary elandswend had been erected
between three and four thousand people then listenedilalliet toened remarks by
soaesomebomesame of the authorities of th church
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districtthat you make yourselves acquainted practically
with all the articles come at able and withvithkithbith allaliail thesubscriptions that can be relied upon
also to make yourselves acquainted with thewants of the men and obtain and appropriate for theiruse such things as will be satisfactory to them andso manage and adjust the labor that there will be noclashing or disorder in your operations but that theremay be sufficient number of such hands asan can berelied upon to do the hauling whether of rock orlumber and also to see that the labors of the nrruneruce onthe temple are so arranged on the building that theremay be no lossless of time or other inconvenience andto see that when menmon leave other men as competent areprepared to take their places
that you obtain a knowledge of the amount oflumber that will be required and the facilities formaking that lumberimberilber and the means by which it can beremoved to the temple and the kind of pay that thosewho log and saw and labor about the mill will requireas also those engaged in the hauling of the lumber tothe temple
to see that the temple isin supplied with limesand rock and all articles that are required for theconstruction thereof
to attend to the blacksmithing and see thatthe shop is furnishedfurnish with coal steel and all arti-cles required in that line
and generally to supervise allaualiail mattersmat asso-ciated
teriswith the temple in the furnishing of all
articles required and so manage the subscriptionswhether in stock cattle sheep flour grain moneystorepaysto andrepay all things contributed for the buildingof the tampietample judiciously vaselywisely and prudently ina manner that shallbhail be for the best interest of thelabor thereon and also for the best interests of theemployees who are engaged in that labor manipulatingcontriving and appropriating the various kinds ofproperty in the best interesinterestsinheres of the people and forthe advancement of the work
the work on the temple commenced under the supervision of
these men it progressed quite rapidly during the first three years of
construction and by april 4 1882 the walls were up to fifty feet
blotter2jstter2lotter from the council of twelve april 17 1879 copycory inpersonal files of P C peterson of ephraim grandson of canutecomplete letter is not available
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1885historians office saltseitselt lake city p 50
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another thirty feet added to this wall would carry themthanthaebhae to the square
superintendent boleanfolsoafolean reported at this time that there were 50000022feet of native lumber onin the groundssaunds
though the people worked diligentlydilUent on the templestempletempie they some
llestiesbleb had to be reminded of their errors or neglect in the performance
of other duties in may of 1882 F R kennarkenzler of meitikftntimexti remarked to
the people that they were lax in their sanitaryunitary conditions theymey had
been allowing their dead animalsaniaals to relinremin unburied too long before
taking earecare of thomthathou suchuchsuah a condition wouldmouldmouid cause disease to spread23throughout the eoanunitydoameoandoen theyunity were also reminded that the ditches
needed imwovomentiaprovwiwt ahtthtths4t pipes had to be laid and repaired eoso thatthey would havehare sarecafesafebare drinking water they were aimaleoalmalsoaiso instructed to
bradetradekrade with their own people and frindafri thisthiaihlachischiamidewide had bewbem a policy of the
mormonsmoraonecormons ineeinoesinceanoe their arrival in the great basin president maiben of
the sanpete stake presidency at a meting heldholdheid in thethotaetaw spring of 1882
eaid letlot ueus comecomcol up to a standard of purity and perfectionsperfection and this
will induce others seeing our good vorksvoricsborks to go and do likewise
the authorities of the church wanted the workers to double theirdiligence with respect totio the tempietemplelempie superintendent folsoxwasfolamwas asked
if it couldcoula be finished by 188 in an effort to increase theirenthusiasmwthusia he told the people that illions would rise up and bless
them for raising this house to taketeke khemthemthen out of bondagebandage 11hisibis has
referencerefe torelereme the tempietemple work which is performedperforaedperfoperro withinewedraedemed jtbjt5
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A letter wittenwritten to the editor of the deseret jjg&1z&fc newsmewsvenin
february 14 1882 from manti utah indicates that the work on the
temple was progressing quite favorably that winter stonecuttersstonecutter
were preparing rock jor the towers and doing other work in the process
of erectionwreaereaedwa therethedeliontionllon had been steady growth and improvement throughout
the county peace and plenty abounded the people didnt have somedontbome
of the conveniencesconvenience but they did have comfortable homes and enough
food they were clamoring for high schools and ephraim was already26weking progress in that direction
though the general authorities of the church had hoped bhatthatokat
the templelampie would be completed by 1885 there was still a great deal
of work to be done at that time possibly the delaydedd in completionconpletion
weewaewasweawes due to insufficient funds in 1887 members of the church outside
the temple district were given the opportunity of contributing toward
27the finishing andend furnishing
the toepleteapletowple was ready for dedication by may of 1888 but there
still remained quite a bit of work to be done on the grounds though
the terrace wallsmallsmelismeilswelisweils had been completed the beautification of the grounds
planting of shrubberyshrubb etctodrys had not yet begun
acAs his part of the work was finished superintendent folsoifolsoafoloca28offered his resignation at a meetingaseting of the temple asadciationassociation heidheldhold
onan august 7 IM138913881889 it was accepted and daniel H wells was sppointedappointed
ihe doebetpeeeretdoeret fivelingfiveaingfive eweningaing february 16 188
ibid27 october 20 1887
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29kecordsrecordsKe ofcords the mantikantimantl temple association manti templeppap 131413 14
danieleae1 heH weilsellewollseilaweila had previously beanbeen appointed presidentpre ofaidentthe temple
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financinfinancing the templetempietenpie
the financing of the mantimantlmenti temple mewaswab a tremendous undertaking
in itself considering bhethe cost of the structure and the economic
situation of the people they were mainly of the agricultural class
and relied on their crops and livestock for a livelihood many of them
were converts from foreign lands and were of humble circumstances
but they were willing to sacrifice and give of their means and talents
in order that the temple might be erected
in an effort to build a temple these people sought many ways
to raise funds contributions came in the form of fifty cent donations
from the wards small congregational units of the latter day saint
church individuals contributed such things as white pine lumber beef
pork chickens sheep eggs butter wheat flour cloth quilts30overalls shoes sox steel iron tools and manyabnymeny other itemitems ggs
laid by the hens on sunday were designated as temple eggs and were
31turned into the storehouse contributions during the construction
period did not always come in allsmallamailailali quantities as entries in the day
book of the temple includes 82 pounds of porkporko 424 dozen eggs 133 pounds
butter 1117 pounds meat 248 pounds chickens 62 sheep and 1006 pounds
of flour the greenwood united orderordey donated a wagon load of butter
nanki temple day book church historians office salt lakecity
trontittonti centennial committee op citcite p 41
mantimantl temple day book loc citecit3333aA group of families living together asan one unit sharing
all profits and expenses
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wardsvardoverdo takestaketako etc for the cashcaahbaah value of the contribution
the old book of accounts shownshows suchauchbuch items aaas two atheraateerasteers credited to
jameajames cook for 3350385033.50 100loo ibslbsiba flour to saauelsamuel ware for 200 1 bed
cord to john brier for 100 henry parsonspardons by cash 400
buibul ng
33503850
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A storyatory is told of a mr joneajones from over the mountain to the
east possiblypoa emerysibly county who in hishiahib later yearbyearayears with tearsteara in
hlahiahishib eyes ttoldoldoid how cyrus wheelock called on him for a donation to the
building fund and how he had been impressed to give hlahiahishib only cow which
wabwaawas needed for hlahiahishib familyf hely relates that later an angel came in the
roraforaform of a well to do bachelor who asked if they would take hishiahla cow andalql
then he would eat with them every once in awhile
aaAs each item wabwaawasweaweb contributed a receipt waswaaweawes made out to the
individual wardwerd a
all of
theisethesethebe contributions were turned into the tithing office and then
distributed to the workmenworkman the purpose of thibthiathis office was to receive
and disbursedladiadis feringaofferingsofburseburae and temple donations and keep record of all.3636transactionstransact n36ionsionalons howard cox of manti describes the tithing office aaas
being located near the center of the little fort which covered all of
the northwest quarter of the block east of main street and north of
union street it was a two storeyskorey rock building and had a fullfuli base-
ment with a atonestone stairway leading down to it on the weatweet side
several stoneatone steps led up to the main entrance on the south sideaidealdebide of
the building the first room inside the entrance was the office of
the tithing clerk next was the office of the ward bishop next was
difantiifanti centennial committee op cit 46
ibid p 41
letter from howard cox manti utah june 25 1960
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kanymeuymanykanj people would contribute
two quarts of milmii every weekeweek this was made into cheececheeee and given to
uietheulenie workers mrs abe livingston of manti remembers how the young
children would glean wheat from the fields to be used in making bread39for the workers
minutes of the general conference published in the deseret
evening new show that in 1878 the total cash donations and sundry
ibid
interview with howard cox of manti june 1959
39 interview with mrs abe livingstoningstonUv of manti june 1959
nedykedy
40
superintendent folsomsfolsomeFol officesoms and a drafting room filled with drawing
tabletablestabie and instruments used by the draftsmen
about one rod south of the office was a wooden granary about
seventy five to one hundred feet long east to west and divided into
bins for different kinds of grain A platform running along the north
side where doors were located served as a receiving dock for sacked
grain on the south side near the center of the granary was located
a largeurge wagon scale for weighing loads of hay and grain and livestock
of various kinds east of the office building was a large hay barn and
south of this were corrals and pens for various kinds of livestocklive thestocki
open apacespace west and north of the office building was much used by
travelers as a free public campground where feed and water for their37teams could be had for a nominal fee
in a concerted effort to raise the necessary funds the relief
society a ladies welfare organization of the latter day saint church
gathered carpet ragsrage wove them into rugs andarid sold them and then gave
38the money to be used for the temple
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articles from the stakes for the kantiyantikentimentimantl temple totaled 901u11 of
this amount 350294395029439502.94 wabwaswaiswatswalb donated in cacheachcashcechcesh
in
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order to gain more revenue president john taylor assigned
william folsom and canute peterson to visit the various stakes in the
district and find out whathat each one could contribute and to call upon
the presidents of these stakes to getgotgeb information on khabthatahatkhalwhat they had
subscribed or mouldwouldmouid subscribe toward the building
it was reported by president patersonpetersontereontersonPa in july of 1879 that
on their tour of thesethose stakes there had been a general expression of
willingness to respond to the call with promptness and liberality theA
stakes visited wereverevenewene juab millard beaver carowanparowanPa androwan sevier
on different occasionoccasions superintendent foism was given the
opportunity of speaking to the people in meetings heidheldhold in the manti
tabernacletebemaclci at times he would ask them for donations toward the
temple he wanted donatorydonatorsdona totors work for themselves instead of sendingi
others in their places at a meetingmeting in 1885 he stated I1 muatoustwust
have good mechanics and more cash than ivedyeoyeiyelye had before our duty is to
buildbullabulia the house to the most high god if the people have faithraithralth itwill be easy to dodoedoa
another method of gaining revenue for the temple was that of
the deseret evening sewsmewsnews october 8 18
mentiantimantinentl temple historical record woa citsus ppapU 394039
ibidl
40
p 41410aiealei43minutesminut of meetingskweifelwe heldeting in the manti tabernacle op222eeg citcitecito
decemberDece 16ober 18831803 P 181
ibid maytoytwywoyneykay 3134 13851883 p9 287237
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7kentlmantinentl tropic historical recordrecords opoes02202s citsitpsiep pe loe100
ay1y
dramatic company performed for two nights in jabaryjauary of 1886 at mantimantlkantikalMALkak
giving
ntione half of the proceed each night to the temple fundfundo
it
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was decided by the council of twelve that all cash donated
for the templelempie building purposes wabwaewas to be paid through the presidents
of the stakes in turn the money wegwagwaswes to be turned over to the
superintendent for the purchase of articlearticlesarticie which could only be
obtained forcor cash
progress
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in the temple construction was always a concern of
the1 imallocalimaihe authorities A letter to the newsmewsmevs states that the build
ing wasnawasn9wrasn1t progressing very rapidly the first storey was ready for
the plasterers and they had been putting on the first coat during the
past week in a short time the second floor would be ready it was
felt that the temple proper could be ready for khenthemthen in one year from
that fall 1885 if the people would furnish the necessary means
ceodesceods
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having the hanti temple collectorescouectorespcollectorsCollect eldersorebores wheelock and jolley
collect money from the people in other settlements one example of
their efforts iis the 1500 they collected from beaver city 45 stillanother method was through temple benfitsbenefitsben thefits hyde and bailybellybelij
president peterson again toured the nearby stakes and estimated that
if the headheed of each family throughout the temple district would co-ntribute twentyfivetwenty dollarsfiveflyeriye during that year one quarter of that
amount in cash it would be sufficient withmithkith the aid that would come
oastw daily journal march 19 188318830
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from other sources to finish the job
at a conference held in ephraim the report showed that the
trustee trudttrustin of the church had paid 301872 and that the dis-
trict had contributed a total of 35231235233235233.2 the total amount paid in
from april 1877 to april 1885 was 63184 49
the people from the district did the majority of the actual
building of the temple some labor was done through voluntary dona
50 51tion with no payjpalyj however many workers received tithing scrip
in accordance with the amount and type of work performedperroperfo thismedaed scrip52was redeemable at the tithing office for commodities in some
cases the donation of labor was in payment for indebtedness to the53perpetual grationsoigrationbaigrationsaiSoiBaisalbuibul fund receipts were given to all workers for
the labor they had performed their labor was then placed to the
credit of their respective wards and stakes this was done in order
that all work might be properly credited and recorded in the book of
the law of the lord54lard54LordLardlandlond
at
54
a stake conference heldholdheid on the fifteenth of may 1886
president peterson said the saints who have contributed to the erec-
tion of our temple should avail themselves of an opportunity to visit
the deseret evening negnewftwatw june 9 188 ibid
interview with L R andersonandersen of manti june 1960
A51a medium of exchange used by the mormon people at that time
interview with howard cox of manti julyjulys 1991959
5353aA fund setmetbetdet up to help emigrants who were coming to utahthese people would repay the money they borrowed as soon asan they couldso that the fund would always be ready to help other emigrants
efantisfanti54manti temple letter book imantilmantiimandi templeopletempieopieTt p 46
48
301 872.872
188
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the structure partake of the spirit which reigns there and examineexemineec
cane of the details of itsite beautiful mechanism 55
A circular sent out by president wilford woodruff in 1887
addressed t 0 the presidentpresidents of stakes bishops and the people
generally announcedamoun toced the latterletter deydaydad saintsintssentssenta that the temple at
manti was nearly completed and would soon be ready for the upholstery
furniture carpets and other things which were necessary before the56
work could be performed therein
the object in sending out this circular was to solicit co-ntributions from church members generally toward the furnishing of the
temple this was tcte be according to their means amand liberality up
to that t ime the contributions had been confined to the temple
district but since memberswembers fromcrom all over the church had responded to
the callcauleaul to help furnish the logan temple other members of the church
wanted the same privilege of contributing to the purchase of suitable
upholstery carpetingsoarpetingscarpe andtings other things for the manti temple
president woodruff concluded
contributions will be taken from twentyfivetwentycents
fiveupwards so that those who are the most tlimit-
ed in means need not be debarredbarreddebarresde while those whoare more wealthy can have the satisfaction andpleasure of making donations according to theirability for the completion of this noble deficedificeedificediwe
floeficerioewould likeilke the presidents and bishopebishops to give ev-
ery one an opportunity of doing somethingon inething thisdirection and names of all with the amounts con-tributed should be carefully taken
we should like to mwsee the namesnamenemesnawenals of everyman woman and child in the church recorded in thearchives of the tempietemplebampie asaisainats having contributed to
the home dentinalsentinal54mtinalSen lxcblocslocstinaltinai citeitthe56 deseret svening news october 20 1887
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57something towards its erection and completion
cash donations were made by members of the latter day saint
church as they came to the aid of the local people in completing the
temple these donations usually ranged from twentyfivetwenty centsfive and
upward most of them under five dollars they came from salt lakeleke
city west jordanjorden bear river provo tooeietooeletoodiethoele morgan cedar city
rig idaho redburgrexburgrwcburghexRex idahoburgbung liverpoolLiver finglandj&iglandipools the sandwich islandscrrcrt
switzerland germany and many other places
william if peterson described the temple financing as follows
united states currency was as scarce as royalluxuries are in the homes of the poor in place of thisthe saints used church moneymoneys known as tithing scrip aaasa medium of exchange prices were set on cowoditiescooxnoditiesand a wage scale was adopted for labor over and abovedonation workers were given tithing scrip for whichfood and clothing could be obtained in the bishopbishopsstorehouse
the total cost of the templestemplelempie finishingf andshing furnishing included was
99199x81991999481t of which amount the sanpete stake contributed 2781052781.0527481505274815.05
ibidibidc
60
mantlmantihanti57 temple day book loc citacitcile
william59a Ham peterson the miracle of the mountains mantitpublished by the author 1942 20
famsworthfarnsworthsfarsworthFarn opopeoptsworths cit 65
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ZA62interview with howard cox of mantle utah june 196001960
63ntizaz
mantlhantimentia
centennial committeecobamitteecomaittee locjaclgitjacsjacllacs citgit
gibe61tegile
mantimantlmenti
agrlenien
ctstruction of itsita walls the parry brothers1brothers quarry east of ephraim
also contributed some of the stonestonee 61
therhe rock cutting shopsshop were on the northwest side of the hilland had just room enough for two men to karkworkvarkkork in each later there
were bemesemenonebems of these shops built onan top of the hill east of the temple
there the stones were cut to the right sisesizebisebize and evened and trimmed
with a chisel and mallet they were then scraped with special tools
mabetatemete B carter copcoup hoobheartheert throbsthrob of the westwent
etlell
46
workersftersafters andmdend their killedjm craftcrafts
the aasonarymasonarypmasonaasonmabon woodworkary and architectural design of the temple
allaliail indicate that the workmanship was dohe by skilled workerworkers menben who
were capable and efficient in their respective trades
A buff colored bloneclonestonealone was used in the building of the founda-
tion this stoneatone waawaewas quarried from the hills bouthcouthsouthdouth of mantikantimantlmenti oolite
atoneclonestonealoneabone obtained fromcrom the quarry east of the temple weswacwas aceducedusedased in the con-
struction
after the oolite had been
quarried it was broken into moveablemoveablymove piecesable and placed on wagons by
means of a derrick the wagons were pulled by testeamslesbbs to the stonecutetonecutz
4bingtingling shopeshopsshopa A62 story is told about someonebomeboweome of the mulesaulesauleb used in this
operation bhethe parry muleamules it is said that one morning the mules
could not be found finally it was decided to go to the hill without
them the mules were found at the temple hill standing ready to be63
hitched it beemsseemsseemdeemsseel that they were too serious about the work
1gr lied
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to make them smooth during64 the cutting of the stone the people
for miles around could hear the steady click of the stonecutters
when the stonesatonesalones were ready to be used for building they were liftedto the top of the temple wallawalls by means of pulleypulleys8 and teams the
66mortar was placed in a wooden box and lifted to the top by the pulleys
one man was appointed to check each stone to see that it was
out to the exact dimensions this man was edward L parry masterzw
masonnabon r67 oion one occasion tt parry noticed that one of the workers
was about to place a slightly cracked stone into the wall of the
temple he approached him about it and the worker said it was just
a little crack that it wouldnt make any difference and anyway the
crack would be on the inside so no one would know about it mr parryperry
told him that there would be three people who wouldmuldmuidbould know it when
the worker asked him who the three were mr parry isaidsaidbeidbeld you me and
the lord 68
the stonecutters and masons were of various ancestry but the
majority of them were of wftlsh bngliaenglidianglia and danish descent some
of the workers walked from ephraim to mantimenkimankimenti seven miles each monday
morning and returned home on saturday night one example was J P L
breinholt a stonemason and stonecutter while at manti he would
interview with edwin jensen of manti utah june 17 1960
interview651nterview with james anderson of manti utah june 1959
6interview with howard cox of manti utah june 17 1960
n671nterviewinterview with james Andersoanderson loc cit68interview with mrs mabel simmons of manti june 1959
interview with howard cox localocoloceioco sitcit
65
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66 junes
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stay at the old templeton hotel across from the temple another
stonecutter andrew christian nielson known as mormon preacher
walked five miles each day to the temple to put in his day work and
71then return to his home
the journal of charlescharleychariescharled L4 walker of st3tat georgegeorgej utah gives
an insight into the spirit of another worker after his first day at
work he stated that his hands were blistered and soretoreboredore his musclemuscles
were tired and stiff and he was homesick A few days later he wrote
I1 feel a great desire to see the little folks at home went to the
post office and was much disappointed in not getting word from them
five days later he got a letter from home that the folks were well72this made him feel much better
other incidents related by miit walker during his stay at manti
beretweret may 27 1881 A man named jedediah slipped and fell backwardsback
with
wardis
a seventy five pound rock on top of him it was not fatalaugust 27 18311881 dierethere was considerable sickness liehe spent some time
practically every night administering to the sick september 26 1881
allaliail business was suspended due to the death of the president of the
united statedstates president garfield A memorial service was held in his
behalfibehalf october 22 1881 work on the templetenpietempie was temporarily halted
for want of suitable rock shortly after this time mr walker returned
70 interview with wilford breinholt of ephraim utah son ofJ P L june 1959
71interview with oscaroscer nielson of ephraim utah son of andrew
june 1959
72charles L walker unpublished journal special collections
library brigham young university ppap 707710707 710
70
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73to st george 1
superintendent folsom had a carpentry shop built on the second
terrace which had in it machinery of the latest improved pattern the
shophop was heated by steam pipes from the engine room at the foot of the
hill the engine furnished power for the machinery in the carpentry
hopshop and water was also pumped by it to the temple grounds for 11
purposes
thomas higgs was the engineer of the steam plant with ole
ahlstrom as his assistant peter ahlstrom was head carpenter with lewis
anderson and amabaamasa tucker supervising the sawing of the lumber there
were forty to fifty woodworkingwood machinesworking in this shop through the
aid of this machinery the carpentryvocarpentry vo rk was greatly expedited and
75expense in labor was reduced
william folsom in a letter written to president henrie of
panguitch stake said he would likeilke a donation of longiong learedleafed pine
lumber forf theor temple the lumber was to be of the best quality and
was to be used as finishing lumber he wanted it stacked at somebomedome
convenient point and seasoned and on hand when required the lengths
were to be delivered during the winter when the roads were in the bebbbestbeat
condition at a time when the hauling would not interfere with farming
duties 76
lumber for the building of the towers came from the mountains
73 ibid ppap 713 725 79897981989
interview74interview74 with howard cox of manti utah june 1959
ibid76
manti temple letter book op22 cit p 95
74
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carler77cartercartwr loc citrobert W sloan ed andmd coaptcoapjcw utahmahwah gazetteer andaaaeadeod directoryar
daitsaltdaib lake cityt hwolxiherola intingprintinghintingh and publishing co 13 p 200
carter logloc citso80interview with howard cox loc cit
interview with mremrs mabel simonssimmsslams loclogkogkos cit
heroidheroldberola
sprcpr city some long leafed pine lumber came from panguitchpanguitek
while the black walnut and birdsbircus eye maple that were used were import-
ed fromfro the eastern part of the united statosstates however most of the77lumber used was redeedded pine and camecamb from the local mountains
sand for cementconent camscameceascems tromfromfroe placespieces at the quarries where the
tonestone wabwaswaamabwes eoso soft and pliantpilant that it could not be asodueedusod in the temple78thisthiethlethid bonetonestonekoneatone formed an admirable cementcoment it was obtained fromrem east of
79the tempietemple
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81
50
east of spring
at the foot of the hill waswaitweswailweil a shop for crushingcru stonetoneatoneshingehing
into and edminedwin and thodasthooasthowais works were in charge of tonestone crushing
another man who heldholdheid a responsible position on the building
crew waswaitweswatnwein joseph taylor the timekeeper he became the subject of one
of many mormon faith promotingstoriestin9111storiespromoting eachachhechbechstories day he mouldwouldmouid go to
check onan all of the men hachlach lias he wentvent around the temple the samemmdamedamo
mywayweywer one morning he was impressed to go around the opposite way he
had just gone a little way when he saw a place where the aanmenmanaen had
quarried underor a ledge and felt impressed to tell the men to comecosecoms out
they had barely emerged when the place they had been digging caved in
the temple cooaittee with the superintendent and such wnmennen
as they might call to their aid were appointed to fix the rate of
wages on the baidbaisbald ol01of equity for mechanics and laborers and to affix
carter
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materimeteri etcateete paid in and used in the erection of the
tempietemple 82 oaon haymayheyney 21218 187818782 it was decided that the prices to be allowed
coonon laborerlaborers should range from 121251.25 to UOO per day mmmen with
westoswea 250 to 50 per day quarryasn 200 to 300 per daydayl stone
laelaaraemasonsmasonaeonaeonesona 25020 to 3503501 carpenters 25020 to 50 per claodayciao mastermeetermestermeater
maeonmasons 500 per day labor tithing and offeringsorfeoffeorre wereringe deducted from
all wageswaigece ntithingtithingthing andend temple donationsdonation were parateseparateee and distinct
obligationsobligatione7 not related except that the tithing office handled
both under the direction of the presidingPre bishofx1cbitfhcprlceiding
coakCOOK
43504550
dicentficent templetempie they
built iein ample evidence of thisthithl the ewwtnessexactneee and perfection with
which the mabonmasonmadonmedon work and other woricworkmork were perforedperfordderfordperporpe areforedrford hard to duplicate
even today with our profeeeional technologysessionalfessional
cometsomet a
51
a value to the materials
workers responded unselfishly to the callcalicailcau to work on the
tampletampie mostkoetkost of themthithlwhi werewore immigrants who had beenbowbew converted to
nbraonismmoronieanoronMoron metmoatlamiealda of themthen were greatly ricilledned in their respective
trades which they had learned in mropeeuropedropeh the magnificent
sobetibiee the stakeeetakee were requestedreque toebedetedsted fumichfumiehurnisharnish their morkerworker
with provisions and supplies one monthsaonths rations at atiasatibs while
linebe mnmen werewerbwe away the local people sustained their familiesfaoiliesthotherho laborers worked onan an average of twtenben hours a day onan the buildingbuildings
sanpetesanpote82San stakepete riePierecordcordocords church historianshistorian orficeofficeoffices salt lakeleke
cityoltyolby p 64
83manti temple historical recordsrecord op escit p ilelle
818484lottorletterLottor fromfrow howardroward cox loc cite
S george tempietemple letter book church historians officesofficesalt lakeleke city ppap 159160159 160igo
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six daysdaydaddeddeys a week in contrast to these untiring and faithful workers
was the supposed workmanworkaanto whobe was always talking and always
going for a drink it was said of him it takes more water to run87that old windmill than any windmill I1 ever saw
36interview with wilford breinholt loc citct
878antibantimantinantikanti centennial committee loc cit
86
co tteeatee
manmennen awntwn e association
the early trustees for the temple groundgrounds were john B maiben
luther T tuttle and hans jendenjensenjenson they obtained from the city of88mantimentinentl the necessary deed to the temple grounds in 1877
perwopersoparbo
wilhllkli3 1 am lund in mantimantlmenti standsstandb a holy houserouse
cticeatice
53
the mmtimati troplettople
this was
done in order that the church might havehareherehaywheye legal title to the property
on which the temple was to standstardstendstarn
the manti templetropictempie association wabwaewas formed during the time that
bomesomebomsbows of the letterlatter daydey saint men were on the underground due to their
practice of polygamy the united states government had threatened to
take away all the property belonging to the latter day saint church
it was formed in order that the templetempie and the property surrounding itmight be deeded over to the association which was technically a
private corporation this made it eoso that the joverrmentipvemaent could not89
take the land away frofromtrocro themethenethens
the legal title to the manti temple and all of itsiteita real and
personal properties were heldholdheid by the manti temple association from
june 26 1886 until july 27 1925 at this time on the motionnotion of
J B jacobsen and by unanimous yotevoteyobe the association transferred the
legal title to allaliail property belonging to the association to the cor-
poration of the president of the church of jesus christ of latteriatter day
saints 90
A william theimprovement erabraers XLIyliyll june 1936 p 333
interview with A bent petersonpatersontereontersonPe mantlmantimentimulti temple presidentpresidentsjune 1959
90manti centennial committeescommittee op cit p 47
t
26s times
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ashouses
89
pe
poration
pie
aj1j 18 williaa H folsom waawasnasnes appointed by the
associationsassociation to continue aeas superintendent of construction and to act
aeas the agent of the association with power to employ and dischargediadladis
all
charge
workun of whatever kindkindl to purchase material andaruiarularsi to do and
perform allelieil and every transaction necessarynecee insaryearysery the constructionconstconat ofruction
the temple
4
the governing power of the corporation was to be vested in
nine directors and the officersoffie ofersere the corporation were to be a
president vice president a secretary and treasurer who would be
elected by the directors from their own number all emberexaeaberemmbere of the
corporation would be eligible for the office of director the pmjq91of office of allelieil directorsdir maswaawasweawesmesectore to be four years
no one could becomebecom or remainrestinremein a oemberoe&ber of the corporation who
weswaawas not a member of the latter day saint church in good standingstandings92dutherlatherlutherluthen T tuttletattletuttie wabwaewasnsemebmab electedlooted the first president of the association
on july 1 18861686
he waawas to submit quarterly reports to the board showing
93the receipts and disbursements an the workworke
tiecordanueTiexie ofcordscorda the manti temple associationassociations op220gewgge citan article V
p 3
ibid article XX p 5
93 ibid 10
54
presidents
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builbullbulidin
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the buildinbuildingbuiltin program and economic development
sanpetes&npete valley enjoyed an tensiveextensivewc building program during
the construction of the temple in manti the tabernacle the south
ward assembly hall the city hall and the presbyterian church were
completed during this period also many cut rock homes and various
other buildings were built the tabernacle was completed in 1879
it was built of cut stone and is of the new england gothic type with
a prominent tower and has a seating capacity of about 1200 it was a
joint project of the north and south wards there were two wards
during the construction period william T reid was bishop of the94northmorth ward and hans jensen was the bishop of the south ward
the south ward assembly hall was completed in 1881 it was
built of stone quarried from the temple hill the timber which went
into this building was obtained from the mountains east of manti
the hall was dedicated in 1882 95
other enterprises developed during this period were the firstnewspaper in sanpete county the manti sentinel 1885 with jasper T
jakeman as printer the discovery and opening of a coal field in six
milewilemllerile canyon near sterling this mine was discovered by henry thomas
and the building in 1884 of eighteen miles of railroad valued at963378 in this same year mantimonti had four saw mills three grist
andrew jackson judd A history of mantimontimantlmentinanti m&ntimantlomantiomentiocantio utah mantisouth ward church of jesus christ of latter day saints 1959ppap 151615
aa16
96W H lever history of sanpete and emery counties ogden
utachtutaht published by the author 1898 p 83
t er
94andrew histo
95ibid
94 manti
stewstrwstemkiontionklon period the upper rooms of the court house city hallheilheiihanhen and
council house were in general use for educationaldiwetional purposes private
schools for the youngeryou childrenziger were heldholdheid in various homeshones throughout
the city locationaljbducationallucational progress was s ooewhat slow up to 1890 the
curriculumcurricurrl consistedculm of the three Rsirefrelre S historyhis grammargramgragtorys and physiology
the teaching program was diffwadifferent from today in that the teachers had
had no formal training they received a certificate by taking a county
slo&a OP cit p u30a3tafi9fidaughtersDaush ofbersters the utah pioneers of sanpete county theseaggreg owQZ
fethersfathersf&thecg3pruwjjjespringvilleSpring utahsville art city publishing co 1971947 p 2512199sanpete5impete stake records opSI citR p0 250
plopio
headlcheadl first in the production of oats9890892 bushelsbushelli second in the production of wheat 164627 bushels
interesting is the growth in population during the construc-
tion periodperiods in 1870 the population of sanpete county was 67366086 in
18801mam it was 11700 and by 1889 it had reached 16s400l6z00 99aquq 700
56
mills two carding machines four schools one post orriceofficeoffices one theatre
andwa two libraries 97
thabthat these people were an industrious and hard working group
ieis shown by their accomplishments in the field of agriculture these
accomplishments were madebademede even though their meinmeln effort was being put
forth in the building of the temple in 1880 sanpete county ranked
cooiparativelyontwmtively high in the following categoriesicategories it has been reported
that they were first in the production of ilk cows second in the
production of sheep 26691 head
the people were also educationallyaindededucationally andminded established
schools shortly after their arrival in the valley during the con-
struction
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100examination and teaching became a sideline for many
never in the history of manti has there been such a surge in the
building program as there was during the period between 1877 and 1888
thelne reasons for this were two foldi 1 there had been an increase in
population and 2 the county had advanced economically
100loomantlmantikanti centennial committee op citcdt ppap 110111111iliiii
57
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the faith of the people
during the construction of the temple there were leoplapeopkpeopla of
many nationalities living in sanpete valley especially from the
scandinavian countries and the british islesislas misthismls was largely due to
the extensive immigration that was impelled by the spirit of gathering
to zion many of the workers were converts who had immigrated to
utah and settled in the valleys of the mountains but regardless of
these circumstances there was exceptional unity among the people
thisthib idea has been expressed to the writer in his interviews with those
who can recall their fathers having worked on the construction of the
temple
As if the tremendous undertaking of building a temple were
not enough the people of manti and surrounding communitiescomcol hadunities many
serious problems to c ope with conditionscondit beyondloneione their control such
asan drought sickness grasshoppers and frostfront in 1882 the people were
confronted with a frost in the first part of july which injured the
crops in ephraim and manti most of the time during the constructionconstructioconstructhowever the farmers had productive years in which the ground yielded
much it was reported by george lambertlembert to the deseret evening news
that in 1877 the crops in sanpete and sevier counties looked more
promising than in any previous year as nearly 700000 bushels of smallemelldladiagrain were expected to be grown that year in sanpete county alone
the weather also played a part in delaying the wv rk on the
temple when the days were too cold to lay the rock the men would
the deseret evening news june 6 1877
58
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spend their time in cutting it so that the work could go on without
any delay when the weather permitted A large quantity of rock was
cut during the winter of 188218831882 that1883 winter the weather was
unusually cold as the thermometer dropped to thirty and thirty two
degrees below zero quite often notwithstanding the extreme cold
there was a amail group of men working in quarrying and hauling stone
for the temple 102
no matter what the conditions were that the settlers had to
cope with the work on the temple went steadily forward the people
believed that god wanted them to build this temple and this was their
aimalm above alleileli else
102the territorial qiquirerlnagrer provo utah february 20 1883
1
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TH DDICATIOI
after eleven yearsyeara of hard work sacrifice faith in themselvestheostheoetheme
and
elvee
in the lord the limbtime had finally arrived for the dedication of
the manti temple
it ieis the practice of the church to dedicatededicato tothe lord all texplospteapleatemteatsa geetingaeetinggetmetgebpleaplespies hausea schoolshooleac welfarebuildingbuildingebuildingsbuilbullbuli anddingsdinge other structuresetructuree which are prepared foruseueeube in carrying out the great program of the church
the eenential part of any dedicatory berviceserviceieis the formal prayer of dedication in general thepurpose ieis to hallow and consecrateconaeconee thecrabecratecrete building for theparticular purpoeepurpose for which it weawaawasweswad constructed
temples and meeting houseahoueeehouseshougee being houseahouses ofworship are given to the lord aaas hiahiehisnieniahla houseshoueehoueshouseahouee
nobuildingbuildingno ieis ever dedicated unless it ieis freecrocifrocigrm debt
before the actual dedication of the manti temple took placeplaces
a group of church leadererleadere assembledaeeeobledassebled on may 16 18881688 in the celestialceleetial
room of the teepletemple among bheatheathemlhea were presidentPre wilfordI1eident woodruff
lorenzo snow george Q cannon brigham roungtoungto jr heber J grant
daniel H wells mobeemoeeemassnasenose PF famaworthftmeworthpFamamenameab johnworth B malbenmaiben william H foleenfolecnfoloomp
edward L parry canute petereinpetereenpetersontereenPe and anthonanthan Hhe lund 16 at a forenoon
etingaeetingnotinggeetingae daniel H walliswelle waawaewas unanimously chosenchown presidentpreeidentproeidentprepro ofaidenteident the temple
with moebemoeeeftses F fameworthyfameworthfamewrthFameyeasybas aeasworth recordercorderere anthon H lundlum wabwaewasweewesmab chosen aeas
assistant to presidentPre wellwelleweileweilseident 2
ruce a mcconkiemoconMaConnocon Nkormonkarmonkieskleskleg 511altdoctrine lakee cityigitytgitya bookcraftbookBockinc
craft1958 ppap 174175174 175
in manti temple file church historianhietorianhistoriansrieHie officetorian salt inkelakedakedakoinkocityolty p 3
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private dedicatory servicesbercer werevices held at the temple on the
seventeenth of may 1888 president wilford woodruff along with the
abovementionedabove churchmentioned leaders and others was present at the services2
the dedicatory prayer was offered by president woodruff
in order that the membership of the church might witness the
dedication of the mentimantinentlmantl temple public services were heldholdheid on the
twenty first twenty second and twenty third about sixty persons
composed of leaders of the church and others interested in the dedica-
tion of the temple at kantikentlmenti left salt lake city by train on the
morning of may 18 bound for the stake conference to be held at manti
on saturday and sunday and for the dedicatory services in the temple
they reached the railroad terminal at chester where teamteamsleamsbeame waited to
take them to manti the ride afforded them a good opportunity to note
the conditions of the valley they were able to see the improvements
that had been mademede in better houses fencing and cultivation
the quarterly stake conference began on the morning of may 19
with john W taylor john henry smith heberhaberreber J grant daniel H wells
joseph B noble and jacob gateadatesgates asan the speakers these men along
with other general authorities of the church who came for the purpose
of the temple dedication had a dual role as they also presided over
the quarterly stake conference on saturday and sunday the nineteenth
and twentieth c may during the afternoon session the statisticalreport of the sanpete stake was read showing a total of 12858 members
president canute peterson stated that because there was not enough
ibid the deseret evening news may 22 1888
3
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hay in manti to feed all the teams which were there a quarter section
of meadow land had been secured by bishop jensen as a pasture for them
and there were faithful herdsmen in attendance to look after the animals
the streets of manti presented a lively scene on that satur-
day evening the nineteenth of may 1888 wagons by the score came
rolling in from all directions after days of travel towards manti
howard cox of manti remembers that as a boy he saw the road west of the
city lined with wagons as far as he could see the stackyardsstack wereyards
full of wagons and many were left standing upon the street in front of
the homes while hundreds of campers whom the people of manti could not
possibly find room for in their houses occupied the meetinghouse square
tithing yard and other suchbuch places about the town A strong feeling of7brotherhood was evident among the people
the dedication of any temple to the lord has always been a me-
morable occasion for the latter day saint people such was the case with
the mantlmantimanki temple dedication many of those attending the services werea
able to proceed through the rooms after each day service on monday
the twenty first of may the public dedicatory services began no
persons were admitted to these services except those who through a
recommend from their bishops could obtain tickets from their stake9presidents the services were held in the main assembly room on the
upper floor of the temple this room was filled to capacity approximate-
ly fifteen hundred people when the meeting began at eleven olockoclock
ibid5
interview6interview with howard cox of manti utah june 17 1960
77theathetheche deseret evening news loc citid may 24 1888 id may 22 188818w
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11 12ibid p p32 thepienie deseretr21850 eveninget newsmews loc cit
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awisuvisugis
I1 have watched the growth of
thiathishishiahlait house asan a mother matcheswatches the growth
lopenzolorens&o snow of the council of twelve gave the dedicatory prayer
followingrol whichlowing many addresses were delivered by church authoritiespresidentpriebPrIes canuteident peterson said this ieis crcm of the happiehappiesthapple daysdaydaddayd I1
havejuvehayeheye ever experienced in my life
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her children and I1 aaan
jaroud3roudjxroud now that it ieis so far completed aeas to be dedicateddedic andabadatodawad I1 aaam
satisfied the lord will accept of it J B noble said I1 can
testify that the lord has accepted the templetempie 0 franklin D richards
remarked that when the pioneers entered the sanpete valley the country
was barren and desolate but now 1888 it was called the granaryllgrarulry of
utah11Utahutahs
the
1112
dedicatory services were repeated for three days because
of the thousands who desired to attendsattend the residents of manti and
nearby communitiescoomunitiescommcoom hadunities been asked to forego attending the services on
12the first day so as to give visitors from a distance a chance to attend
the deseretdesmit weaningsvening newanews reported on mymaynay 2525j 1888 that 2200 persons
witnessed the dedicatory proceedingsprocw4ings on wednesday whowhop together walthwithwaithnithmith
the 1700 present tuesday and the 1500 on monday would make the total13
mumbernumber who witnessed the ceremonies approximately 00 people
during these services many spiritual experiences are purported
to have been had by those who were in attendance
on the twenty first of haymaymavmev before the openingexercises coonencedcoonen brotherced A
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spirit
ivwwis a OW C binquetsaythesinquet the choristerseatedvoted hin&self at bhethekhe organ and rendered a piece ofsacred msicwasicsbasics a selection from msndlelssohnmendelohnsMendel atohns the con-clusion of which persons sitting near the center of
manti temple historical recordrecords iimantiiihantilimantiII templetempieMantiHanti files
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pettersonpeterson ephraim henry beal ephraim peter F madsenbrigham city henry gardner salt lake and edwinstanding lehi
in the course of the services a bright halo of light was said
to have been seen over and around the heads of the following speakersspeak
lorenzo
erst
snow jacob gates robert campbell john henry smith francis
linanlyman john W taylor and A M cannon canute peterson observed
this halo around the heads of all the speakers while the dedicatory
prayer was being offered by lorenzo snow near the middle of the
prayer during a pause the words hallelujah hallelujah the lord be
praised were uttered by a voice in a soft mdendand melodious tone this
voice was heard by lewis anderson one of the assistant temple recorders
at that time and later a temple president
when john W taylor was speaking a brilliant light is said to
have surrounded his person in a letter written to M F farnsworthfarsworth
temple recorder on may 23 18381888 rhoda W smith said that this light
surrounded mr taylor from the tips of the fingers on the right hand
up the arinarmermeriderld over uiethebheule head and shoulders and down the left araannarmana she
the latter day saints millennial star L august 13 18s8ppe 521522521
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kingikingkingl marion wardgarfield county M B shipp salt lake christinawillardson ephraim presidentFres johnident D T mcallisterctyt6t georgegeorgej william H folasafolaoa manti amelia
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the hall and also on the stand at the west end heardmost heavenly voices and singing it sounded to themangelic andsnd appeared to be behind and above them andthey turned their heads in the direction of the soundwondering if there was another chir in some other partof the temple the following persons and no doubtmany more present heard the singing and voices mary A
freeze salt lakeleke bishop culbert
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describes this light asan being very bright it stood out from three
to five inches wide and the rays from the light formed a gloriousglori
soft
ouboua
halo of milky white light all around him another person
walter cox of provo reported that he saw a brilliant circle of light
surrounding the head and chest of mr taylor he said that the light
was so dazzling that it surpassed the light of the sun the light of17day being entirely eclipsed
it was reported that some of the peopleappp inopleopie attendance at the
dedicatory services saw the spirits spirit bodies of john taylorzaylorTA
brigham young joseph smith and jedediah M grant
these services were a spiritual feast for those who had the
privilege of attending the people of sanpete county rejoiced in
knowing that this temple was now truly a house of the lord their
sacrifice and hard work had been worthwhile ordinance work began
19soon after the dedication on mayfay 28 of that same year
ibid17letter in manti temple file church historianshistorian office saltsait
lake city18
latterletter dayrm saints millennial star op citi p 522joseph smith brigham young and john taylor were presidents
of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in that orderwhile jedediah M grant served acas a counselor to brigham young in thefirst presidency
MS191.9 in manti temple file loc cit
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2mosesdesaws PF farnsworth historyHie oftoxy mantitmantimentibantit sanpete3mpeteSan stakepete recordchurchcharch historians office salt lakel&ke city p 66
1925o19250
henhon
hiahla
eshawesmaw andend atieladditionalatiml0 iaproveaentelumventmanyyanymeny descriptions have been written regarding the beauty of the
mmtiftntimatifanti temple A repreeentativereprosentativorepresentative description waavacwaswea given by P V cardoncardan
when he wrote
against a lofty background formed by the sanpetemountains to the atseast taibthietalb temple topping the brow ofa bench lookelooks out over bheteethegeegme sanpete valleyveileyvanwyveney and ieis visi-ble to almostalaost every town and cybunityfin the valleywhether north bouthcouthsouth or westwost
if one were to run a line bouthsouthmouthdouth directly froatfrom the salt lekolakelakoleke
tampletempletampie to the menkihanti he would findrind the former to be about twelve milesaileealleaaliea0
elateastelak of the iatterlatter the2 manti temple racesfaces east without knowing
tills many tourists have the impression that it racesfacesfacea west as the
highway runaruneruns along the base of the hillhiuhilhll onan the west side P
CHAPTER V
LAMIutia developments AND signipicanc&significanczsignificancy OF THE TEMPUE
bihwafinishingehwaihmaihwa landscapinga
V cardoncerdon beautifying manti templetempie grounds
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peterson a former guide on the temple grounds slateselatesstates that tourists
often describe the building as the most beautiful they have ever seen
mmyammy feel a spirit of sacredness as soon asan they getgot on the hlllhill 10
some tourists will ask howhew did they gougetgotgelgeu those mallswallsweilsmelismeils so beautiful
straight and nice11nice mr bersonpetersontereonlersonPe answers they used the spirit
ap1p ve
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fi rhepiethe haprovlaprovimplapimdmentgat
roviraaeraairas XXIXXILIX part I1 november 192 p 68
see
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levels with emphasis on the spirit 1
the foundation of the tempietemple iais sixty three feet above the
level of the highway the temple itself is one hundred seventy one
feet long ninety five feet wide and seventy nine feet to the square
the east and west towers are one hundred seventy nine and one hundred
sixty nine feet hlohighhio respectively the walls are three and one half
feet thick at the babebasebassbabs with buttresses four feet in thickness the
walls taper to three feet at the square and the buttresses to aboutL
two and one half feet theaethesetheme latter were placed orecre asaisalbats an architec-
tural ornament than as a support to the building
there are two spiral staircases located in the two west
corner towers these staircases extend frcfremarc the main floor of the
building to landings near th top of the towerstowens these landings
lead to a room in the center tower which is not hibi use the unique
staircases which were designed by william asper with the assistance
of joseph judd are ninety feet from the main floor to the landings
and each has one hundred fifty one steps all carpeted
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a-
ch step is
built to support the next one above it the staircases are made of
imported black walnut thibthis is the only latter day sint temple in
which such staircases existexists in both spiralqpiral staircases the center
is open without any supporting column and the walnut failingsrailingsrai andlings
balusterslustersba form a symmetricalayosyoaym coilboilocoilometrical from top to bottom
mantlnanti centennial committee song of a century manticentennialCenter committeecoinial 1949tteesstees p 139339
latter dayRMdey saintssaints1 milbmialmllmjiialmlinMilb staraarmarlialmial L august 13 1888 p 5135130
interview51nterview with A bent peterson manti temple presidentjuly 2 1960
church6churchachurch of jesus christ of latter day saints the manti templesalt lake citycityicitti church of jesus christ of latter day saintesaints 1947
P
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there are three main floors in the temple the upper floor is
a large assembly room which is eighty feet by one hundred four feet
and twenty feet high the ceiling is supported by the walls without7the aid of columns at the dedicatory services held in 1888 the
meleaalemaleneleneie members of the latter day saint church were seated according to
the order of their priesthood on stands in the east and west ends of
this room the aaronic priesthood occupied the stands in the westA
while those of the melchizedek priesthood were seated on the east the
two other main floors include the instructional roonrooms r and various
others among them a baptismal room the chief feature of this room
is a large font or basin resting on the backs of twelve cast iron lifelifilfelir9size oxen this font has been provided for vicarious baptism each
year many high school students and younger children have the opportunity
to be proxy for those who were never properly baptized
the workmanship of the manti temple has been highly praised by
laymen and craftsmen alike it is a magnificent building and in itsfinishing and furnishing exhibits a perfection and completeness that
no other temple of modern times has shown10
the architecture of the building is a blending of the gothic
revival french renaissance revival and french second empire the
general plan of the temple the rectangular body including the rectangu-
lar towers were influenced by colonial architecture the buttresses
MS in the manti temple file church historianhistorians office saltlaketake citycibycithacitya p 3
gthe deseret evening news may 23 188818880
9 the church of jesus christ of latter day saints loc citthe contributorcontributors julywulysdulys 1888 p 355
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12interview with james andersonandersenandersananderdon of manti june 1959
13mr christensenchristensan studied in copenhagen he came to utah in1857 he was interested in mormon history and his favorite subjectsfor painting were pioneer life and wheat fields interviewInter withyiewviewB F iarsenlarsenllrsen of provo utah july 1959.1959 some of his paintings hungin the old salt lakeleke theatre he also painted murals in the logan andSA george temples alice merrill homerome devoteesRevodevodeyo andlebsteesbebb their shrinessalt lakedakedeke city the deseret news 19147 P 29
mr hafen more than any other utah artist has been his own
teacher he studied mesomebomb in paris and also in the united states he isinsaid by many to be utah greatest artisteartist homehorns op cit ppap 384538
mr45
fairbanks studied in paris central and south america and
sensea13john hafen john fairbanks and daniel weggeland these men painted
interview with fred markham of provoprove one of utah outstandingarchitects july 16
ai1i er
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the two westweet corner towers and the exterior foldingsmoldingsmol aredings gothic revival
the tall narrow design of the windows ifis gothic while their round topstope
and keystonkeystones reareane french renaissance in character the points orna-
mental around the bases of the two mainmeinmeln towers are of second empire
origin the interior of the temple is a blending of gothic revival
and second mpireimpireimpure
james
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anderson of mantivantikentikentl who tore out all the old heating
system noted that every piece of lumber used under the floor joints
was of the very finest red pine all the benches tables etc in the
rooms were mademede of native pine and were made on the temple site the
woodwork turning was supervised by christian nadisonmadsenmadisonmedison and charlie bird
had charge of the artistic work done in plaster of parlepartsparisparie in the
ceilings and walls native pine was used for all the finishing morkworkark12done in the temple
the murals inside the temple were done by skillful artists and
re well executed yet they are simple enough to be admired by the
average person the artists mhowho did this work were C C A christensenChristen
men 1 n
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04omebome eegegg 00pe lu3iu3iua
mr weggelandWegwagnag studiedgoland in copenhagen england and berlinhe paintedpanted ewalsoxsralswwals in the salt lake templetempieremple also the fiordsfiorda of norwayvrey
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the murals in the instructional roomrooms of the temple later the
moralsmoralemaralsmoraisharals were done over in the garden room and the world room minerva
taichertt&icherttoicherttolToi didchert the latter and robert L shepherd did the former
the work performed in the latter day saint amplesttapleezmples ieis of a
sacred nature
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uintervlew with B rF larsen of provoprove utah july 1959
these are instructional rooms in the temple
interview mithwithmtheth A bent petersontereonlersonkersonPe loc cit17the church of jebusjesus christ of latter day saints locLOSmos citis18farnsworth loc citoilollcil
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din apartmentapartxaentsapartmnt connected hethe annex is not part of the temple
properpper it provides a place for morning worship services space for
in the united states hishierieris favorite subjects were evening effectsmysunny harvestharv neemesscenesnernesnewnesneesesnceet ormes mistyminty water or treetreouree subjects home op citp
a conniconnocbedted is18dining
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14 interview15
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members of the church may seeandseepandseeland many have seenbeen
pictures of the various rooms in the temples these rooms are for
instructional purposes and each of bheatheathenthem has mural scenesscones which are in
harmony with the instructions given thesetheaetheao rooms are enhanced by the
woodworkwo withdwork its graceful arches heavy doors and finely cut
moldingsfoldingsmol 17dings
adjoining and connected with the temple on the north is the
annexWWOX which wagwaewas one hundredhwwred feet long and forty feet wide at the
time of its construction in which was the heating system for the whole
buildingbUlbui steamding heat was used at that time this annex was also
used and occupied by the janitor and assistants with culinary and
provoo
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the
grounds remained in a rough condition until april 10 1901907igo when the
presidency of the latter day saint church gave their approval for
the landscape improvement work to proceed the original terrace
mallswailsmalisnalls surrounding the grounds were removed with the exception of
the lower one which was lowered by one half and the hill was graded
jbl& deseret news august 1 1935
MS in the manti temple file loc citwilliam H peterson the miracle of the mountains manti
published by the author 1942 p 21
M
recordrecords offices a cafeteria service rooms a reception room etc
an extensive remodeling of the annex was undertaken between 1935 and
1940 this work included an addition of twenty two by thirty feet
partitions were taken out to enlarge the assembly and meeting rooms
and excavation was done to provide additional quarters for the service19rooms the addition also provided more space for records the
heating plant was moved from the basement of the annex to a building
immediately east of the temple another addition was made during
the administrationnistration of president lewis R anderson it provided a
reception room excavation also provided a new kitchen and dining20room a new vault etc
when the completed temple was dedicated the grounds outside
were still covered with rocks and sagebrush anthon H lund the
second president likened the temple with its unfinished setting to
a fair maiden of his native land denmark dressed in a beautiful21silk gown but with clumsy wooden shoes on her dainty feet
a nistration
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aaaada
lubardlu&ard being the civil engineerwig Aineer H taylor of the firm of
coulanboulan and taylortaylors plumbers of salt dakelake installed the sprinkling
system william B armstrong was the fencemakerfencomakerfencecencerenfen whocomakermakernaker supervised the
22lewis R anderson the manti templetempie s
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to a conecons shape thousand of loadloads of rich soil were hauled upon
the hill and scattered over the once solid bed of stone making itpossible to plantpiant lawn and flower beds this was the beginning of
22the beautiaboautilbeautifboa cationiutltioniutil programpro
an
gramgraa
elaborate stairway was constructed at that time from the
west entrance of the tamplistemple downdomdoundog to the street it was twenty feet
wideulde with retaining wallswails on either side with square pillars ateach landing fitted with electriceleceloc lightstricbrickric theremerenere were one hundred
twentyfivetwenty stepsfive with nine landings of six feet each with the top
one being eighteen reetfeetreebfeete five thousand four hundred bags of cement
were put into this stairway and the cementcoment walksw whicha surround the
entire building the work on the stairway was started on july 9 1907
23and was completed on november 13 of that amsamesemesemo year therhe stairway
has since been removed and lawnslawn shrubbery and trees planted in itsplace
an automatic sprinklingcprspr system was also installed in 1907
the improvegmntjaprovemant brebralililllii part I1 march 1908 vpppap au4u414aih uau8k19
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one hundred feet of piping and two hundred sprinklerssprink werelers
used to complete thetin system lewis anderson temple presidentspresident was
the general supervisor of this work to beautify the groundsground with john
ninety
ss
marcha
staistallation of a 250000 gallon storage tank installation of a new
flood lighting system erection of a greenhouse and a home for the
temple president and the construction of a bureau of information
building in 1954 A recent improvement to the grounds has been the
the enlargement of the parking facilities on the north and southeast
sides of the temple there have been other miscellaneousmiscellaniousmiscella improvementsnious25
made as the need has arisen
A missionary service was started at the manti temple on
ibid
MS in manti temple file loc cit
73
erection of the beautiful iron gates and fence that adorn the west
entrance to the driveways CG P larson of manti was in charge of the
stone and mason work and george E bench managed the team work
arnold G giauque of salt lake was in charge of building the stairway
and the other cement work the water system plans were drawn up by
R R laymanlyman a civil engineer of salt lake city martin christophersenChristop22i
hersen
well known salt lake landscape gardener did the landscaping
many improvements on the temple and grounds have been made
since significant among them are the completion of a forty by sixty
foot strip of pavement on the east side completion of the south
retaining wall completion of a three hundred fifty foot cement
footwall as a protection to the foundationroutifouti ondation the east side of the
annex and in the archway the completion of seven hundred sixty
eight square feet of pavement on the roadway east of the annex in-
stallation
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june 21 1925192j with demondosmondoemond olsen of manti being appointed to overseez
and direct this service for tourists when tourists visit the
temple grounds they are met by guides who are willing to assist them
by relating the interesting history of the temple and answering any
questions concerning it the guides can be found at the bureau of
informationmorWormon buildingmationmatlon at the foot of the hill southwest of the
building and also up near the temple on the northeast side chisthiethischiechig
service is donated freely by members of the church without any
monetary remuneration A large percentage of all Luristourists that pass
by the temple go up the hill and visit the grounds thousands of
tracts explaining the history of the temple and beliefs of the
mormon church have been distributed by the guides also hundreds of27copies of the book of mormon have been sold
the architectural design and beauty of the manti temple isa credit to the faith integrity and skilled workmanship of the
latter day saints the temple with its surroundings has become
an important point of interest for many tourists
this isin indeed marnarmarvelmarvelousvelousouss said an easterntourist as he stood with a group of fellow touristson bright angel point on the north rim of the grandcanyoncanyonscenyon but have you seen the bit temple on ahill newney a town called manti
zmissionary service at the manti temple
p 22
26
26s improvement era
XXX october 1927 p 1128
supra chap i p 10 f 29
28petersonpetersons opoldeoide citit0
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relnelnei ma social and an econmiceoonoaiceconomic atandpointestwdpoint to the people
there the kempiekemple haahaehas alivsalwayealwvs beenboonbeanbeon a sourcedource of great pride and a
spiritualspiepi upliftstoritual they point with pride andamiani satisfactioneatiefaotion to theirtheir11
teplekapie
the rdifioue aigniflcance ieis exemplifiedexmplifiedfledfiedried in the type of or
dinaneeedinan andmidceaeeecesweewesewa eereironieeaereamies performedperforaedperfoperto ineideinsideraed firstpiret there ieis marriage
for time and alleileli eterniaretemugreberetereker metheniArnlay latterletterlattee daydar sainteto beliebelieve that
family tiweties
wakeatwsk iallailsiwithin the celeeualcelecolaseele kingreakingdea6 thereid will01 be1 three degrees totb obtainthe highesthigheat a personparson aat be married in the templetempie and live inrighteouaneaerightocusnese thereafter
eUalseelseeinoadtaaa
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simificant aapecta of21 thebhe teedleteediemeekmeem
the mantinentl templetcttpletempie from the binetimelime of itslie conception up to the
presentprepeepew haahaehasheeheaflent played a ignlficantsignificant part in the laffairaaffaira of the comniunltyconamitycowconeow
tromfromcrom
amity
a religiousreligioue
will exist in the eeleetial kingdom29kingdom after29 the
resurrection athiathis willwib be eoso only if the carriageaarriagemrriago hashaehse been solamisedaolewiiaedsolami
in
sedged
a weaplewemple by the proper authority the tempietemplelempie presidentaidentsident andwidsnd hiahishla
icounaelora haraharehava thlethiethis authorityautatp itrity ieis a vellwell estiablishodeetabliahed fact that
there are fewer divorcee anongamong thieethoeethose latter day saintesaints who have been
narriedwaledweled in the kempie than aamaaonfi those who have not thisthia type of
Biarriage gives an added awuiing to the aarriagenuviagebarriage covenanteoveavcov
second pt4m
wentwantment
baptiesbaptiea for the deaddowdeeddomdmm ieis practiced rhethe aignificanoemam4
of thleihiethisthia ordinance ieis in the realization that those acting aeas proxies
are aeaieting those who never had the opportunity to be baptized
while in normalityertalitynortalityertanortaoetaweetsmeets therelity maswaewasmaamea a time in the church when people were
29 the latter darday saintssainte believebelivybedlivy that there willwiuaiu be threedistinctdietinctdlediedis degreekdegreeadogrovetinct of glory91027 in the hereafter hodethesehosehede being broufroifrou thehighiethigheet to the leastleaetleaea the celestial terrestrialtavresterree vwandendtrial the telestialteleetialtolesteleet 1
ummmial IN
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heahwahem womenwoman they parted then and mr
williameWilli beganamsaasems to fear and triable regarding the promise he had just
fiade but this sensation soon left hlahiahishim and he becambecamebooan chestfulcheeffuicheatfulcheetcheatchege andrulfulrui was
satisfied that the inspiration of the lord had prompted the promise
he had adenademedowedo the riches continued onan to the tempietempletampletampie and she weswas
baptizedbaptisedbapti forsed her healthyhealth As soon as sheshw camocame up out of the water and
was confirmed she was restored to health and lived a healthy and
30vigorous life for abnymany years artereafterarkerarler
J V williawilliaiasWilli templearabaiasalas lanifest&tionsiinifestationsll
piccatcaalaancaalaman
mrekre
rhethe contributorivimarchxvimarchIVIXVIivl 189March p 312
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replied jenajensasnaaanajansjana if we piccanpic onlycan live to getgotsetsot therentherecontinuingcontinujng he saidbaidbald brother williams wont you pray to the lord
that ilehelieliw will give us strength to reachreathreethreech nantihanti and do domesoaewasdomsnasmao morkworkwo forrk our
deardamdeandeendawdmm friendsfricricrl tta williamswe repliedre thated he would and said furtherfurthers
I1 can prophesy in the naaename of the lord that you willwui arrive there in
safety and that sister rich will be baptizedbapti forsedbed her health and retumreturnreburnfretum
homhotteham from the templesTe aarpiearpleurple healed wooan11
baptized for their health in the temples however this is no longer
done A atorystory concerning one of these baptisms for healthahealthshealt sekesakelaewaehs was A
published in niepieute contributoricontributoryContri karrenbutori ruichrichlichlish of monroe utah had been
bedfast for five yearbyears with a serious illness she was unable to
turn herself in bed and had to have constant cargcare she had a great
desire to go with her husband jens J rich to the lantivantikantilentif templetempietumpie to
perform some work for dead relatives and friends mrs rich had to
be lifted into the wagon where she had to lie in a bed on the way
they mobactnotmebmelmst Jjo V williams and stopped to talk with him hrar williamsA
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isaila things upon itaiteitsground V itsiteitaiss aileneeailence0 and itaiteitslkaiss strength we havehayehayw swensoonawenawonthe ompietupleTOKASvemde radiant wdand alive&live in the morning eulfeunfbinminm weihave beheld it quiet and abrene in the duskduck ofevening we are convinced of the spiritualapispibpi 319sig-nificance
ritualnific andanceence divine function of the tempietempls
31toito the tetter dvdaydar sainta the eotowmnt ieis a liaetiae ofreligiousreligioue oonteaplation here for a few hewheurehowfeure fta person ieisoccluded tymatymn thet world about himhiahinhla in thisthie respectreepect the endowmentendowentantwamtendoieis
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31third there are religious eeremnieecareandoecakecareeake calledandoe the endowmentandownent
the eadownents are a course of moralmoraimorel and religiousrUg covenantsiousloua A
person entering the temple enjoyenjoys not only a religious experience
but an aesthetic one aeas well the eereooniee give dramatic emphasisemp
to
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spiritualspiritu&lspirittalapispibpi mattersrittal the beauty of the religious muraismurnis onan the
weilawallaweils of the instructional room enhances bhethe importance of the
ceremony
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cipation in doing thisthiethia work those who harbharehavehaeb entered into the
covenants wadeaadeavaemade in the templetempietampletampie are generallygener morealIr demotedderoted and loyal
to their church the desire to be worthy to enter unthebhe templeteeplekemple causes
the youth of theum latter day saint church in large aeaeurenessurepmeaaeamaa tobureeure
uphold itsite apiritualspiritualapibpi andritual ethical etenetanstenstendardedaddsdardedayde
mwthe presidencysideney of the wateepietemplslal& during itsitelbsita goasagoldengoasn anniveraaryanniverentsanniversaryannive
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32the church of jesusjesuegesus christ of lfttterdaylatter saintsdarday mantlmantimentinpituv1kft churchn ofMWRM jesus
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the temple haabaahasbabhab also played a part in the community socially
it has been a factor in bringing an influx of people to mankihantimantinanzikanzinanki the
majority of them come from the various communities within the temple
district included in this district today are the counties of sanpeteSan
juab
pete
utah emery carbon sevier millard plute san juan and wayne
there is no doubt that the tempieteoipletemple administrators and other
tempietempleteepleteepie workers who live in mantiyantimantlnanti and who have come to livelire there from
the temple district have helped to make manti a better place of live
in men and women of high standards who exhibit capable and efficient
leadership bring vitality and strength to any community their
participation in communitycomunitycomwunitymunityco affairsaf&f alongre with their church respons-
ibilities has added muchouchauch to the community the people who administer
the ordinances in the temple do it out of sheer love for their church
and its gospel some of themthenwhen are individuals who have moved away
from sanpete county only to return after having retired having
returned they spend their time in doing ordinance work in the temple
others are longtimelong residentstime of the county included among these
workers are menman andaraana women of various professions this work provides
satisfaction and contentment for many older people who have retired
the city of manti is benefited also economically by the temple
menymanyheny skilled and unskilled laborers are needed for its maintainancemaintain
these
ance
people live there and patronize the business in the community
the tourist trade drawn by the tempietemple also contributes somewhat to
the local economy many people comingeming from a distance to do ordinance
work will eat in the cafeteria at the templeortempletempielempieor in a cafe and stay in
a motel over night thus contributing some revenue
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stabstatedaedsbda iksits spirit of the hanti temple kaehaehaskaahaa becamebecome a peetpartpeel of our
ilgesliveelives
religiouslyreligiouely sociallyociallyoci andeilyally conoaicauy orronoone might
ayy thetthatkhett it lais a beaconbeaeonftconanconatcon on a hinhill11hiu that indirectly guidesguidea the ilyesliveelives
of the people exweelmfixpreeeinc thisthiethle idea the templetempie presidency emsis
tingin ofab4b robert 0 young U W grange amaadand jamiejamejalajaga meM petersontereonbedsonkedsonPe once
takedfatedstatesstateds
the eignificanee of the templistuple in nankimantinentl hhashesas beenbeanboonboen inanifeatreatfeatreab
through the yearsyeara re bouslyjouslyiouJouloualyslyair
it hashaakeakeskas enriched our daily thoughtsthoughtathemotsthough and given direction to owour
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waswaeweeweswao chosen to bobe theth firstfiretairet presidentaidentsident of bhethothe manti templetepletepietempie hohe waswaeweeweawaa
daniel H weha a6 anwn of honesty and genuine devotion to hidhiehis church
of hishie apointnent orsonqraonoraonaraon F ihitneywhitney saldisaidtsaidi
IMrhe choleechoicecholew of uchsnob a wanaanmanmenwen for suchsueh a placewaawaewas nth&moetmoat happy ftailiar with templetempie work for menymanynanynenyyoarsyears hohe had taken greatgroat delightduat in it the do-ctrines bracingenbraoinfsubracingsu salvatimealvatioosalvatinsalvasaivesaiya fortim the deaddoaddeed oneM of thelinwin purpoeeepurpo foroedeeeowd which our itaplee are actederectedectedexwere the oneaones thebdialthatulekthel originallyor attracted11y him tolonieahomonieamonieaHo andwa theta performance of sacred ordinancesordinin
ancesanceebehalf of hiahiehishla kindred dead and friendsfriende who had
passed awayamp waswaemeemeswes to kiahiakim a source of unalloyedunalunaihappine8chappinhappinhap
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life of daniel H weilanolle weewaewaswms not an easybeayseay meoneons he knewknow fromcrom
personal experience the hardshipshardsharda andhipe sacrifices incident to pioneering
and colonizingcolonioingcoloni asingoingaing hard and barren land aisoaleoalsoalao he knewknow what it bisantaeantmisant to
davegavedive up everything for the goepelagowpolsgosgoegowbow sakecakeaakesekepeiapelapolspeispeldpeid aaas hishie familyOMWLAV refused to
acocrpany himhin wtwobbwoak
he waswaeweeweawaa bornbombon on october 27 1xu at trenton oneida countygowty
newnow york the only amsouson of daniel weliswellewells and catherine chapin in 1826
hishie father passed away daniel then nurredwyed with hiahiehishla mother and younger
lbryantlbyant S hinckley daniel haseyROMOWhasby welleKOUweileweilakoubkonnon saltt9 dakelake0 cityicitylcitticetyldeseret sewenewesews preespresspreaspresa 1942 p 260Z1
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position of justleejustice of the placepoacef4wefawe that he received the title of squiresquire0squirek
welle which he carried throughoutthro hiehishiahlamahout lifeduring the critical tljmie after the death of the prophet
joaephjoeephjoseph anithsaith he cunowneabaabawn to the ammistanseaeeietaneeammi ofstanse the momone nhsnnhen they werewww
leavingleafing their beautiful city of nauvoonuvoo he waawasweawes baptized a ao&ber of
the church enan augustauguetanost 9 1346lagg and moved to salt lake city in 1843
he heldkeldkeid mwmany poeltimpoeitionepoelposlposi oftim honorhandhond and krusttruetbrust both in and out of
khothethokhekko churchchureh S aeas the following listlietiletilot will verifyiv14t he taqghttaught mwoodachoolmwool in
ohio and illinoief131inoial wasvaaweswea regent of thetae university of deseret for ninenim
yeareyyearejym waewasmeemesmednedj mayor of salt lake city for tenton meare I1 semeedso aeas eeccnda
counselorcounaelor0 to brigadabrigaa roungtoung for twenty beareyearey&mj aewaawasmaa presidentPresid ofmt the enhakbak
bourentdourent house for nineainealneailall yeareyyearej and NB presementpreeidentpreementPre ofamenteidenteMent the mankihantimenki ampletnqletmple frem
WI1 untilan hishiekiskle death in 189111A ak4ketateaent of hishiehiahla philosophyphiloeophyphilosofphilosophiloe ieIsophy aeas follomifouowefohowefollo 11tmirmif
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latersisterlataralsterelater catherine to chioohiochlo after a winter bhoretherethore thertheirtheylher novodovedxovod to illinoisdettlingeettling finally in hancock county it waswea
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tribute tracts andwasnd help the edere thiathierhia mielaielmialwlad onan lasted for four and
one halfkaigkeig yre and during thlethiethis timetine he traveled without puree or script
when he weswaewasmeemebweb sixteenaixteens mearsyearsmeers of age he beeme presidentpreeidentpresidontpeeprepresi ofeidentdenkdontdenb the
aalborg branch and ae lain charge of all the surroundingroundingsureur brancheswrenchesbranwranwren twocheschee
years later heho emigrated to utah after arriving in mt pleaseantpleaeant in
1865 he helped to organizeorg026 theanise firstglrst sawwaysxmdayswway school in that city
heho regainedreaainedrymalrymel inned mtkt pleaseantpleaeantpi until 18701mam when he moved to
EpEphephraimraiahralarataraim before leaving mt pleasant he had mekbetmetmeb sarahbarahsareh ann petereinpetereonpeterwmtereonbersonPe
trofrofromryoe ephraiamephraiafohraiafphEphFoh araiadelayelm daughter of stake presidentPre canuteeident PePeterbersontereonpatersonwersonsoin they were
carriedaarriedamryriedaeryAMRYammy onanried taytoj 221 170ito0 in1111 the70 saltsaitsaibsaiz lake tcaplezovu after hishie wmeriageaarriaseaarmavmev
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returned tot thiethis saesmissasslis xieaonadad thisthieon tine to preside over itan activenetlee church neaber
iiren11ren atherwther beersebeeaaebeease avertedconverted to bhethethowhe latter day selntsaint church and wasmaemabmas
baptizedbaptisedbapti anthonanthoussed being a eurious ladiad read bmwsome of hiahiehishla grancbwtheregrondoothergrandogrondograndm
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eoon after waswaewab converted O he waemaanaa baptizedbapti onansed naymay 1515p 1856
at the age of thirteen he mswaewas calledled on hishieklekis first aieeionalemissaiemia
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antagonieteto loved hajnhjjn waawaewas anthonanthan henrik dmd the second president of
the manti templettaapletwaTta hehoaple mew bornbomboa may 15 taut6u in aalborg demarkdoinear atan early ageebeeseabo hishiehiahla mokhermother died and hishiehiahla father left himkim with hishiehiahla grand
atheretherwther who reared hlin even aeas a barboybayhorworbor he waawaewasweameanea verytory brilliant he firstread the bible when he weewaewaswebwes eight jearsyearsybarsjeers oldeldoid A few rearsyears later hiahiehla
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stake high cowancounclltcowmn he later became bhethe sukstake clerkcleft and still later
acted aaas sundaysway school superintendent in i4raimrfiiraia in 1688 he wacvacwas
appointed aeaietantassistmtassist tomt the president of the nanumantimanu dpiplepie then in
1889 he mesNBCwaswabmaamea aedcallednedued to be an apostle of bhethethokho church
in addition to being eoso actively engaged in hiehishib church he
worked at meywey trader anongauml
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teenleankwan yeanyeam vathwith presidentpreeidentpresiftntPresiftPre saiththeident in thisthiethle capacity and
later he mewaeweewea first oouneeloraw1w to presidentpreeidentPre heberkobehobehebesidenbeident J arantolt for three
yearsrowsrodsreds until hlahiehiskia deethdeath in 1921 3
he WMwaswes amonceonee askedsaem br stoatitoatth leadingat principle14 hishiehigprimiprili life hadwd been
guided to hiobhlchtiobkickkisk he replied efteraftererter a mantmmnt of deepdp thoughtythoughtithom&tthoughthomat I1t havehaeahawa
iilwaye endeavored to find out khoat ieis right and thenthan do40 lbsittitslka
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which wereveremere farmfanralrel laborerlaborers hemenhamemhenen shopchop
wrkerarker lmramraheeaakershewaheeshwe privatemekeraakerweker tutor telegraph operatorperaterpperapezepeve andsaadsndsudteraterptora photographer
ibkteinnimn waawaswea eleealee actively engaged in civiecivicclyle affairsaf havingfaira served onan the
lutmountjutiut pleaseantpleaeantpimmt city council mdam onan the utah territorial legislature
in october of ugi1l11al he beattebeotte president of the nantikantinentl traplettapletmjd3
wotwevwe
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ymnyeare later he vabvaawaswab called to precidepreeide over the buyBureuyeuropeanopean missichmieeionmissice and
ioso waswaaweawesmesmea releasedreleaeednelmsneimsrele amoaroasedaeed hishieklekis positionpoeitionboldtpoldt aeas presidentpreaidentaidentsuwatalmatnewprenea of the tampletampie hain 1897
behe filled a ieeion to palestinepaleetinepalestirtePale andaraendanaarmskineetine syria to organishorfaniaeorganiseorfaniordorg theeniseaniseenisa wasbers
there into braneheebramthesobrane henthenrhenhwnheekeskwe in 1900 he beeaae
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churekchurch when joaephjeaephjmwyh F smithsoithselth beeambecambecal the eidtheixth presidentpreaidentpre ofaident the cheahchurchychwah
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presided until hishiehib death in 1906 5
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jehnjohn Q T mcquietermcauieter
john D T mcallister was converted to the church in delaware
and was baptized at the age of twenty he married nienulen handley on
july 28 1848 and thiathiethis bame year they started for utah arriving on
october 1 1851
after coming to utah he waawaswab employed in menymanymervmerw different maysswayeswayss
blaokaaithokeithokmithmithlithok epentercarpenterrpenterrp aillenberenter worker salt laketakeleketakslaks city rehalmarehalgarshalpmarehanManargar territorialshaipshalpshaia
barahalmarahalamrshalsrahalMa chief of salt lakeleke fire department he took an active part
in utah early dramatic productions and wabvacwaswebweswaw very active in civic affairsfairefeirefeiraaf
he wasvaevabwab elected majormejor of the leeondaeeondsecond battalion of the nauvoo legion in
the salt lake aubarymilitary districtin april of 1851 he wasvacvecweswea calledled on a missicaaieaionmissioa to j&igland in
1860ls60 he filled another mission to the united states and europe deberlaterdalerdeter
he waawaewas bentsentbant to st george onan a mission with president brightabrighaa yountoun
here he becam stake president and wa aboalaoabwalsoaiso appointed an assistant to
wilford woodruff then president of the S george dumpleitapleumple
in 1893 he waw& called to assist in the salt lakolakeleko templeremple midwid
laberlaterateraber in the mentimantimenki he became presidentpre ofeident thiethle temple when anthon H
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bruetruebruswanaanmanranwen of Aapostlepoetic orsonoreon hyde and heidheld continually impo-rtant church positions he waswaeweewes a teacher and superinauperinbrinittrinit of sundarsunday schools a ward endandemd stake officer inthe rtutuala and a HCMMroenroan missionary
he alaoalso heldholdheid the position of stake tithing clerk andmad waswaeweewebwab
preeidentpresidentpre ofaidenteident the south sanpetesanpoto stake for nineteen yearsyeara he aleoalso
illiaailliac6wnli&u 0 cowthercrwther e 9r0h 0 0 0independence mismurimiaeourimissurimlsMiaeMis i zionszioneourimurimurl printing and publishing co 1943
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lewiedanledania anderdonandersonAnd sonionbonerdonereon of anderaandereanders andersonanderaon and anna olson wawaswad
bornworn on october 24 18501830 at hickeberghickeborgrickebergHickrick swedenebergeborg his ratherfatherfathrcathr leftsweden in 1855 and sailedballed for the united states leaving hiahiehishla family
behind until he could bendsendbond for lhertheathem rhiathiathis he did in the spring of
l8571857 thetirtyrtym familyfeallyay1y lived in iowa for about two yearsyearybar
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lewie Andereon
before startlagdarting
for utah although only nine yearbyearayears of age lwislewie walked all the waymay
frofrom missouriMiae toouri utah
he weswaewaskeaneawea baptizedbaptiaedbapuzedbapti asedaedawd memberamber of the church when he waswaeweewes bententonbanwen yearayears
of age in IM he married nutkarymarymerymut ann crowther thenhenrhen in 1675 he waswae
calleded on a mission to uhmthe northwentemnorthweatem statesslabasskalesswales in 18 he rospondekreepondedrospondedrospond
to a call to fulfill a second micronadest toon the bamesawsamebalaal area between
tawsethese two nissionejaieeionemisaiemls respondingrespoeione torAing a callceliceilceils he labored in connection
with the constructionconatructionconstconat ofruction the nantimonti tempietemple in 18881388 reepondingrespondingresroerwerespreep to0onding
another callcalicail he again came to mantinanzinenzimenzl to reaumeresume templelamplelampie tomrkrk thisthiethle bimetinetimelinekime
7aeas a recorder
lawislewielamis Andandersonmaersonersonereonevson waswaewaitwailwall a aenaanmanmen of unfalteringfaith and devotion to the hoepelooepelgcopel of jesue christ whenevwwnomyeara callcalicail came he waawaewasweswea ready he waswaawes a confidant and trusted
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crowther11 locIRSkrs citacite2 Cit
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0served as assistant president of the kantiyanti temple at the death of
president john D T mcallisterMcAll heieter was asked to take over the duliesdutiesdulles
of the president but wasvaamebmesneb not actually set apart until 1925 he
served in talethiethistais positionpo unlitunuanuaition hiahishla1 death in 193310
president anderaonanderson waswaaweawes a very spiritualspiapi andritual kindykindly man andwidmid
hlohiohiehib advice waswaeweswegmes boughtdought by gny hiahitshlahid motto in life honesthonest luck
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weswasweb bornbomboa in kirkentollock scotland in
the year 186 to archibald M young and maryyaryeary graham liehelleile came to
utah with his parents in 1872 12 they settledmilleddellied in salt lekelake city and
were there for about a year before going to richfield saylorsayler county
utah where he spent hishie boyhoodboyhoodsboy 3hoodehoods on july 59 1875187 he was baptizedbapti
a
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member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saintsaints cnon
october 28 189111 hep married mary S papkerparker 14
all hidhiehis lifeilfee he hashaehatsheshegrhebr benbeen veryyeryveny active in hibhiehis church holding
various positions therein in 1896 he was called to be a member of
the sevier stake high council later he became the second counselorcounscoune
in
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the seylerseviersetiersetler stake presidency then on september 18 1910 he wabwaawas setactbelaebeeb
apart aeas president of that stake altogether15 he served for thirty
years as a member of the presidency of that stake president young
also served on a mission to australia
he was also very active in civic affairs he served on the
richfield city council and also acted as myor of that city by
trade hobertrobertbobert D young was a contractor he was a pioneer in the
building of reservoirs he later becanebecamebecambecal vice president of the national17irrigation organization
jenson op cit ppap 74379743 79interview13 with robert dixon youngyoungq salbsaltsaibmdt lake cityuty july 1959
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robert dixon young became president of the manti temple in
1933 after the death of president lewielewisdowledowls andersonandersen heifelie wabwaewas presidaatpreslpresiprebi
for
tnearly tenton years during which time the golden jubilee of the
manti tempietemple was celebratedcolebr 1938atod during the time that he waswae
president of the templetupletupietempie it wabwaewas decoratedredecoratedre president young and his
wife assisted in the work she made the drapes and curtainscurt andelnisainiseints picked
out the newnownev furniture while he helped withvithmithbith some of the heavier workvorkmorkbork
it was during his administration that the flight of stairs which
descendeddeec downmedaedawd the hill from the temple were removed the cement in
theteetueuee stairs was cracked and they were crumbling the hill was smoothed
off and lawn was planted in their place making a very beautiful land-
scape
he was released from this position in 1942 the church then
called him to be the superintendent of construction on the latter day
saint hospital in salt lakeleke city he spent the next six years in this
capacitytapetapatepe incity 1949 he was called to be the president of the salt lake
temple which position he was released from in 1954195 due to the
declining health of his wife since that time he has been employed asan
IS18riaIL 1receptionist in the church office building in salt lekelakee city
when asked by the author for a statement as to his philosophy
president youwyoungloundyoum saidt
rhethe philosophy of y wifewirewir and I1 isin the sameour first duty is to the church and fromfron our youth upwe have loved our fellowaenfellowomfellorelio wewnmwaenwomuaenumen always felt that thegospel of our lord and savior jesus christ was thebiggest thing in all the world and the greatestquestion that confronted the human race and that it
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should have a preponderating influence in every heartbe true to god and your fellowmenfel welowmen feel
that there is no call in the world worth striving forrorthat hasnt god in it
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lewis robert anderson
one of the most loved and respected church leaders of today islewis robert andersonandersen sixth president of the manti temple he is a
son of the late president of the manti temple lewis anderson and of
mary ann crowther he was bomborn in fountain green utah on march 26
1872 he was baptized in 1880 in 1895 he was married to clara M
munkmumk three years later he was calledglied on a mission to the southern
states where he served asan counselor to president ben E ric
by trade lewis R anderson was a livestock rancher always
a prominent citizen of sanpete county he was vice president of manti
city bankbanksbenk director in various business enterprises and active in the21development of sanpete county he was mayor of manti city for three
terms being the youngest mayor in the state of utah at the time of his
first election he served two tomstermstometems in the state legislature where he
was speaker of the house during his second term he has almalsoalboaim been a
delegate to the republican national convention
in addition to his civic activities he has always been very
active in his church having heldholdheid practically every position in the22young men mutualmatual improvement association he also served over
fifteen years asan president of the south sansotesanpetesanpote stake succeeding his23father he wabwaswaiswalswalb called to be the president of the manti temple in
1949 he served faithfully in this position until he was released
20 21jenson op cit ppap 560561560 crowther561 opOR cit 42
22 23jenson loclos102 sitcit crowther op02 cit 4301
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being a man of even temperament and great love for his
fellowmenfel presidentlowmen anderson has gained the love of all who know
him
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A bent peterson
A bent peterson who now presides over the manti temple
was born july 22 1908 in greely colorado a son of anna 0
peterson and mons peterson he was educated in grand county and isa graduate of the university of utah on april 2 1931 he married
mary poulsen of manti while living in manti he served one termtamtem as
a member of the manti city council in 1932 president peterson was
set apart as an assistant recorder in the manti temple he laterbecame the chief recorder and in 1942 was named second counselor in
the manti temple presidency
in 1945 he was called to go to idaho falls and help open the
temple there after doing this he returned to manti to resume his
duties until 13551951955135 when he was called to the los angeles templetempie to act
as chief recorder in april of 1958 he was called to newnow zealandzea tod
assist with the opening of the temple there returning to resume his
duties at los angeles until he was called by president david 0
mckay to be the seventh president of the manti temple he was set
apart for this position on may 23 1959 25
he has always been active in church affairs among the many
positions that he has heldholdheid are counselor in the manti north ward MIA
superintendency counselor in the presidency of the eiderselders1elders quorum
assistant sunday school superintendent ward clerk and member of
south sanpetesanpatesandate stake high council eleven years and first counselor26
in the westwood second ward bishopric los angeles stake
deseret news may 4 1959
manti messenger may 7 1959
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personal interview with james anderson june 1959
personal interview with lewis R anderson june 1959 1960
personal interview with wilford breinholt june 1959 1960
personal interview with J hattenhatton carpenter june 1959
personal interview with mrs elva christiansenChrist junelanseniansen 1959
9 personal interview with seymourseynour christensen june 1959
personal interview with howard cox june 1959 1960
personal interview with edwin jensen june 17 196019600
personal interview with B F laroenlarsenlarnen july 1959
personal interview with mrs abe livingston june 1959
personal interview with fred markham july 16 1960
personal interview with oscar nielson june 1959
personal interview with A bent peterson president june 19519919591959.1957
july 2 1960
personal interview with mrs mabel sinanonssingSina juneaunenonsone 1959junes
personal interview with robert D young july 1959
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the history of the mantlmantikentikentlmenti temple in a senseseneebensebenoe began the firstwinter the mormon pioneers spent in sanpete valley because of the
rextrewextreiaeextrew cold they moved to temple hill for protection this bamecameisatsa
hill later became the site of the temple
it had been predicated by heber C kimball that a temple would
somedayeomeday be built on thibthiathis apotspot by 18731373 plansplanepiane were being made to this
enderaenaerm preparationpreparations for conscone tructruetion were eoonsoonboon in progress and on april
25 1877 the sitecite was dedicated by president brigham young
following a church cooperative policy the manti temple
district was organizedorgani itsed consisted of ten stakes in the vicinity
near the temple Committecommittees were eebsetsebbetbeb up in each communitycoranconan withinunity this
district for the purpose of supplying the construction needs william
H folsom superintendent of construction and president canute
petersonpatersontereontarbonPe hishiehib assistantaesistantresistant served underwiderwyder the direction of the council of
twelvewelveseiveselye apostles 8up6rvising the policies in connection with the
construction
the laying of the cornercomer stones took place on april 14 1879
according to church procedure the stones were laid in the followingfonfoUron
orderorders
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southeast southwest northwest and northeast the con-
struction of the walls began shortly thereafterther theysartersafterearter were built of
oolite stone quarried from earbearteael of the building site stone cutting
shops saw mills a machine shopchop andend a stone crushing shop were set
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socleSocietys weavingwearingweeying rugs community fund raising projectprojects voluntary
donation of labor groups supporting temple laborers children glean-
ing in the fields and in addition the support of full time mission-
aries
the laborers were given tithing scrip which was redeemable at
the tithing office in produce and noditiescoiraodities for work performed
contributions cambcamecama mostly from the tempietemple district and were turned
into the tithing office
A private corporation the manti temple association was
formed on june 26 1886 it held the legal title to the temple until
july 27 1925 thisflitschis prevented the federal government from taking
away all property belonging to the iatterlatterlabber day saint church because of
polygamy persecutions
the temple was dedicated on the twenty first twenty second
and twenty third of mayhayheymey 1888 lorenzolorenso snow gave the dedicatory
prayer under the direction of wilford woodruff since this lioelime only
ak9k
up to aid in the erection of the building
due to a growing population in manti and the economic ad-
vancement of the people the period between 1877 andmdend 1888 was one in
which considerable building was done theche people of the temple
district exhibited great sacrificial devotion effecting the construc-
tion kanymanykeny of the workers were skilled in their crafts and industri-
ous in the performance of their work the cost of the finished temple
was 99199181991991.81 of which amount the sandatesanpetesanpate stake contributed
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