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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

brighamBrigharaharmhamm young university

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree master of science

glen R stubbsLE july 1960 PREFACEPREFhoehogACE

As a resident of sandates&npetesanpate county for some years my interest naturally focuses upon the hantimanti templetempie research into the history of this particular building indicated that very little had been written concerning theuieulenie history of its pplanning 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 hantimantimantlmenti 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 buildingbu ing every attempt has been madea to search all attainable primary sources because of the ccessibilityaccessibilityinaccessibility of bomedomesomea 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sanpete stake records minutes of meetings heldheidhold in the manti tabernacle 18821885183218851882188518821832 1885 unpublished manuscripts at the church historianhistorians office in salt lake city manti temple historical

iii ivly record bincesince 1388 andwid personal interviewinterviews I1 am indebtedtedbed to many perpersortsperannaperaonasorts for their assistance in the acompilationamrd lat of this history bapeciallylepeci&14 to dror leasellbaselituaael boB Swenswensensenaenwmagn profeaaorfessorressorresaor of history iirighamilrigham young university for hishiahla timely and helpful suggestions and to dr russelnussel R rich and gustive 0 darsonderson assoassociateassoclateaftsooiateclateclabe professorsprofeor of the church history department aeA williamwliilamdi iah49lund assistantabiablAei tant church bistorhistorhistorianhiatorianhishlaHiatorianborianborlan s and his staff president A dombnt Pstpstwaonpetpebpeterwmpwaon rantirentikentlkantimanti temple presidentPreaidentsidenb and lewisdenielewiedemis R andersonanderaon and robert D young retired templelamplelampie presidents thanks aisoalsoalao to jamesjamea andersonanderaon hrsmrsmramr fabelmabel Sslibbona9pap frankbrenkprankprenk cox hrsmrs elvaeivauva ChristiChriatianchristianerchristianemchriatianaenanembenaen joesphjoeeph judd edwin jeneen mebmramea lbsabsabeabw livingstonLivingeton J hattenbattenhatton carpntercarpentercarpanter antienliencianaena jamood olaon of cantilyantilhantlnantimanti P C petersonpeberpeterbonaoneon wilford brebreinholtolt fanniepannie ihoapeonthompson oscar nielsonnieMielsonlaon seymour christensenchrischrlsChrialensenteneenbenben and havlemarie laramlarwnlarvm of ephraimephreimEphraiareimrelm andend B PF larsen andanclanci fred markham of provo photographs werewam furnishedfumiahed by the church bistorhistortorianahistorianshistorianaHisloriana to office and by krserbmrs lvaivaava christianChriatianchristiansenchriatiansenchriatianaenabnbansenaennan thankthanks to them and alalaoso to krarrsmrs 1araarlarae kinder of Huntingthuntingtoncm utah for the mounting of the picturespictureaburea

I1 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 TABLE OF CONTENTSCON TS

page PREFACE e 9 e e 9 9 9 illliiiii111 LISTT OF illustrations vi chapter I1 THE SETTLING OF MANTI 0 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

IIliilit11III111 A TEMPLE IS PLANNED 0 0 0 0 0 15 liiIII111 THE construction PERIOD 187718881877 1888 25 1 the construction 2 financing the temple 3 workers and their skilled crafts 4 the manti temple association 5 the building program and economicecon c development 6 the faith of the people

IV THE dedication e a 60

V lacerLATERLA developments AND significance OF noidnoldTHETOIL TEKPUTEMPLE 66 1 finishing landscaping and additional improvements 2 significant aspects of the temple

APPENDIX e a e e e 0 e e 9 e 9 9 9 9 81

bibliography e e e 94

YV LIST OF illustrations figure page 111 map of manti temple district 1876 s 9 0 0 0 0 0 21

2 temple 1883 & e g 0 s 0 0 s e e 9 s 0 e 0 34

3 temple 1885 0 e 0 0 s 0 e 9 9 a e e 37

4 temple 1888 0 0 0 6 0 0 a 75

Avi CHAPTER I1

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situated in the south central part of the state of utah surrounded bybyrbye the wasatch nounmounmountainsno the hanti temple has been seen by thouthousandsthousandissandisdandis of tourists who have marveled at its beauty its archi- tecturaltectural design and the unique history which burrosurrosurroundsa it the city of manti is located on the eastern side of the sanpete valley one hundred twenty miles south of salt lakee city the altitude is 55485548 feet above sea levleylevels1 the 5topitchtch valley more commonly known as sanpeteSanpete is sixty miles in length with an average width of 1 thirty miles and contains about 11820 square miles it takes its 2 name from sanditchsanpitchsianpitchSanSianpitch chief of the indianslansians who lived in the valleyveileyvalleys these natives known as the sanpitchessempitchesSanSemsampitches were an independent branch of ute indians sanditchsanpitchSanpitch was a brother of the ute chief walker when the settlers arrived in the valley the hill on which the manti tepletepieteepleteepietemple 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 barren surface the legetavegeta 3 tion was stunted and dwarfed this hihillll11 is marked by the outcrop of a

1waw W H leverlover history of01 undeteundenesanpete and klum counties ogden utahtutahlutacht published by the author 18119118986 p 11 biebibanoble2nobleble warrum ed utah since statehood salt lakelakke citticityicityt S J clarkclarisclanisclarnc publishing co 191919 p 519 gillian H peterson the miracloofniraMiramiraclecloofof the mountainmountains mantimantlmanniihantimantii published by the author 194201942 p 9 6

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wellweilweli stratified and evenly beadedbedded deposit of oolite thisthiathib oolite isie of uniuniformroriaforrA grain and of a fine cream color this is a grgranular rock the separate particles of which are minute spheroids consisting of concentric layers of calcium carbonate the stone spiapipearaarbare underor a lens 4 not unlike fish roe hence the name oolite literally meaning eggstoneeggetoneeggeggseggetoneslonestone the history of tomaletempietemtteplestepletomaleaie hill doesdoosdoobdows not start with the construction of the temple in 1877 but goes back to the early pioneer days of utah under the leadership of the brealgreatgroat colonizer brigham young a groupup of mormon pioneers enteentoontoentered saltsait lakeleke valley anon the twenty fourth of july 188477 the cormonsmormons had chaecamcomcoae west because of the persecutions they had suffered in illinois due to their religiousre ous convictions at this ttinebinsbime the greabgreatgroat basinhasinbadinhadin was part of the territory bebelonging to mexico with no one living there except the indianindians and a few white trappers

the settlingnettling of manti in 184911349 was due to the encouragement of

one of the indian chiefs talkerwalkerwaiker P who cclairedclaiaednednodmed lordship over sanditchsanpitchSanpitch valley it is purported that he had a rettarremarkablekablekabie dream in about 1840 the following is a white nanamansmana account of ittit he died and his spirit went to heaven he saw the lord s ittingsittingbitting upon a throne dressed in white the lord told him he could not stay he had to return he desired to stay but the lardlord told hiahlahim that he motmistmlat return to earth that there WOwould colcomcosm to hlahiahim a race of white people that wowould bbe his friends and he motoustmust treat themt he kindly

hjamesbjames damesjamesjamea E talaageimagetalaagetalamagego theme 12uhouseleebeeeee of the lord salt lakelekela 9 citticityicityt deseret news press 1912 appp 224225224 225 lpeter5peterpeter gottfredson compcoapcomp & ed history of wianmianmlanindian dedreddepredationsdepredatiqas in utautah salt lake cityicitys skelton publishing co 1919 appp 31731317 31318 3

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 sanditchsanpitchSanpitch valley to teach the indians how to build homes and till the soilcoil during the proceedings of this council which convened on june 14 1849 at salt lake city walker remarked 1 I was always friendly with the Morcormonsmormonsmons as I1 hear what they say and remember it it is good to live like the cormonsmormons and their children I1 do not 6 care about the land but I1 want the cormonsmormons to go and settle it an exploration party left in august of 1849 with walker as a guide they returned with the recommendation that a colony be located in the valley 7 preparations were made in the fall of 1849 to send a group of pioneers into the sanditchsanpitchSanpitch valley to establish the new settlement at the october conference isaac morley charles shumway and seth taft were 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 of 8 the council of fifty and the legislative council of the territory of

6 journal history of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints church historians office salt lekeLakelakecityl&kecityCity june 14 1849 microfilmed 7 alever7leverlever 02op citcite t p 12p12 0 arlausaklauskiausklausklaub J hansen the theory and Procpracpracticetice of the political kingdom of god in mormon history 182918901829 1890 unpublished masters thesis dept of history brigham young university p 199 4

gnade9 utah v nademedemade a prophetic statement as they neared nantimanti when he said there is the termination of our journey in close proximityty to that 10 hill god willing we will build our city sosome aeorbersrxarx of the company desired that they go farther south possibly where the present city of gunnisonQungunnison stands others doubted the desirability of establishing a settlement near such an unproductive hill seth teftstaftstaftzaftzart one of the leadersleadersserso voicing his feefeelingsreerwe gasgag saidssaldsaidmaids this is only a ionslonslonglongs narrow canyon and not even a jack rabbit coculdauld existat on its desert soil U favoring the sitealte which had the approval of president drightdrighmdrighaa loungyoungs was isaac morley more eonconeomconnollyconnonlycoaroonlynonly known as father morley he spoke to those in doubtdoubts aingssayingyings this is our god appointed place and stay I1 will though but lenlontentonben manmen rremainn with w12 assasoMWOas in spite of all their problems fearssbearssfears and doubts the colonists were willing to accept the site which had been selected for theathemothem a short distance south of the hill with the near aapproachoh of winter father morley advised the settlers to move to the south side of the hill so that they might be protectedtectedteated rmafrom inclement weather willwilliam H peterson in his booklet therhe milaminamiraclegle ofot thethe am&mmountainsm9untainst4motamo gives a vivid description of that first linteriwinterwinterii

gandrow9 ladrewandrew jenson depsybodayl&&tsr2utepsy aint 084opaop4biognph yryuax2lodedia salt lakeleke cityicitys andrew jenson historystcoscoaco 1901 v appp 23536235236235 23636 10 adsadaaaaadelia B ajzjdwellssidwelli history of nanti IN sanpeteSan5&npetepete stake record church bistorhistorhistoriansto office salt lakelekes city pep 4 ibid 12ibid 5

the primitive settgettsettlementlement thus established was in reality a cluster of pioneer wagons grouped together for protection in the midst of rank underbrush it occupied a small speck of ground amidd thousands of square miles of rugged mountains and virgin valley where the only living things were wild animals strange plants and tribes of savage indiansindiana each wagon was a home for a ffamily1yay serving as kitchen dining room bedroom and parlor it was protected from the elements by a sheetshoot of cloth stretched over the bowbogbows of the wagon box hardly had the circle of wagons been established and a few trails madee through the surrounding underbrush when the snow began to fall obliterating the trails and covering the ground to a depth of two feetfoetfoot freezing weather followed crusting the snow and covering the streams with ice A long hard winter was ahead of these settlers a winter in which ylstmost of their cattle were to starve or freesefreeze to death J realizingraaRealising their inadequate protection against the severity of winter storms and freezingfreefrebsingaing temperatures 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 snokesmoke vents at the rear and though crude from our standards of today gavegaye the settlers a comparative degree of comfort and wawarmthh 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 indian legend unprecedentedctheunprocedentedcthe winter was not so vigorous as some have been known the weather being for the most part cloudy with but little wind after the

3 3petersonl3petersonopetersonpeterson oil012op cit op appp 787 8 6

cooaenoementcomameement of the deposits until the february sun aaloalcamcameoame out and reflecting bashnsCALjacj1107jicj its bribrilliancyancy anon the encrusted and crystacrystallizedzedsodzod snowsenow sooneo cm rendering nearly all the men snowenow blind and the little boysboye now aademademede themselves aveiavelavailablelo10 by leading the abnsenaenmen to the warm apringesprings where their labor warmaronlyway ended at nightfall to be resumed in the morning snowlsnow snowlsnowenow I1 wllenow I1 nothing whatever to reefrestreatreabreebrebb the vision upon but one vast expanseexpenseexpansesexpenses and dreary monotonous waste of snow I1 and while the cattle were faring thus badly the people themselves were none too well provisioned and general feeling of anxiety prevailed throughout the csapcampreeh in addition to alclimatictic difficulties the pioneers were faced with another tryinging event a rattlesnake plague one warm spring day they heard a hissing sound it startled lheatheathenthemwhen and to LCUlr amazement they found that the hill which had served as their pro- tector during the winterwinters was now a dendon of spotted backed rattle

arhlarbasruLsnakesanakeskeakevkwa n the whole camp was alerted to action asaisats the nenmenman fought this deadly foe with the aid of pine tortorcheschess clubs guns stones 15 and any other available weapon that would destroy the snakes this continued for several days before the pioneers were able to get rid of the saakesnakeanakesnakesanakes the rattlers would go into their holes at dawn and then come out again at dusk oxon the south slope of the hillshill they wowould crawl underor wagon boxes the dwarfed underbrush the wood 16 plispilepilesplies and into the dugoutdug outoubouts the remarkable feature of this 17 experience was that not a linglesingle person was bitten by the snakes v

13 MS cadeliauadeliaM liallaila Sidwells5idwelldidwellsidwells inisconcesreminiscencesinisiniaconces of darly manti 1 S in the files of the matimanti city abublibrary p 3 typewritten 16 15 op pp 10 peterson stisetissticitaltetiolt211 s appp 9109 10 ijbdo ap lonionloliloii101111

vsidwellsidwell o-OPo olvesci pep 6eae6 7 the reason for the invasion of the snakes at this particular time was that this species of reptile do onueonwesiclsielhicl most of their traveling in the early evening and are most alert and dangerous when recovering fromcroncrom the camatosecamatosecomatosecajnatose state induced lyby the cold of winter 181 with grateful hearts for their deliverance from this unexpected menacemonacemonaco the pioneers turned to the immediate task of building a settlementsettlements 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 19 in the spring of 1850 lands were allotted each randlyfamily and such regulations entered into as would enable the settlers to secure 0 their squattersquatters rightsrightslt120920lt 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 severawinterbeverasevemsevera 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 the colony was assured of permanence 21 mormon church government under the direction of priesthood

18aidibid 19peterson19prtersonPeterson op citcitowcitop p 11 20eizaboth20eli2abeth crawford munk early history of manti unpublished history brigham young university library p 6 microfilmed 21 ellever2lleverlever oieoleop citocit p 15 8 leaderlenderleaders 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 the mormon pioneers were wiwillingg to be obedient to ecclesiastical authority in establishing newnow sotnetnotsettlementsto opening general stores setting up sawmills or whatever before another permanent colony cocoaldcoaidcould be established in sanpete valley a religious organisationorganization was settoettoot up in mantimantlmentim&nti with isaac morley as the prepresidingidding eldereiderolder A stake was later organizedorganisedzed on july 27 9 1854 vithvilhwithwilh walcomwaicom chapman as president the stake at that time was not completely organized with the auxiauxilliaauxilliaryaryry organizations 23 functioning as they do today the people of manti likeilkee those of other early utah ccoaounitiestiess depended upon the ajmaximaxj a use of all avaavailableblebie land and water resources for their survival dr leonardlaonard J arrington describes this early land policypolicyx farming landsa in the mormon villages throughout the west were occasionally farmed cooperatively but the usual rule was individual farming of each plot however all frollfarmingag land was usually fenced in by cooperative effort in order to secure crops againststinstsminst livelivestockstook the area outside the fenced portion was glyngivengiyenglyen to conmeconmmcomaon pasturepeaturepastures

22 leonerdleonard J arrington great basinbabin kingdomnga bridgetcambridgetcambridgesCambridges harvard university presspreas 1958 p 29029 23 231nterviewinterview with L R andersenanderson past president4 of manti june 1960 see also leverloverleyerloyer op ct pe 83830 o 24t arrington op vltbcitolt pe 79o79790 9

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 planpianp of union of labor and divi- sion of interests stock were driven by herd boys each morning to 25 a tract of land known as the range the primary enterprises of these early settlers were farming and hhoaebuildinghomebuildingtn3ilding other industries and projects were as folrolroifollowfollowstlowesst grist billingmilling begun in january 1851 saw mallmailMAYImillinging two saw millsmille were started in 1852 road buibulbuildingng A road was built north across the swamp enan the west side of the valley stone cutting building business houses public building and church buildingbuildingsbuildingsisi butter and cheesechoose makingI1 and cattle and sheep raising this latter business 26 later became the leading industry of this region about the first of julyjulys 1801850s chief walker and part of his tribestribe numbering between five and seven hundred fresh from a success ful nidraidmidraldreid against the shoshonesShoshones came into the valley walker and his braves pitched their wickiwickiupsups in a large asemicirclesemibemi circlecircie 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 machmuch anxiety as they feared that at any momentmomantmomsmomentnt walker and his band of warriors would treacherously attack the 27 newnow settlement brigham youngs policy that it is better to feed

25 layers woesORs citcltep p 79 26 andrew jackson judd A hiptorhaptorhistory ofgrnantmanti4 mentimantiMantis utahubahutahtutacht manti south ward church of jesusjebusjedus christ of latterletterLatterdayadayday saints 1959s1959 appp 676 7 27 peterson oetsop citeit p 12 10 the indiana than to fight lheatheabheathem proved to be a wise one for the settlers as the victorious utes remembered that thisthiathib great white leaderleadersleader11 had not madmedbadebadomado war upon theathem and so did not attack the settlement that first suaxnrsummrsumar the settlersbettsettlere built a bowery near their winter camp where public neemeetingsweewwwtings were hsiahelaheld the most important bebeing the sabbath day worship thecne firstsiretsirat of thesethebhe cebceetingsnebmeetingsceeattingsa recordedordedcorded was heldheidhold on july 7 1850 with isaac horlymorlymorley presiding 20 the settlers decided that lameisaac morley should have the honor of naming the colony he christened it nenmennantijNannentlmantinantietistij in honor of one of the cities in the book of borammorammonaon 29 onom june 2 1852 the settlers began to build a fort in order to protect themselves from any threats or attacks by indiindiansis the stone from the hill wwaswaawea used to build it it required twenty six working days from the commencement of the fort until it waswag ffinishedshed anon june 28 aen it was completed cabins were built close together with the backs of the cabins close to the fort walls thesethebe pioneer 30 houses were built of adobebe and logs the deseret sveningevening news

28 miankmeankmkank p 5 an oiioli012s sllsli211citaV 29 ubahltjaaltjautah gsjjdsjqenealoitical mdand historical magasinemagadinemazaMagasine XI 1920p1920 p 830s3sa semsSCMssema sourcessommes indicate that brightabrighaabri821 nerhomwen bomsyomstoxmgd christened the colony see lovers odeouegesope cit po iglg1616. the source citedclowd hhoweverver sewseems to be the most reliableju the latter day saint church believesbeebaeboL ievesleveslevea the book of 1nonnonmonnonarmon to be a rerecordord of an ancient group of people who once inhabited the catincmtinconfirm enta of north and south Anerjmargmaramericaiealeaica they accept this record to be the word of god as it wwaswaa revealed to their prophets 30 au9auanusmunkmug Mw ILUOcit appp 101110 11s11lialla 11

june 27927 1852 stated manti isin at last blessed with a strong fort it has a gatsgetsgabsgate on the westweatwantwentwebb side in the center of the wall and round bastions at the northwestnorth west and southeast corners the wall is eight feet high and two feet thick and is set upon a foundation of slonestoneaboneatone threethroethrew feet wide sylvester hulethuiethulot is the keeper 31 after thisthiathin fort was completed a larger fort was begun in the sulersumer 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 mabermatermaterialss used in the construction the walls measured twelve feet high three feet thick at the bottom 32 and two feet thick at the tope it covered an area of nine square blocks each twenty six rods square askingmaking a total area of two 33 hundred 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 lakee city Awilliamam 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

longionginn19 9 six and one halff inches thick V and two feet wide was to be placedpiecedam ed in the monument as a contribution from the state of deseretdebDeceret

31 thedhenhee deseret Fevening NMIhewsnews salt lakelekea city june 27 1852 32 32muakk op cite appp 19201920019 20o20 33 33brighamBrigham H roberts cancomprehensive9hensive history of the church lilIII111 salt lake citticitycibycityi deseret Nnewsenewww press 1930 p 48181 t-

in the center wabmabwaswae the emblematiclmatic beehive under it the word 34 deseretdeseretjdeseveDeseretj and over it the all seeing eye he stone now occupies a place nonear the top of the monument acAs temple hill achieved added importance it becalbecambecame known an the manti stone aburyluarryluamuryarry an aspect which has nearly been forgotten is the role temple hill played in the lives of the younger children they loved to Cclimb the hill and see what they could discover beddedimbeddedembeddedIm eddedadded in the rocks were petrified fish and footprintfootprintsfootrootroob printprints of strange prehistoric ananimals1eae also many odd shellssholle of amphibious creaticreaturesirestrebtres werwere to be found 35 in the mamersummertimetime these lusty children whiled away many happy hours of a quiet sunday afternoon hunting for flint arrowheads wadewedemadee by aborigines they hunted also for round stones they called bulls webweseyes andend which in appeeppeappearancearancearanco resembled in shape and dotsdeindwindesign the eye of a bbullbulibuil the girls were particularly zealous in their search for smallameilemeilallailali white stones nebnobroeresemblingling pearls and round black stones with smooth wax-waxlikelikeilkee awsurfacesfacesracesraees these they ccalleded jack Stonestonesstonosstonesandstonehandsandawd6wd with them they played the game of jacksjecks in the autumn the pine trees on the hill were searched for pine404 o nuts in the winter monthsmonthe when it was covered with snow the children would speed down it on homemadehome made sledsslodsclods while in the spring

34mosesItobestoses F farnsworth history of nentlmentimantimantill Sansanpetepete stake recordrecords church historians office saltsailsaibt lakedakea city pep 990 35 peterson w cit p 15015 therenaremorenorw werverewere very few rattlesnakes on the hhill at this time although some of the older residents of manti can recall seeing some there when they played on the hinhiuhill as children 36 ibidosobidosibidc pep 16 13

young lovers might be seen gathering bouquets of wild flowers on its 37 waawamwarewarm slopes soulesoolesome interesting Janciincidentsdents in the early history of rentihantinentlmantlmantimenti were the ccallinging of john lawrylowry sr as the first bishop of manti isaac morley and charles shulay representing sanpete county in the utah territorial legislature the incorporation of kantikentimantimentimantl as a cityolty on february 5 1851851 if the election of dan jones as the first mayor elected in april 185118511 the establishment of the post office in 1853 with george peacock atas the potpospostmasterberter and the coming of a group of 38QA scandescandscandinaviansvianavlana in decDeodeoeabersabereaberor of 18531353 to settle another important incident in the history of sanpete county occurred when chief atropinearropineArropine a brother to chief walker deeded the entire county to brigham young trusteetrusteeinlil trust for the church atropinearropineArropine becalbecambecame the chief of the utes at the death of walker on january 29 1851855 and because he felt that he was the rightful ownersownervowner 39 he deeded sanpete county to the church A copy of this document as found recorded in book B church transfer is here appendedappendedtappendedt MYsavnavmay 185518550 be it known by these present that I1 seignerouchSeignerouch atropineArrarropineopine of kantikentikentlmanti city in the county of sanpete and territory of utah for and in consideration of the good will which I1 have to the church of jesus christ of latter day saints give and cconvey unto brbrightabrighaa young trustee in trust for said church his successorsuccessors in office all xvwy cclaimsa to and ownership of the following described propeproperty 9 lowittto witt the portion of land and countries known as sansotesanpetesanpote county together

37 38 jjoid hunkmunkmunic 02op citowcitopcit appp 6 9sas9 12v12 igo16 17 39QO kate B carter cpcomp heart throbs of the abtastaastaalst I1 odad3d ed rev1revreva salt lakee citticityi daughterdaughters of the utah pioneers 1971947 p 94 14 with all material and timber on the bamebemebemosamesamo valued 15500015590001i tentonben horses valued aw3w00 four cowcogcows 120jj meone bbullbulibuil 40 0.0 farming tools valued loiloj10i10 j in all 155765 together with all the rights privilegeprivileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging or appe- 4- rtaining10 I1 aisoalsoalao covenant and agree that I1 aaan the lawful claciaclaiaantclaimantt and owner of saidsald property and will warrant andend forever defend the bemesame unto the saidseidsaldeaidbeld trustee in trust hlahiahibhitshies successors in office and assigns etc seignerouchSeignerouch atropinearropineArrarropaneopineopAne his x markmerkmarkemerke 40lwoJLQ Witnesswitnessestest george snow R wilson glenngienn and john patten

4okunk op pep munk 0o olie0120 citnuannaAUR ioeloe10010 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 tinestineetimes 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 9similarlar to these other temples in the following ways 1 the artistic architecture 2 ritualistic ceremonies 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 hadllad this opportunity mightC gain salvation these ordinances are

15 16 perfoperroperformedaedmed in the temples in behalf of the dead by the living the living also perform these ordinances for ththemselvesselves it isie for these purposes that the iatterlatter 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 reconiaendedreconzaended by their bishops and stake presidents may enter the temples the first iatterlatter day saint temple completed in modemarnannenn times 1 was built in kirtland ohio it was dedicated on march 27 1836 by joseph smithth then president of the church the next was the nauvoo may templetemplo it was dedicated officially on 1 186 p by ordonorsonoraon hyde and wilford woodruff the first two temples completed in utah were at st george 1877 and loelogloganloandoanloeanan 1884 the manti temple was next in 1883138318881988 the salt lakelekee templtempitempletempie was started before any of these in 1853 but was not complecompiecompletedtd until 1893 other temples built by the latter day saints are the HawLhawaiianiianlianllan 1919 the canadian at cardstonbardstonCardston 1923 the arizonaarlArigrifiona at mesa 1927 the idaho fafailafaiia 1945 the swiss at berne switserswitzerswitaerlandswitzerlandSwitaerland 1955 the iosloslos angeles 1956 the sewnewnow zealand 1958 and the british at london england 1958 the latter day saints began to plan for the buibulbuildingng of temples shortly after their arrival in utah when president brigham young and party were makingma ing the location of a settlement at mantimantlmenti president heber C nimbkimballallaliail of the first presidency predicted that the day would corncomecorgcogn when a temple would be built upon manti hihillU on thathetho outskirts

athis1thisthis temple was different fromcrom other latter day saint temples in that no ordinance work was performed in it it was used primarily for woworshipip werserviceswervicesterviceseTervivicescebecese 17

2 of the city then he said well it will be ilosoisotyo and more than that the rock willw be quarried frofrom that hill to build it with and some of the stone from that quarry will be taken to help complete the salt lakelekea 3 empleempietempletempieTt 311 two stones were later taken to salt lakeleke city on the twenty ninthth of july 1881878 they weighed 5600 and 5020 pounds and were used for tablets in the east and west ends of the saltsaitt lakea temple 4

4 As early as 1854 the people of manti were talking1116.1116 aboutabout build-

ing a tampletampie in their city thisthiathib wabwaswae a natural attitude among these people as the latter day saintsaints felt it important to have a temple in 5 as MWWmanymeny localities as possible throughout the great basin

brighbrighamm young informed the people at a conference heldheidhold in 6 ephrshraimphraimphraim on laclwcdecemberor 4 1871873 that a temple would be bbuiltbulitt in sandatesanpetesanpate 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 comacommunity0tyaty leading ccitizenszenszenezone of ephrephreimephraim and manti were especially suggestive as to where the temple should be built the citizenscitisenssena of manti suggested that the tabernacle block was an ideal lilacsplace for a temple to stand while those of ephraim suggested that the block where the bank of ephrephraim now stands would be the choice place

2 2somecsomesomesomo references give this date as august 5 1850 while others give 1852 asan the date 3 abe3bethenhe 4tteratterlfttterdaya saintsaints1 millennialanialnnial star L august 13 188801888 POP 513 0 4didodidabidaibida 57hee deseret newsnewenewamews salt lakelekee city june 4 193819380 6mosesnebesnobesmoses F fernamFarnswfarnswrthfamsworthfarnsworthrth history of kentikentlmantikentin sanpetesaSan petepetg stake record church historianhistorians office salt lakee cityvcity p 62 18 for the tempietempletempledtmple7temple77 ephraimephreimEphraiareimrelm being the chief town seemed the logical place for the tempietemplelempie to stand 80 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 saidsmaidssaidbaidbald the temple should be built on manti stone quarry at loo400htoo4100 P that day president brigham young saideaiddaiddald the temple should be built

n 9 on manti stone quaquarry0 the land on which the temple stands was deeded to the board of trustees of the latterdatterdetterdattor day saint church on june 26 1877 lyby the mayor 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

cwi7wiwilliamam H peterson the miracle of the mountmountains mantlmanniimantimantiii published by the author 1942 p 17 athe8thethe latter daday saintssaints1 Hillenmillennialnial star loc cit 9lbid91bid 19 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 10 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 24324.3 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 11 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 pplantpiantplentt trees shrubbery and flowers the water for irrigation was to be obtained from the spring about a mile and a quarter from the temple 12 itesitebite wilford woodruff stated that the upper chamber inideinside the

10 HSMB in the manti temple file church historianhistorians officesofficeporficeoffice salt lekelakee city handwritten

tatter day saints millennial star XXXIXXXXDC decedecemberer 24 1877 Ppe 836 12ibidjiblid 20 tlupietuplemple would be 28 feet high in the clear and 0080 feet by 104 feet in the lawclearcleerclaar between wallsowaldsoweilsweilewalle with selfseifseireelfeupportinsupporting roof without colwcolmcoimcolwcncolumnscolwyncn the linminmeinmeln floor wabwaswae to be 80 feet by 104 feet in the clear and 20 feet 1 high in the clear therheme second floor was to be 20 feet high also 13I in a circbirccircularr issued by the firstpiret presidency andaridarld the council of twelve october 25 1876 the bouraariesboundariesboundarieeboundbourAbourmariesariee of the manti tempietempleremplezemple district were specified asae indicatedcatedbated in the following paragraphparagraphs we reelfeelfoolrwei led to bajsaveavbaysayeay to the latter day saintsaints throughout thestheetheeerheee mountains ietletlotiek us ariseariee and build itaplestemplestumples unto our bodqodgod at uchsuahsuchauch places asae he shallshelisheil dodeeded ignate unto which we and our children can enter and receive those blessings that Hhe has in storeetore for us letlotdetlobdeb the bibishopebiehopeps of the settsettlementslemento in washingtonwashingtons kane iron fluteplutepluke bearerbeavers millardrd sevier Sansanpetepete and juab counties call the people of their wardswardawardewerda together and certainascertainae from thenthemkhonthomkhem how nwhrauehewh each one isie willing to do in labor and meansaw&w monthly quarterly and annually tofutovutowardboward4 the klonerectiontion of a Ttmpieampiepie at mantiti t sanpete15anpete county llon thethoiho manti templetempiedempledempie districtdietrict covered the area from juab county on the north to hingtonwashingtonkaekabWae and kane ccan the southcouth these stakes carried uieulenietiletuieuuie burden of financing and providing labor and materialsaatemeleweberials for the cmetructionconstruction officersoffioersqffieere of the temple dietricdistrictste were charged with organizingorganising the labor produceproduces and casheashcesheach resources within the districtdietrict for the buibulbuildingg of the tenpietempletempietample in most instances the trusts irin trustbrusttruet placed at the disposaldiepoealdiepoeal of each districtdietrict the tithing paidpeidpeldd by members living in the districtdietrict during the period theshehe temple waswesweewae being constructedconetruetede within each districtdietrict the presidents of stakes andend bishops of wardswardewaydeweyde were assigned the responsibility of supplyapplying the construction needsneeda

13 11 0 dosoratdomoratpitpigdig SMwvwdw navnwvny december 13 1877 14 jelajamejemajamea E tkilugeta3a&ges the house of the lord saitsaltt lake citticityicity3 deseret hewenewe 1912 p 224 infra 0 fig 1 p 21 21

fig 11 map of manti temple district 1876 22

of the temple from their ward or settlement aehechachkach wardwaed then underor the chairmanship of the bishop electedselected a temple ccooioitteettessatess and thesetheae ccoobiitteestteesstees were responsible for organisingorganizingorganising their areas and providingding the needed assistance upon proper notice within each district a number of industries were established to supply needed matermetermaterialsa thus each temple had its asawaillssawmillssawsamaillsUs liaeilme klins rock quarries and carpencarpentry shopshops the districtdietrict today serves a difdlfdicdifferentferentforentrerent purpose that of ordinance work it now includes the following stakesstaleststakest brigham young university first second and third carbon deberedeseretDeseretp hneryuseryeneryemery grand junction chuciunnieonsons juab kolobdolob m1mamilardmiuardrd moroni nebo north carbon north AnanpetesanpeteSananepetepete north sevier palorapalwrap&layra bansan juan santaquin untie sevier 16 south Sansanpetepete south sevier spanish fork springvilleSpringville wdand rtayncewaynsweynswayne the ground for the tempietemplelempie was surveyedsuzoveyed andwidmid laidd out in april 181577n by jesse W foxtboxtfox surveyor general of utah territory he wasweswae assisted by trumantrumen 0 angel and william H fofolsom church architects thesetheme amaenmen arrived there on april 24 and were under the direction of 17 president brigham loungeroungyoung early on the morning of april 25 177 presidentPreeident bribrigham young asked barruharrenbarrenwarrubaryen snow to 50go with him to the temple hill mr snow saystsayscsayoc we two were alone president young took me to the spot where the templetampletempie was to htwastwastand I1 we went to the southeastsouth east comercorner and president Isgungaung saidsaldeaidbaidbald here isie the spot where the prophet moroni stood and dedicated

15 laoonardlsonardlaonardLs J arriarrlavriarringtonon gatoveat jbaein kingdomm camcambridgebridge i harvard university press 1958o195919580 p 3w30eaw 16 HSMS in the manti temtomteaplepeaple filesfile 10locloo9.9 0citaibalbiteito 17 17fameworthneworthfarnsworthfarneworthFarpayyay lochesheg citegito 18 isthe itormommornaemornme believe moroni to have been a prophet who lived on the westenwestern hhemispheresphere about 200loo100 AD 23

thisthlethiethib piece of land for a temple site and that is the reason why the location isie madsmademadomaas here and we cant move it from tillthilthisthibthid 8potpobspot 1 and if you and I1 are the only personspersone that ccowe here at high noon today we will dedicate thisthlethiewhis ground oion the twenty fifth of april 1877 the sitecitebite for the manti temple was dedicated by brigham young Prosprespresidentident young remarked after the dedicatory prayer that the bishops who presided in nantinentlmantinti and the

neighboring settlements shodhonhoshould have men comeCCBBC with teambeambeamsteams 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 aenmen wowould be changed whenever and as often asan was desirable heythey cocould getgotgeb credit on labor tithing or on donation account for their services and he expected thenthem to 20y work until the temple was completed at this time president young also exhorted the people that this temple shoshould be built with clean hands and pure hearts so that their chchildrenon 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 cocould 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 21 there he then concconcludeded his remarks with the following words of encouragedencouragemencouragementnt and advice nowsmowskowkomnow bishopsshops if any person should enquire what wages is fjsj to be paid for work done on this temple 19satterday datti&tterliLattlatterdayerdeyerDay& saints millennial star L august 13 1888 20 21 ibid P xxxixfXXXIX june 11 1877 ibid 24

letietlot the answer be not one dime and when the temple iein completed we will work in godsgodgoda holy house without inquiring what we are going to getgebgetsgebs or who isie going to pay us but we will trust in the lord for our reward and he will not forget us behold the fowls of the air says the savior for they sow notanot neither do they reap nor gather into barnalkarnaikarnelteams f yet your heavenly father reedeth them are ye not much better than they letlat this work be commenced without delay buildingg cannot be performed here in the winter as in st george thehe rearing of this tempitempltempletempie will have to be done in the milder portions of the season when the air is free from frontfrosty following the dedication of the siteditesltessites a call went out for men to work on thisthib worthy project and five days later a hundred men knelt ddown in prayer at the quarry to ask for guidance and help in acconipaccomptaccomp 23 lishing this great worksworke 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 buildbuilding thia was the beebegbeginningg of the work 24oi which took eleven years to ffinishehiaahia

22 23 audpudibidpad farnsworth lecloc citeolte 24 kate BQ cartercarters comp heart throbs of the wetsweslwest liilililiillIII111 salt lakelekea citticityollycityiolby daughters of the utah pioneers 1941 pe 54 CHAPCHAPTER liiIII111

THETOEmoe construction PERIOD 187718881877 1888

whenever a call comes from the general authorities of their church to build a temple unto the lord the faith of the mormon people isie magnified they betbelset out to accomplish this work vtathth the zeal that is characteristic of a dedicated people this was the case in the buibulbuildingng 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 p four hundred twenty six pounds of rope for scaffoscaffoldingng loo40000 worth steel iron and tools valued at four 1 hundred dollars were on the grounds thisthibchis7his same day the first accident connected with the buibulbuildingng of the temple occurred uhenwhen a large rock feufenfellren on the foot of daniel williams from wales utah he suffered no broken bones 2 shortly after the excavation had begun the sanpete stake was reorganized on july 4 1877 at ephraim utah president young orbonorson hyde and george Q cannon were in attendance thisthib stake incincludeded

imosesimposestfoses F farnsworth history of nantimantimantlnentinmantin sanpeteSanpete stake record church historianhistorians office salt lake city p 63 odid2didid

25 26 all of sanpete county canute peterson was chosen as the president with hehenry beal and john B maiben as his counselors the following statistics recorded on november 17 12771877 give the membership of the stake at that timet eighteen wardeswards 1623 ffamiliesliesiteslieb 304 seventies 326 high priests 791 elders 155 priests 148 teachers and 153 3 deacons these statistics reveal that the nnumberer 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 oacaliberliberilber the city was alsoal so blessed with the visits of many of the general authorities of the church one of

the most noted artisans who cameoame to mantlmantimenti was A C smyth a graduate of an england conservatory of music while in manti he produced choirs of very high quality 4

the mayors of manti during this period were james C brown 18758118758111875 81181 john heH hougard 188185 william luke 18858711885 87l87j and john 5 hougard 1887891887 89 by the first partparb 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 spiritedspiritedly4 to the call for men widlindmidfind means to prosecute the workmork at the completion of the harvest 6 other individuals responded to a second call

3 3s&npetesanpete stake record church historians office saitsaltt lake cityclity november 17 1877

4mmtistaitimtaiti centennial committee sonjisony of a centcentury manti utahstahlutahls Ccentennialentennial committeecommittees 1949 po 94 51bidibid

athe6thethe deseret evening news october 5 1877 27

in a letter fronfrom john tjrlortaylorataylorg president of the twelve apostlesapostleeapostlessApostlee dated the fifteenth of october 1877 wiwillias if folsom was notified that he had been appointed to act asae the architect in the erection of the temple and to take the general superintaidencysuperintendencyeuperintendency of the businessbusinbueineeseee 7 connected with the bbuildinging of it folemcolemfoleoa webwasweswenwan the ameonaon of a builder and contcontractoractorackormetor of buffaloMdfalosraios newnow york hishie architectural work had been variedveriedled and wenymeny he assisted in designing the salt lakedakedekee Ubernatabernacleubernaelest&bernacleeles the saltselbseibmutmgt lakelekee thoThetheatrealresatres the st george tampletampietemples theteebhemeemue proveprovo theatre andend aS tabernacletabernacles and the moroni tabernacle josephjoaephjoeeph A totoung had first been appointed to thisthie petitionpositions but owingqwing to hishie death at nentlnankimantiyanti anon augustauguet 5sas5 1875 he had been able to do 9 no acremore than aakemakemeke a few preliminary planspianaplanepienaplana mr folsom wasweawaa informedinfoinroroed that wilford woodruff orsonoreon hydehydes and erastus snow had been appointed asaa a ccoooitteetteeatee under the direction of the council of twelve to act with hishlahiahim in taking charge of the collec- tion of templezemplekemplekempie faafadradfunds disbursements and directing and controlling of the general business related to the erection of the lempietemple 10 the imueualunus location required the constructionconetruction of terracedterracesterrberracedecedacea or other foraformrora of graded recentascent leading fronfrom the valley floor to the top of

7 amanti7mantiti temple historical recordrecords immtilmantilamanti teaplepeapletmplevTeapieaple p 10 ilcesalicelice merrill harnedharnephornshorne dmtewpevoteeapevoteeakwea mdaadeadend theircheirchele rineerineashrinesshrineeshkaollSh 4A kuahuahand Bbook of utah art sallsailsaltt lake cityicitys the bbisdeseretereterot nassnwsshemhegyem iga pe 22 9 el tyler TtepleettepleeamplesumplesUmplespiedpled juvenile instructorinetructorlum&mo xviftyotimayxtimay is1 lulsinisluig18811381 pep 106log 0 10 nantinentlnantimantimantl temple historicalHietorical recordrecords loc sitcit 28 the hill by december of 1878 four terrace walls were roughly completed 11 george F gibbs who visited manti in may of tasthis sanesame year wrote the following concerningconcerydng these terraces

A stranger from the old world could easily believe that a fort or fortification was being built the sub- stantial terrace walls four in number each 16 feet high and six feet thick at the base tapering to two feet at the top rising one above the other each measuring about a quarter of a mile around presents such an appearanceappearance 12 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 thetithe last large blast for clearing the manti temple site was fired at twenty minutes past twelve oclock01 clock PM today eight hundred seventy five pounds of powder was sic usedsusersused and upwards of 4600 yards of 13 rocks and debris were thrown out preparatory for removal 1 this was necessary to levelleveileyel 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 architectarchitects 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 14 by the spring of 1879 the preparation of ththee hill for the temple had been completed and the people were anxiously awaiting the

janes11jazesjames E talmage the house of the lord salt lake city deseret news 1912 p 227 ltheithealthe12the deseret evening news may 22 1878 13ibid13 bidIbid june 27 1878 illihi141bid141bid december 13 1877 29 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 patriarchpatriarchsso presidents of stakes high councilmen seventies high priests elders presiding bishops and counselors bishops and counselors aaronic priesthood members mayor of manti city and hishlahia 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 151 after some music by the brass band president taylor and those of the twelve apostles present assisted by the patriarchs the architect 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 corner stone under the direction of the twelve who are acting in the place and represent the first presidency is now laid in honor of the great god let it thus remain until this temple is18 completed and while the annointed of the lord may continue to aadministerster therein may this house be speedily erected that the saints may have a place in the stakes of zion and in the stakes of the temple

151bid151bidibid april 14 1879 30

district and others who may require to administer in the ordinances of the lords houshhouses and the son of man have a place to lay his head records were then deposited in the southeast comercorner stone in a linezinczine caselcase after which lorensolorenzolorenxo snowssnow standing on the stone offered the dedicatory prayer proceeding to the southwest corner thetho presidency of the aaronic Priestpriesthoodhoods namely presiding bishop edward hunter and counselors and several of the local bishopbishops presidents of quormsquorums 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 lersontersonwersonpetersonPs and counselors presidents of the Sansanpetepete juab sevier and salt lake9 stakes respectively georgegoorge teateasdale1eae frankprankfranklin spencer and A M cannonjcannone assisted by the architect and master mabonmason president frederick walter cox of the high priest quorum of the sanpete stake 17 pronounced this stone properly laid standing on the stone he saidt we now pronounce this northwest comercorner stone properly laid and we pray god our eternal father that his spirit myay rest down upon aliallail who forkfyrkyork in connection with the building of this temple the dedicatory prayer was then offered by president peterson and the procession advanced to the northeast comercorner which stone was laid by the presidenciespresidencies of the seventiesseventies99 and elders1erbereare QuoQuquorumsquorumeruebrueerumeorums assisted

16 ibid 17abidaibida

18mftcft5 in persopersonal files of frank cox son of Y W cox manti utah 31 by the architect and nastormastermastor mabonmaammasonmeson H S dredgekitredgekidredgeKi remerome of the seven presidents of seventies declared that this slonestoneaboneatone was duly and properlyperlypenly 19 laid therhe dedicatory prayer was offered by john vann cott at 200 PM those officialofficiatofficiating repaired to the center of the temple fofoundationliontionllon where seats and a temporary elandswend had been erected between three and four thouathou&thousand people then listenedilallietened to remarks by soaebomesamesome of the authorities of thrichrith church during the exercises the sun honeshone in itsiteitalbslka splendor making thisthie occasionoceaaionabionablon one of plsurepleasurepleapieapleaeureaureeure and deldeidelifihtt tiutillbleblu justjuetjubb at the tinetime of soseparationationaaion when it began to rain again during the ceremonies rain had fallenrellenrelienlenien throughout the reefrestreetreebrebb of the valley 20 until all kaskeswaswae well watered A letter written to W H foismfolsmfoleoa and canute peterson on april 17 1879 troafromtrom the council of twelve shows that certain responsibilities in connection with the building of the tampletempletampie were given thesethebe two men at that times at a nseneemewmeeting of the council of the ApostapoatleaapostlossApoatleasliwaloss heldheidhold today a fecrecfeeling wabmabwaswae expressed by the brethren that elderkidbyor WA H folemcolemfoleoa waswesweewaemes owoverworkedrkedsskeds andend that woremore waswaawaewea iaim powk upon hishiehiahlahib shouldersehoulderemhoulders than he could reasonably be meex- pacpeopoopected to cacarrygarryI1 it neswasmasmesmea therefore unanimously decided to eelicall prepropresidentent canute tereonberbonpetersonPe of ephreimephraim to hishie aldaid as an assistant 3superintendentrinrintendenttendent of the work on the hantikentikentlmanti 1 I1 ttapletraple 0 aftAsasbadb we are well aware that brother folwmfolaoffi9a duties asae architect wastmastmabb keep hishlahiahim closely confined to mantimantlmentimantismentis thosewhose portiasportimsportioneportloneionelond of the fofollowing instructions with regard to eitingvisitingvi otheroilier portionportionsportionaportiona of the temple district motbristmobbriet of necessity chiefly fallralirail1 on brother lersonbersontereonpetersonPe the council during itsite meeting had the followingfollowlngfourourom owing aeaoranduaaemovuaum aademade of bueinbueineeebusinesssbusinesseseeeweswee iitems andaraarmama instructioninstructions they wiwishedshed you unitedlytodlycodly to attend to thatthab you be required to aakemekemakewekomeko yourselves acquaint ed with the anountamount of tithing and offerings that are contributed by the various stakes in the mentimantiti unietemple

19 ad2d uieutepiet to deseret evening nennewnewsmews april Us14 1879 mid 32

district that you make yourselves acquainted practically with all the articles come at able and kithbithvithwith allaliail the subscriptions that can be relied upon also to make yourselves acquainted with the wants of the men and obtain and appropriate for their use such things as wwill be satisfactory to them and so manage and adjust the labor that there will be no clashing or disorder in your operations but that there may be sufficient number of such hands asan can be relied upon to do the hahaulingng whether of rock or lumber and also to see that the labors of the nrrucerune on the temple are so arranged on the bbuildinging that there may be no lessloss of time or other inconvenience and to see that when menmon leave other men as competent are prepared to take their places that you obtain a knowledge of the amount of lumber that will be required and the facilities for laekleekmakingng that ilberimberlumber and the means by which it can be remramremovedvedyed to the temple and the kind of pay that those who log and saw and labor about the mill will require as also those engaged in the hauling of the lumber to the temple to see that the temple isin supplied with lime sand rock and all articles that are required for the construction thereof to attend to the blackblacksmithinglhingthing and see that the shop is furnishedwithfurnishfurnishededwithwith coal steel and all articles required in that linego and generally to supervise allaliailau mattersmatteris asso- ciated with the temple in the furnishing of all articles required and so manage the subscriptions whether in stock cattle sheep flour grain money stostorepayrepay and all things contributed for the building of the tampietample judiciously vaselywisely and prudently in a manner that shashallbhailU be for the best interest of the labor thereon and also for the best interests of the employees who are engaged in that labor manipulating contriving and appropriating the various kinds of property in the best interesinheresinterestsq of the people and for the 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

blotter2lotter2jstter from the council of twelve april 17 1879 corycopy in personal files of P C peterson of ephraim grandson of canute complete letter is not available 7

another thirty feet added to this wall would carry thaethanbhaethem to the square

superintendent folsoafoleanbolean reported at this time that there were 5waw500000ooo000 feet of native lumber inon the saundsgrounds 22 though the people worked dilUentdiligentlyly on the templetempietemples they some llestiesbleb had to be reminded of their errors or neglect in the performance of other duties in may of 1882 feF roR kennarkenzler of meitikftntimexti remarked to the people that they were lax in their unitarysanitary conditions beybwytheymey had been allowinga their deaddo aniaalsanimalsan walsmats to relinremin unburied too long before

taking caearecarere of thathouthomkha wahI1 uchsuchsuah a condition wowouldmouldmouid cause disease to spread 23 throughout the adoendoameoanunityeoanunityty they were also reminded that the ditches needed imwovomentiaprovwiwt thtahtths4t pipes had to be laid and repaired soeo that they would harehave safecafebaresare drinking water they were aimalmalsoaisoaleo instructed to tradebradekradea with their own people and frifrindawidemide thisthiaihlachischia had bewbem a policy of the cormonsmoraonemormons ineeinoesinceanoe their arrival in the great basin president maiben of the sanpete stake presidency at a meting heldheidhold in thethotaetaw spring of 1882 eaid letleblobletlot usue colcomcome up to a standardstanda of purity and perfectionperfections and this will induce others seeing our good borksvorksvorics to go and do likewiseeliseeewisee 24 the authoritiesitiesaties of the church wanted the workers to double their diligence with respect totio the tempietemplelempie superintendent folamwasfolsoxwas asked if it coulacould be ffinishedshed by 1885188 in an effort to increase their wtwthusiaenthusiasmhuslahusiahuala he told the people that xiillionsa would rise up and bless them for raising this house to taketeke thenthemkhem out of bandagebondage thisibis11his has 5 refereferencerelereme to the tempietemple work which is perforaedperfoperformedperroformreymraedewedemed wiwithinjt5jtb

7 e geveldeseretgavetD AgyeninggymningYadduadju sewsnews april 4 13821882 23 Kikinutesminutesnutes of smeawennwtingssetingssettingsse hheldheid in the manti tabernaclefobesobeembemaclemaciemecle 1882188518821082 1885 church historians office saltseitseltt lake city p 50 24 25 ibidepibid p 52 QAibid appp 94s9 102 j 32

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A letter wittenwritten to the editor of the deseret jjg&1z&fcvenin newsmews february 14 1882 from manti utah indicates that the work on the ttemple1 was progressing quite favorably that winter stonecutterstonecutters were preparing rock joror the towers and doing other work in the process of ereaedwawreaerectionliontionllon therethede had been steady growth and improvement throughout the county peace and plenty abounded the people didnt have dontbomesome of the convenienceconveniencesoq but they did have comfortable homes and enough food they were cclamoring for high schools and ephraim was already 26 wekingM progress in that direction though the general authorities of the church had hoped thatbhatokat the templelampiepie wowould be completed by 1885 there was still a great deal of work to be done at that time possibly the dedddelay in conpletioncompletion waswesweewaewea due to insufficient funrunfunds in 1887 members0 aberswbers of the church outside the temple district were given the opportunity of contributing toward 27 the finishingshing andend furnishing the teapletoepletowple was ready for dedication by may of 1888 but there still remained quite a bit of work to be done on the groundsundo though the terrace wallswelisweilsmallsmelismeils had been completed the beautification of the grounds planting of shrubbshrubberydrys etcto had not yet begun acAs his part of the work was ffinishedshed superintendent folsoifolsoafoloca 28 offered his resignation at a asetingmeeting of the temple associationasadciation heidheldhold anon august to7 IM138813891889 it was accepted and daniel H wells was sp pointedappointed

26 theaheiheefaraw doeretdoebetpeeeret fivefivelingfiveaingaimnimaingning nowseveevaewe february 16 188 27 ibid october 20 1887 28inf28lnfrara chap iii appp 53-535545 6 36

29 asae superintendentauperintendent in hishie placepiece000cee

29 2944cords2944recordskecordsKecords of the kantimantimantl temple association manti temple appp 131413 14 daniele1ea Hhe elleeilaweilswollsweila had previously beanbeen appointed presidentpreaident of the temple 37

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ficfiefle 3 tempietemple 1885 38

Finfinancinfinancingancin the tenpietempletempie the financing of the mantimantlmenti temple mewabwas a tremendous undertaking in itself considering tathebherleale cost of the structure and the economic situation of the people they were mainlyniy of the agricultural class and relied on their crops and livestock for a livelivelihoodood many of them were converts from foreign lands and were of huhumblele circiancirceancircumstancestances but they were wiwillingg 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 quilts 30 overalls shoes sox steel iron tools and abnymanymeny other itemitems eggsggs laid by the hens on sunday were designated as temple eggs and were turned into the storehouse 31 contributions during the construction period did not always come in allailalismallamail quantities as entries in the day book of the temple lneineincincludeses 82 pounds of porkporko 424 dozen eggs 133 pounds butter 1117 pounds meat 248 pounds chickens 62 sheep and 1006 pounds 32 of flour the greenwood united order33orderordey donated a wagon load of butter

30mantinanki temple day book church historians office salt lake city I1 31manti ttontitronti centennial Ccommitteetteeatee ollsoils0122op citcite p 41 32juntimantimantl temple day book loc citcite 33 33aA group of ffamiliesliesiles living together asan one unit sharing all profits and expenses 39

A storyatory is told of a mr jonesjonea from over the mountain to the east pospossiblypoasibly emery county who in hishiahib later yearbyearsyeara with tearsteara in hishlahiahib eyes toldt oldoid how cyrus wheelock called on him for a donation to the buibulbuildingng fund and how he had been impressed to give hishlahiahib only cow which wabwaswaa needed for hishlahiahib ffamilyly he relates that later an angel came in the foraformrora of a well to do bachelor who asked if they would take hishiahla cow and 34alql then he would eat with them every once in awhile

aaAs each item wabwebwaswaawea contributed a receipt wasweswaawea made out to the individual vardoverdowardswardwerd ataketakostake etc for the cashcaahbaah value of the contribution the old book of accounts showsshown suchauchbuch items asaa two atherasteersateera credited to jamesjamea cook for 335038503350385033.50 loo100 ibslbsiba flour to saauelsamuel ware for 200 1 bed cord to john brier for 100 henry pardonsparsons by cash 400 35 all of thesethebetheise contributions were turned into the tithing office andthenand then distributed to the workmenworkman the purpose of thisthiathib office was to receive and disbursedisdladiaburseburae feringaofferingsof and temple donations and keep record of all n363636.36 transactionstransactionslonsiona howard cox of manti describes the tithing office asaa 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 skoreystorey rock building and had a fullfulif basement with a stoneatone 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

34m&nti ifantidifanti centennial committee odsop 2cittp pe 46e46 35 ibid p 41 36 letter from howard cox manti utah june 25 1960 40 superintendent folsomsfolsomeFolsoms office and a drafting room filled with drawing tabletabietables 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 alalongong 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 livelivestockstocki the open spaceapace west and north of the office building was much used by travelers as a free public campground where feed and water for their 37 teams 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 38 the money to be used for the temple kanjkanymeuymanynedykedy people would contribute two quarts of miumilmii every weekweeke this was made into cheececheeee and given to uietheulenie workers mrs abe livingston of manti remembers how the young children wowould glean wheat from the fields to be used in making bread 39 for the workers minutes of the general conference published in the deseret

evening newlnew show that in 1878 the total cash donations and sundry

37ibid 38interview with howard cox of manti june 1959 39 391nterviewinterview with mrs abe ingstonUvlivingston of manti june 1959 41

articles from the stakes for the kantikentimentimantlyanti temple totaled goj90j901u11e 11 e of 40 this amount 350294395029439502.94 wabwaiswalbwaswats donated in cashceshcacheachcech in order to gain more revenuesrevenue president john taylor assigned Awilliamam folsom and canute peterson to visit the various stakes in the district and find out habhatwhat each one could contribute and to call upon the presidents of these stakes to getgotgeb information on thatahatkhalkhabwhat they had 41 subscribed or wowouldmouldmouid subscribe toward the builbuylbuildingding it was reported by president Patersontereonpatersonpeterson in july of 1879 that on their tour of thesethose stakes there had been a general expression of wilwllwillingnesseadgadgas to respond to the call with promptness and liberality the 42A astakeses visited verevenewerewene juab mimillardrd beaver Pacarowanparowanrowan and sevier on different occasionoccasionssj superintendent foism was given the opportunity of speaking to the people in meetings heidheldhold in the manti tabernacletebemaclci at times he wowould ask them for donations toward the temple he wanted donatorsdonadonatorytors to work for themselves instead of sending 43i others in their places at a metingmeeting in 1881885 he stated 1 I oustwustmuatat have good mcmechanicsca and more cash than iveiyelyedyeoye had before our duty is to bullabuliabuild the house to the most high god if the people have faithraithralth it 1144 will be easy to do0dodoedoa

another method of gaining1 K 3343.44 g revenue for the temple was that of

40 the deseret evening sewsnewsmews october 8 1878s18 41 antlantinentlmentimanti temple historical record oaw suscitU appp 394039 40 42 ibidlgo pep 41aieale410 43i minutminutes of ifelwekwemeetingseting held in the manti tabernacle op222eeg citcitecito decemberDeceober 16 18831803188 P 181

44 woymay ibid 0 toykaytwyney 3134 13851883 9 p 287237 42 having the hanti temple collectorscollectoresCollectcouectoresporebores elders wheelock and jolley collect money from the people in other settlements one example of 45 their efforts isi the 1500 they collected from beaver city still another method was through temple benfitsbenefitsbenfits the hyde and belijbailybelly1yay dramatic company performed for two nights in janjabaryjauaryuarywary of 1886 at kalkakMALkantimantimantlnti 46 giving one half of the proceedceodsceodes each night to the temple fundfundo it was decided by the council of twelve that all cash donated for the ttemplelempiele building purposes wabwaswae to be paid through the presidents of the stakes in turn the money wasweswegwag to be turned over to the

Ssuperintendent for the purchase of articlearticiearticles which could only be obtained fforcoror cash 47 progress in the temple construction was always a concern of

1theehe1 he imalimailocal authorities A letter to the newsmevsmews 0 states that the build ing wasn9wasnawrasn1t progressing very rapidly the first storey was ready for the plastererssterors and they had been putting on the first coat during the past week in a short time the second floor wowould be ready it was felt that the temple proper cocould be ready for thenkhenthem in one year from that fall 1885 if the people would furnish the necessary means president peterson again toured the nearby stakes and esleateabestimatedted that if the hheadheed of each ffamilyly throughout the temple district wowould contribute twentyfivetwenty fiveflyeriye dollars during that year one quarter of that amount in cash it WOwould be sufficient kithwithmith the aid that would come

45 oastwW40- daily7 journal march 19 188318830 46 the hamraghameroghomehamb Sensentsentineltinaltinel manti janjanuaryuary 15 1886 477 kentlnentlmantiti tropic historical recordrecords 02s022opoes sitpsiepcit pe loe10010 43 from other sources to finish the job 48 at a conference held in ephraim the report showed that the trustee in trudttrust of the church had paid 301872301 872872.872 and that the district had contributed a total of 35233235231235233235233.2 the total amount paid in 49 from april 1877 to april 1881885 was 63184 the people from the district did the majority of the actual building of the temple some labor was done through voluntary dona 50 51 tion with no payj5opayjpalyj however many workers received tithing scripelscrip5lscrip in accordance with the amount and type of work perfoperroperformedaedmed this scrip 52 was redeemable at the tithing office for commodities in some cases the donation of labor was in payment for indebtedness to the 53 perpetual grationsaisalbuibulsoigrationbaigrationSoiBai fund receipts were given to all workers for the labor they had performed their labor was then placedcedcod 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 54 the law of the landlondlard54Lardlord54Lord at a stake conference heldheidhold on the fifteenth of may 1886 president peterson said the saints who have contributed to the erection of our temple shobhowhoshould avail themselves of an opportunity to visit

49 rhe41ithethe deseret evening ftwatwnewneg june 9 1885188 ibid 5ointerviewinterview with L R andersenanderson of manti june 1960

51aA medium of exchange used by the mormon people at that time 52 interview with howard cox of manti julyjulys 1991959 53 53aA fund betdetsetmet up to help emigrantsgrants who were coming to utah these people would repay the money they borrowed as soon asan they couldpcould so that the fund would always be ready to help other emigrants sfantiefanti54manti temple letter book imantilmantiimandi opleopietempletempieTt p 46 44 the structure partake of the spirit which reigns there and examineexeminee 55ec aceneoenecane of the details of itsite beautiful mechanism A circular sent out by president wilford woodruff in 1887 addressed tto0 the presidentpresidents of stakes bishops and the people generally amounannouncedced to the latterletter daddeyday sintssaintsentssenta that the temple at manti was nearly completed and wowould sdsoonon be ready for the upholstery furniture carpets and other things which were necessary before the 56 work could be performed therein the object in sending out this cirocircularr was to solicit contributions from church members generally toward the furnishing of the temple this was tcte be according to their means andam liberality up to that t ime the contributions had been confined to the temple district but since wembersmembers fromcrom all over the church had responded to the callcauleaulcalcakeak 1 to help furnish the logan temple other members of the church wanted the same privilege of contributing to the purchase of suitable upholsterycarpeoarpetings carpetingstings and other things for the manti temple

president woodruff concluded t contributions will be taken from twentyfivetwenty five cents upwards so that those who are the most limit-t ed in means need not be barreddebarresdebarredde while those who are more wealthy can have the satisfaction and pleasure of making donations according to their ability for the completion of this noble dificedideficeedificeficefloerioe we would likeilke9 the presidents and bishopsbishope to give every one an opportunity of doing onsomethingething in this direction and names of all with the amounts con- tritributedbuted should be carefully taken we should like to seemw the nalsnawenamenamesnemes of every mansmangman woman and child in the church recorded in the archives of the tempietemplebampie asaisatsain having contributed to

tho557h2the home sentinaldentinal54mtinalSentinaltinai locsblocslxclac citeit 56 the deseret ivenivanhvensveningW news october 20 1887 45

57 something 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 five cents and upward most of them under five dollars they came from salt lakeleke0 city west jordansjordanojordanjorden bear river provosprovo Totooeietooelethoeletoodieoele morgan cedar city rigbysrig idaho redburgrexburghexrwcburgRexburgbung idaho Liverliverpoolpools &iglandifinglandj the sandwich Isislandsdo crtcrr switzerland germany and many other places 58 Awilliam if peterson described the temple financing as follows united states currency was as scarce as royal luxuries are in the homes of the poor in place of this the saints used church moneymoneys known as tithing scrip asaa a medium of exchange prices were set on cowoditiescooxnodities and a wage scale was adopted for labor over and above donation workers were given tithing scrip for which food and clghingclothing could be obtained in the bishopbishops storehouse the total cost of the templelempietemples ffinishingshing and furnishing incincludeded was 60 99199x81991999481t of which amount the sanpete stake contributed 2781052781052781.0527481505274815.05

57 58mantl ibidibidc0 hantimantlmanti temple day book loc citcitacile 59awilliamam H peterson the miracle of the mountains bantitmantit published by the author 1942 p 20020 60 Farnfarsworthfamsworthfarnsworthssworths optopeop cit P 65 46

1grlenienagrftersaftersworkers mdandend their jmkilledlied craftcrafts the mabonaasonaasonarymasonmasonarypary woodwork and architectural design of the temple allaliail indicate that the workmanship was dohe by skilleded workerworkers benmenn who were capable and efficient in their respective trades A buff colored clonealoneblonestone was used in the building of the foundation this stoneatone waswaawae quarried from the hills southcouthdouthbouth of kantimantimantlmenti oolite clonealonestoneaboneatone obtained frfromcromm the quarry east of the temple weswaswac asedaceduseduced in the con- structionstctruction of itsita walls the parry brothersbrothers11 quarry east of ephraim 61 also contributed some of the stonestonee after the oolite had been quarried it was broken into moveablemovemoveablyable pieces and placed on wagons by means of a derrick the wagons were pulled by lestesbbsteams to the stonecutetonecut 62z tinglingbing4 shopsshopeshopa A story is told about oneomebowebomesome of the aulesaulebmulesen used in this operation thebhe parry mulesmulea it is said thatt one morning the mulesso could not be found Ffinallylly it was decided to go to the hill without them the mulesso were found at the temple hhill standing ready to be 63 hitched it seeldeemsbeemsseemseems that they were too serious about the work therhe rock cutting shopshops were on the northwest side of the hill and had just room enough for two men to karkvarkkorkwork in each later there were bemsbemenoneseme of these shops built anon top of the hhill 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

61tegilegibetatemetemabe B carter compcopcoup hoobheartheert throbthrobs ortheof the westwent liiIII111 salt lake citticityicityt daughters of the utah Pioplopioneersneemnewm 1941p1941iglio ppe 55550 62ZA interview with howard cox of mantimantlmentimantle utah june 196019600 zaz a 63ntihantimantlmenti centennial comaitteecommitteecobamittee jaclgitlacsjacljacsloc etlellcitgit 47

64 to make them smooth during the cutting of the stone the people 65 for miles around could hear the steady click of the stonecutters when the alonesstonesatones were ready to be used for building they were lifted to the top of the temple wallswalla by means of pulleypulleys8 and teams the 66 mortar was placed in a wowoodenoden 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 master zw 67r nabonmason oion one occasion mrett 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 wowould be three people who muldmuidbouldwould know it when the worker asked him who the three were mr parry saidbeidbeldisaid you me and 68 the lord the stonecutters and masons were of various ancestry but the 69 majority of them were of Wwftlsh angliabngliaenglidi and danish descent some of the workers walked frfromom ephraim to mantimentimenkimanki seven miles each monday momorningming and returned home on saturday night one example was J P L brebreinholtolt a stonemason and stonecutter while at manti he would

641nterviewinterview with edwin jensen of manti utah june 17 1960 651nterviewinterview with james anderson of manti utah june 1959 666 interview with howard cox of manti utah junesjune 17 1960 n 671nterviewinterview with james Andersoandersonnj loc cit 68 interview with mrs mabel simmons of manti june 1959 69 interview with howard cox localocelocoioco sitcit 48 stay at the old templeton hotel across from the temple 70 another stonecutter andrew christian nielson known as mormon preacher walked five miles each day to the temple to put in his daytsday work and 71 then return to his home the journal of charleschariescharledcharley 4L walker of st3tat georgejgeorge utah gives an insight into the spirit of another worker after his first day at work he stated that his hands were blistered and toreboredoresore his musclemuscles were tired and stiff and he was homesick A few days later he wrote 1 I 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 ffromraurouram home that the folks were well 72 this made him feel much better other incidents related by itmi walker during his stay at manti beretweret may 27 1881p1881 A man named jedediah slipped and fell backbackwardswardis with a seventy five pound rock on top of him0 it was not fatal august 27 18311881 dierethere was considerable sickness lleilehelie spent some time

practically every night administering to the sick september 26 1881 0.0 allaliail business was suspended due to the death of the president of the united statedstates president garfieldgarfield A memorial service was held in his behalfbehalfi october 22 1881 work on the tenpietempletempie was temporarily halted for want of suitable rock shortly after this time mr walker returned

7ointerview70interview with wilford breinholt of ephraim utah son of J P L june 1959 71 71interview with oscaroscer nielson of ephraim utah son of andrew june 1959 72 charles L walker unpublished journal special collections library brigham young university appp 707710707 710 49

73 to 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 hopshop 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 ailali11111 purposes 74 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 working machines in this shop through the aid of this machinery the carpentrycarpentryvo vo rk was greatly expedited and 75 expense in labor was reduced Awilliamam folsom in a letter written to president henrie of panguitch stake said he would likeilkee a donation of longiong learedleafed pine lumber fforor the temple the lumber was to be of the best quality and was to be used as finishing liwlimlumberer he wanted it stacked at bomedomesome convenient point and seasoned and on hand when required the lengths were to be delivered during the winter when the roads were in the bestbeatbebb condition at a time when the hauheuhaulingg would not interfere with farming duties 76 lumber for the building of the towers came from the mountains

73 ibid v appp 713s713 725s725 19879879891989 74 74interviewinterview with howard cox of manti utah june 1959 75ibidibid 76 manti temple letter book 22op cit J ppe 95s95 50 east of sprcprspring city some long leafed pine lumber came from panguitchpanguitek while the black walnut and birdsbircus eye maple that were used were imported frofrom the eastern part of the united statesstatosa however most of the 77 lumberor used was redeedded pine and cambcame from the local mountains sand for conentcement ceascemscamscame froefromtrom placespieces at the quarries where the tonestone wabmabweswaswaa soeo soft and pliantpilant that it could not be asodueedusod in the temple 78 thisthiethlethid tonekonebonestoneatone formed an admirable cementcoment it was obtained remfrom east of 79 the tempietemple at the foot of the hill waitwailweilwaswes a shop for crushingcrushingehing tonestoneatone so into and edwinedmin and thodasthooasthowais works were in charge of tonestone crushing another man who heldheidhold a responsible position on the building crew waitweinwasweswatn joseph taylor the timekeeper he became the subject of one of many mormon faith tin9111storiespromotingstoriespromoting stories mchacheachhechbech day he wowouldmouldmouid go to check anon all of the men lachhach lias he ventwent around the totemplea the mmdamedamosame wermywaywey 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 aanaenmenman had quarriedW underor a ledge and felt impressed to tell the men to cosecomscome out they had barely emerged when the place they had been digging caved in the temple ccooaitteeltee with the superintendent and such wnnenmen as they might call to their aid were appointed to fix the rate of wages on the baisbaidbald olof01 equity for mechanics and laborers and to affix

77carter77 carlercartwrcarter loc cit0 7srobertrobert W sloan ed mdand cwcoapjcoapt wahutahmah gazetteer eadeodandaaa ardirectoryvowtow saltdaitdaibt lake cityt berolaheroidheroldherolahwolxi hintinghintingprinting and publishing co 13 p 200 79c&rtercarter jgu9loclog cit 80so interview with howard coapcoxpcox loc cit 81 interview with mrsmre mabel slamssimmssimons lockoslogkog cit 51 M a value to the materimeterimaterials etcateete paid in and used in the erection of the 82 tempietemple oaon hayheyneymay 21821 187818782 it was decided that the prices to be allowed coakCOOKcoonon laborerlaborers should range from 125121251.25 to UOO200 per day mmmen with tosweswea 250 to 3503503.5050 per day quarryasnqua 1 4122000 00 to 300 per daydayl stone laelaamasonsmasonaraesonaeonaeone 20250 to 3503501 carpenters 20250 to 4350455050 per claociaoday mastermestermeetermeater masonsmaeon 500 per day labor tithing and offeringsorfeoffeorreringe were deducted from 83 all waigecewages btlnTithingtithingntithing andend temple donationdonations were parateseparateee and distinct obligationsobligatione77.7 not related except that the tithing office handled 84 both underor the direction of the presidingPreeiding bishofx1cbitfhcprlc workers responded unselfishly to the callcalicailcau to work on the tampletampie kostkoetmost of thithlwhithem werewore immigrants who had bewbowbeen converted to moronieaMoronnbraonismnoroniealdalam metmoat of thenthem were greatly ricilledned in their respective trades which they had learned in dropemropeeuropeh the magnificentficentdicent templetempie they built iein ample evidence of thithlthis the ewwtnessexactneee and perfection with which the mabonmadonmedonmason work and other workmorkworic were derfordperfordperforedperporpe rfordfored are hard to duplicate even today with our profeeeionalfessfessionalfeassessionalreasional technology sometcometsobetibieea the astakeeetakeees were requestedrequestedetedebed to farnishurnishfumichfumieh their workermorker with provisions and supplies one aonthsmonthsIs rations at aatiasatibst im whiwhilele 85 linebe mnmen wewerbwere away the local people sustained their faoiliesfamiliesliesilesilea 1thethorhoI laborers worked anon an average of twtenben hours a day anon the buildingbuildings

82 sansoteSansanpetesanpotepete stake riePierecordcordscordo church historianhistorians orficeofficeoffices salt lakeleke0 citytcityoltyolby pep 64 83 839antikantikankimanti temple historical recordrecords op cites p ilelle 8184 84lottorletterLottor frowfrom rowardhoward cox lessloc cite 85stS george tempietemple letter booksbook church historians officeoffices salt lakeleke city appp 159160159 160igo 52

86 six daddeddaydeysdays a week in contrast to these untiring and faithful workers was the supposed to be workaanworkman who was always talking and always going for a drink it was said of him it takes more water to run 87 that old windmill than any windmill I1 ever saw

36 interview with wilford breinholt loc ctcit 87 banti8antinantikantimanti centennial cocommitteetteeatee loc cit 53

the nenmanmenmatimmti twnawnttopletroplee association

the early trustees for the temple groundgrounds were john B maiben luther T tuttle and hans jensenjensonjenden they obtained from the city of 88 nentlmantimenti the necessary deed to the temple grounds in 1877 this was done in order that the church might hareherehaveheyehayw legal title to the property on which the temple was to stardstandstendstarn the manti tropictempletempie association wabwaswae formed during the time that bowsbomsbomesome of the letterlatter daydey saint men were on the underground due to their practicecticeatice 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 ttempletempiepie and the property surrounding it might be deeded over to the association which was technically a private corporation this made it soeo that the ipvemaentjoverrment could not 89 take the land away frotrocrofrom thensthenetheme the legal title to the manti temple and all of itsiteita real and parbopersoperwopersonal properties were heldheidhold by the manti temple association from june 26s26 1886 until july 27 1925 at this timestime on the notionmotion of J B jacobsen and by unanimousus votesvoteyobeyote the association transferred the legal title to allaliail propeproperty belonging to the association to the cor- porationporation of the president of the church of jesus christ of latteriatter day saints 90 as A hllkliwilwilliam3 1 am lund in mantimantlmenti standsstandb a holy houseshouserouse the improvement braersera yliyllXLI june 1936 p 333 89 interview with A bent tersontereonpetersonpatersonPe multimantlmantimenti temple presidentpresidents june 1959 90 manti centennial committeecommittees op cit pep 47 544

the governing power of the corporation was to be vested in nine directors and the officersoffieersere of the corporation were to be a presidentpresidents vice president a secretary and treasurer who would be elected by the directors from their own number all emberemmberexaeabere of the corporation would be eligible for the office of director the jqpm 91 of office of allelieil directorsdirectore waswesmasmeswaawea to be four years no one could becombecome or restinremainremein a mmoemberoe&berberbarbev of the corporation who weswaswaa not a member of the latter day saint church in good standingstandings 92 latherlutherluthenduther T tattletuttletuttie wabnsemebmabwaswae lootedelected the first president of the association on july aj1j1 1818861686 williaa H folsom nasneswaswaa appointed by the associationassociations to continue asae superintendent of construction and to act asae the agent of the association with power to employ and dischargedisdiadlacharge all workun of whatever kindlkind to purchase material andarsiaruiarul to do and perform allelieilaU and every transaction neceenecessarysaryseryeary in the constructionconstconatruction of the temple he waswaaw to submit quarterly reports to the board showing 93 the receipts and disbursements an the workworke

9recordstiecordaxieTienuecordscorda of the manti temple associationassociations 220ggegewop ancit article V ppe 330 92 ibid article XX p 55& 93 21ibidd minutes of the directordirectorsdirectoresp p ioeloe10910 55

the builbullbulibuiltinbuildinbuildingdin program and economic development s&npetesanpete valley enjoyed an tensiveextensivewc building program during the construction of the temple in manti the tabernacle the south ward assemblyassemaasem ly 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 the 94 northmorth 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 ttimberer 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 first newspaper in sanpete county the manti sentinel 1885 with jasper T jakeman as printer the discovery and opening of a coal field in six rilewilemilemlle canyon near sterling this mine was discovered by henry thomas and the building in 1884 of eighteen miles of railroad valued at 96 3378 in this same year mantimonti had four saw mills three grist 94 94andrewandrew jackson judd A histohistory of nantimantimantlmentimonti manticantiomantlomantiomentiom&nti utah manti south ward church of jesus christ of latter day saints 1959 appp 151615 16 95ibidaa 96 W H lever history of sanpete and emery counties ogden utahtutacht published by the author 1898 p 83 56 millss two carding machines four schools one post orriceofficeoffices one theatre andwa two libraries 97 thatthab these people were an industrious and hard working group isie shown by their accomplishments in the field of agriculture these accomplishments were bademademede even though their meinmeln effort was bebeing put forth in the building of the temple in 1880 sanpete county rrankeded ontwmtivelycooiparatively high in the following categoriescategoriesii it has been reported that they were first in the production of likilk cowalcows second in the production of sheep 26691 headlcheadlhead first in the production of oats 98 90892 bushelsibushbushelsbushellielsiwisi second in the production of wheat 164627627 bushels interesting is the growth in population during the construction periodperiods in 1870 the population of sanpete county was 67366086 in 99 1mam1880 it was aquq11700700 and by 1889 it had reached l6z0016s400igloo the peopleplopio were also educationallyeducationallyainded andminded established schools shortly after their arrival in the valley durduring the con- strwstewstemststructionructiontionkionklon period the upper rooms of the court house city hanhenhallheilheii and council house were in general ususe for diwetionaleducational purposes private schools for the youyoungerziger children were heldheidhold in various honeshomes throughout the city locationallucationaljbducationallucationalonaionel progress was s ooewhatt slow up to 1890 the curricurrlcurriculumculm consisted of the three irelreRsfre S hishistorytorys graggramgrammarr and physiology the teaching program was diffwadifferentt from today in that the teachers had had no formal training they received a certificate by taking a county

slocaslo&a OP cit p abta3tu30 afi9fi Daushdaughterstersbers of the utah pioneers of sanpete county theseregagg owQZ f&thecg3pruwjjjefethersfathers springvilleSpringville utahs art city publishing co 1971947 p 21251 99 5impetesanpete stake records SIopR cit 0 0 p 25 577

100 examination and teaching became a sidebidedidesidelinee 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

10omantiloo100 op kantimantlmanti centennial committee 0 citcdt appp 110-110111iliiii111 0 588

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 immigrationgration that was impelled by the spirit of gathering to zion many of the workers were converts who had immigratedgrated 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 colcomcommunitiesunities had many serious problems to copec ope with conditionsconditloneione beyond 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 constructionconstructconstructioio however the farmers had productive years in which the ground yielded much it was reported by george lambertlemberttanlamiam ert 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 dladiasmallemell 101 grain were expected to be grown that year in sanpete county alone loi the weather also played a part in delaying the vw rk on the temple when the days were too cold to lay the rock the men wouldwo

101 loithe deseret evening news june 6 1877 59 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 1883 that 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 amail1 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

102 the territorial lnagrerqiquirer provo utah february 20 1883 chaCRAchaptvlpterFTER IV

TTH DDICATIOIICATION

after eleven yearsyeara of hard work sacrifice faith in theostheoethemselvesthemeelvee and in the lord the timelimb had finally arrived for the dedication of the manti temple it isie the practice of the church to dedicatededicato to the lord all tsateateapleatemtexplospplespiesplea metgetgebaeetinggeeting hausea hooleschoolsac welfare builbullbulibuildingbuildingsbuildingedingsdinge and other structuresetructuree which are prepared for ubeuseuee in carrying out the greatat program of the church the esdensemeneenential1 part of any dedicatory servicebervice isie the formal prayer of dedication in general the purpose isie to hahallowUow and consecrateconaeconeecratecretecrabe the bbuildinginain& for the particular purposepurpoee for which it wadwaswesweawaa constructed temples and meeting houseshouseahoueeehougee being houseshousea of worship are given to the lord asaa hishiahienieniahla houeshousehoueehousesahouee no buildingnobuilding2 isie ever dedicated unless it isie free frocicrocigrm debt before the actual dedication of the manti temple took placeplaces a group of church leadereleaderer1 areore asseaaseassebledaeeeobledassembledbledbied on may 16j 16881888 in the colascelestialceleetial room of the teepletemple among thealheabheathem were presidentPreeident I1wilford woodruff lorenzo snow george Q cannon brigham totoungroung jr heber J grant

Ddanielol01 heH Wwells nasenosemassmobeemoeee PF famaworthmeabFamamenaftmeworthpworth john B malbenmaiben william heH foleenfolecnfoloomp edward L parry canute tereenpetereinPepetereenpeterson and anthananthon heH lund 16 at a forenoon etingnotingaeetinggeetingae daniel heH wellewallis waswaawae unanimously chownchosen presidentpreeidentproeidentpreproaidenteident of the temple with ftsesmoebemoeee F famewrthfameworthFameybasyeasfameworthyworth asae recordererecorder anthon heH lumlund wabmabwasweswaewee chosen asae assistant to presidentPreeident wellweilswelleweile 2

rueearwe bruebrweruce rea MaConnoconmoconmcconkiekieskleskleg karmonkormonN doctrine sibnikmikalt511 lakee cityigitytgitya bookBockbookcraftcraft inc 1958 appp 174175174 175 2 me in manti temple file church riehistorianhietorianhistoriansHietorian office salt lakeinkeinkodakedako cityolty p 3

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iivatesivateprivate dedicatory servicesbercervices were held at the temple on the seventeenth of may 1888 president wilford woodruff along with the abovementionedabove mentioned church leaders and others was present at the services 2 the dedicatory prayer was offered by president woodruff 3

in order that the membermembershipp of the church might witness the dedication of the nentlmentimantimantl temple public services were heldheidhold on the twenty first twenty second and twenty third about sixty persons composed of leaders of the church and others interested in the dedication 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 teamleamsteamsbeame 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 4 that had been mademede0 in better houses fencing and cultivation the quarterly stake conference began on the morning of may 19 with john W taylor john henry smithth reberheberhaber J grant daniel H wells joseph B noble and jacob datesgatesgatea 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 I1 may during the afternoon session the statistical report of the sanpete stake was read showing a total of 12858 members president canute peterson stated that because there was not enough

3lbidibid 4the deseret evening news may 22 1888 62

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 saturday 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 6 city lined with wagons as far as he could see the stackstackyardsyards were 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 cocould not possibly find room for in their houses occupied the meetinghouse square tithing yard and other suchbuch places about the town A strong feeling of 7 brotherhood 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 were a able to proceed through the rooms after each daysday 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 c0cacould obtain tickets from their stake presidents 9 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

5 ibid 6interviewinterview with howard cox of manti utah june 17 1960 7 athe7thetheche deseret evening news loc citc it a 9 aldaidid may 24s24 1888 ibidid may 22 18w1888 63 lorens&olopenzo snow of the council of twelve gave the dedicatory prayer roifollowingrollowing which many addresses were delivered by church authorities PrIespriebpresidentident canute peterson said this isie cmcr of the happiehapplehappiestet daddaydaysdayd I1 havejuvehayeheye ever experienced in my life I1 have watched the growth of ithishiahlathisthia house asan a mother watchesmatches the growth cf her children and I1 aaan aroud3roudjaroudjxroud now that it isie so far completed asae to be dedicdedicatedatodabadawad and I1 aaam satisfied the lord wwill accept of it J B noble said 1 I can 10 testify that the lord has accepted the templetempie 0 frankfrenkfranklin D richards remarked that when the pioneers entered the sanpete valley the councountry was barren and desolate but now imma1888 it was called the llgrarulrygranary of 1112 Utahutahsutah11 the dedicatory services were repeated for three days because of the thousands who desired to attendattends the residents of manti and nearby coomunitiescommunitiesacoomcommwounitiesan so had been asked to forego attending the services on 12 the first day so as to give visitors from a distance a chance to attend the desmitdeseret sveningweaning newsnewa reported on mynaymay 2525j 1888 that 2200 persons witnessed the dedicatory procw4ingsproceedings on wednesday whopwho together nithwithmithwalthwaith the 1700 present tuesday and the 1500 on monday would make9 the total 13 numbermumber who witnessed the cesceremoniesleg approamproapproximatelytely 540000 people 1911 during these services many spiritspiritual experiences are purported to have been had by those who were in attendance on the twenty first of haymavmevmay before the opening A C exercisesivwwisuvisawisugis coonencedcoonena OWced brother saythesinquetbinquet the chorister votedseated hin&self at thebhekhee organ and rendered a piece of sacred basicsmsicwasics a selection from Mendelmendelohnsmsndlelssohnohns at the con- clusion of which persons sitting near the center of

10manti temple historical recordrecords iihantiIIiimantilimantikentikentlnantimantlHantiManti templetempie files antisantlantianlis utahsutahputah ppe 21p21 27279 11 12 ibid ppe 32 theniepie deseretr21850 et evening newsmewsp loc cit 13 AD neymeymay ibid S 25925188818m dldb 64.64

the hall and also on the stand at the west end heard most heavenly voices and singing it sounded to them angelic sndand appeared to be behind and above them and they turned their heads in the direction of the sound wondering if there was another chir in some other part of the temple the following persons and no doubt many more present heard the singing and voices mary A freeze salt lakellakeleke bishop culbert kingkingikingl marion ward garfield county M B shipp salt lake christina willardsonwi rdsonadson ephraim Frespresidentpres ident john D T mcallister 6tctyt georgejgeorge william H falsoifalso4folasafolaoa manti amelia F young salt lake elizabeth folsom salt lake sarah A petersonpetterson ephraim henry beal ephraim peter F madsen H brigham city 0.0 henryy gardner salt lake and edwin standing lehi ur 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 speakspeakerserst lorenzo 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 15 when john W taylor was speaking a bribrilliantant light is said to have surrounded his person in a letter written to M F farsworthfarnsworth

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 arineriderldarmerm over uietheulebhe head and shoulders and down the left araanaannarm she

L the latter day saints millennial startstarsstar L august 13 1898018s8 ppe 521522521 522 15 manti temple historical recordsrecord op silepsitepcitcil appp 363836 38 656 describes this light asan being very bright it stood out from three to five inches wide and the rays from the light formed a glorigloriousouboua 16 soft 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 of day being entirely eclipsed 17 it was reported that some of the appppeopleopleopie in attendance at the dedicatory services saw the spirits spirit bodies of john taylorzaylor 18TA 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 19 soon after the dedication on wayfaymay 28 of that same year

16 ibid 17 letter in manti temple file church historianhistorians office saltsait lake city 18 latterletterlatterater rmday saints millennial star obe029029.op citicit p 522 joseph smith brigham young and john taylor were presidents of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in that order while jedediah M grant served asac a counselor to brigham young in the first presidency 19 ly191.9MS in manti temple file loc cit CHAPTER V

utiaLAMI developments AND significanczsignificancysignipicanc& OF THE TEMPUE

ihmaehwabihwafinishingihwa landscapinga eshawesmaw andend 0atielatimladditional lumventiaproveaente11 yanymanymeny descriptions have been written regarding the beauty of the ftntimatifantimmti temple A representativerepreeentativereprosentativo description vacwaswaawea given by P V cardancardon when he wrote against a lofty backgroundkgrowd formed by the sanpete mountains to the atseaststs taibthietalba temple topping the brow of a bench lookslooke out over theteebhegeegme sanpete valleyveileyveneyvanwy and isie visi- ble to alaostalmostat eveveryry town and acybunityfinin the valley whether north southcouthbouth or westwost if one were to run a linee southdouthbouthmouth directly froatfrom the salt lakelekelekolako tampletempletampie to the hantimenki he wowould ffindrind the former to be about twelve aileealleaalieamiles 20 elatelakeast of the iatterlatter the manti temple facesraces east without knowing thisstills many tourists have the impression that it facesfacearaces west as the highway runsrunarune along the base of the hilhllhiuhill anon the west side P C peterson a former guide on the temple grounds slateselatesstates that tourists often describe the building as the most beautiful they have ever seen mmyammyy feel a spirit of sacredness as soon asan they getgot on the hlllhill 10 some tourists will ask henhonhewhow did they gelgetgotgeugou those wallsweilsmallsmelismeils so beautiful straight and nicenice11 mr lersonbersontereonpetersonPe answers they used the spirit

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3 levels with emphasis on the spirit 1 the foundation of the temietemtempietemplele isia 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 hlohiohigh respectively the walls are three and one half feet thick at the bassbasebabsbabe with buttresses four feet in thickness the walls taper to three feet at the square and the buttresses to about 4L two and one half feet thesetheaetheme latter were placedcreplaced orecreore asaisalbats an architectural ornament than as a support to the buibulbuildingng there are two spiral staircases located in the two west corner towers these staircases extend frcarcfrem the main floor of the building to landings near theth 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 williami am 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 ch step is built to support the next one above it the staircases are made of imported black walnut thisthib is the only latter day sint temple in which such staircases existexists 5 in both spiralqpiral staircases the center is open without any supporting column and the walnut raifailingsrailingslings and 6 lustersbalustersba form a symmetricalsyoayoaymmetrical coiloboilocoil from top to bottom

3f4antinantimantl centennial committee song of a centcentury manti Centercentennialinial cocommitteetteesstees 1949 p 139339 letterblatterlatter RMdaydey saintssaints1 mlinMilbmilbmialmllmjiiallialmial aarstarmar L august 13 188891888 p 5135130 51nterviewinterview with A bent peterson manti temple president july 2 1960 achurch6churchchurch of jesus christ of latter day saints the manti temple salt lake citticitycityi church of jesus christ of latter day saintssainte 1947 peP 69 68

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 ffeet high the ceilceliceilinging is supported by the walls without 7 the aid of columns at the dedicatory services held in 1888 the aaleneleneiemelemale 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 west 8A 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 liflirlifeilfe 9 size 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 its finishing and furnishing exhibits a perfection and completeness that 10 no other temple of modern times has shown 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 rectangular towers were influenced by colonial architecture the buttresses

ams 7msMS in the manti temple file church historianhistorians office salt laketake cityacitycithaciby p 3 g athethe deseret evening news s may 23 188818880 97he9 the church of jesus christ of latter day saints loc cit 10 the contributorcontributors dulyswulysjuly 1888 p 355 69 the two westweet corner towers and the exterior foldingsmoldingsmoldings are gothic revival the tall narrow design of the windows ifis gothic while their round topstope and keystonkeystonesods anereare french renaissance in character the points orna- mentalmen 1 around the bases of the two mainmeinmelnn towers are of second empire origin the interior of the temple is a blending of gothic revival and second mpireimpireimpure 11 james anderson of kentikentlvantimanti who tore out all the old heating system noted that every piece of ai1ilumberer used under the floor joints was of the very finest red pine all the benches tables etc in the rooms were mademedee of native pine and were made on the temple site the woodwork turning was supervised by christian madsennadisonmadisonmedison and charlie bird had charge of the artistic work done in plaster of parisparleparieparts in the ceilings and walls native pine was used for all the ffinishingshing arkworkmork 12 done in the temple the murals inside the temple were done by skiskillfulul artists and arewrere well executed yet they are simple enough to be aadmiredred by the average person the artists whomho did this work were C C A Christenchristensenseasen 13 john hafen john fairbanks and daniel weggeland these men painted

313 1 interview with fred markham of proveprovo one of utahsutah outstanding architects july 169igo16 196019600 12 interview with james andersenandersanandersonanderdon of manti june 1959 13 mr christenschristensenan etstudieded in copenhagen he came to utah in 1857 he was interested in mormon history and his favorite subjects for painting were pioneer life and wheat fields Interinterviewviewyiew with B F llrseniarsenlarsen of provo utah july 19591959. some of his paintings hung in the old salt lakelekee theatre he also paintedntedanted murals in the logan and 3SA george temples alicecc merrill horneahomerome devoRevodeyodevoteeslebsteesbebb and their shrines saitsaltit lakedakedekee city the deseret news 19147 P 29 mr hafen more than any other utah artist has been his own teacher he studied mebombsome in paris and also in the united states he isin said by many to be utahsutah greatest artistartiste hornehomehorns op cit appp 384538 45 mr fairbanks studied in paris central and south america and 70 the murals in the instructional roomrooms of the temple 14 later the haralsmaralsmoralsmoraismorale were done over in the garden room and the world room 15 minerva 16 toltaicherttoichertt&ichertToichert did the latter and robert L shepherd did the former the work performed in the latter day saint ttapleeampleszmples isie of a sacred nature nonnono members of the church may seeandseelandseepand many have beenseen pictures of the various rooms in the temples these rooms are for instructional purposes and each of theathenbheathem has mural scenesscones which are in harmony with the instructions given thesetheaetheao rooms aare enhanced by the wowoodworkdwork with its graceful arches heavy doors and finely cut foldingsmoldingsmoldings 17

adjoining and connected with the temple on the north is the annexWWOX which waswaewag one hwwredhundred feet long and forty feet wide at the timeV of its construction in which was the heating system for the whole buibUlbuildingding steam heat was used at that time this annex was also used and occupied by the janitor and assistants with culinary and 18 dindining apartmntapartmentapartxaentsa cconnectedonniconnoctedbed is hethe annex is not part of the temple pperproper it provides a place for morning worship services space for in the uniunited states risriehishie favorite subjects were evening effects mysunny harvharvestet sesneencescenesnernesneemesnewnesmes or mistyminty water or treetreouree subjects bome04omehome eegeggop cit00 pep iualu3iu3 mr nagWegwagweggelandgoland studied in copenhagen england and berborberlin he pantedpainted ewalswwalsoxsrals in the salt lake templetempieremple also the fiordsfiorda of norway vrey i favorite subjects home aeaapaop cita p 27 14 uintervlewinterview with B rF larsen of provooproveprovo utah july 1959 15these are instructional rooms in the temple 16 interview ethmthwithmith A bent lersonkersontereonPepeterson iksims1m2loc cit 17 the church of jesusjebus christ of latter day saints locLOSmos cit is18farnsworth loc citciloiloll 71 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 service 19 rooms 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 anistrationadministrationnistration of president lewis R anderson it provided a reception room excavation also provided a new kitchen and dining 20 room 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 likenedened the temple with its unfinished setting to a fair maiden of his native land denmark dressed in a beautiful 21 silk gown but with clumsy wooden shoes on her dainty feet the grounds remained in a rough condition until april 10 190igo1907 when the presidency of the latter day saint church gave their approval for the landscape improvement work to proceed the original terrace nallswailsmallsmalis surrounding the grounds were removed with the exception of the lower one which was lowered by one half and the hill was graded

19 jbl& deseret news august 1 1935 20 MS in the manti temple file loc cit

cwi2wiwilliamam H peterson the miracle of the mountains manti published by the author 1942 p 21 72 to a conscone shape thousand of loadloads of rich soil were hauled upon the hill and scattered over the once solid bed of stone making it possible to pplantpiantt lawn and flower beds this was the beginning of 22 the boautilbeautifbeautiaboautil cationiutltioni programprograagram an elaborate stairway was constructed at that time from the west entrance of the templetamplis domdogdoundown to the street it was twenty feet widesuldewide with retaretainingng wawallswails on either sidesside with square pipillarss at

4aaa 4 each landing1& fitted with elecelocelectrictricbrickric lights thereneremere were one hundred twentyfivetwenty five steps with nine landingsings of six feet each with the top one being eighteen feetreetreebfeete five thousand four hundred bags of cement were put into this stairway and the cementcoment wwalksa which surround the entire building the work on the stairway was started on july aj9j9 1907 23 and was completed on november 13 of that amsamesemesemo year therhe stairway has since been removed and lawnlawns shrubbery and trees planted in its placeco an automatic sprcprsprinkling system was also installed in 1907 ninety one hundred feet of piping and two hundred sprinklerssprinklers were used to complete tinthe system lewis anderson temple presidentpresidents was the general supervisor of this work to beautify the groundgroundsss with john lubardlu&ard being the civil wigengineerineer A H taylor of the firm of coulanboulan and taylortaylors plumbers of salt lakedakees installed the sprinkling system Awilliamaaianiant B armstrong was the fenrenfencefencemakerfencomakercencenakermakercomaker who supervised the

22 lewis R anderson the manti templetempie s the japrovemantimprovegmnt brebra illslililllii part I1 marchamarch 1908 apvppp 4uauaih414 u8uak19 adaaaa23sai 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 lymanlayman a civil engineer of salt lakee city martin christophersenChristophersen 2422i well known salt lakee 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 theroutifouti foundationdation on 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- stastaistalstallationlationtion 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 miscellamiscellaniousmiscellaneousnious improvements 25 made as the need has arisen

A missionary service was started at the manti temple on

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25mbMS in manti temple file loc cit 74 june 21 1925192j with osmonddemondoemond olsen of manti being appointed to oversee 26z 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 Wormormoninformationmationmatlon building at the foot of the hill southwest of the building and also up near the temple on the northeast side thisthiechischiechig service is donated freely by members of the church without any monetary remuneration A large percentage of all Luristouriststs 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 of 27 copies of the book of mormon have been sold the architectural design and beauty of the manti temple is a 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 marvelnarmarvelousmarvelousouss said an eastern tourist as he stood with a group of fellow tourists on bright angel point on the north rim of the grand canyoncenyoncanyons but have you seen the lithitsitebiteqitebit temple on a hill newney a town called manti

26z missionary service at the manti temple s improvement era XXX october 1927o192701927 p 1128 27 supra chap isi p 10 f 29 28 petersonpetersons oldeoideop citit0ita p 22 mawwwwmww

FUfidl 4 tomp10 1893 76 ummmialUMMsimificantmielmlesMIalaapectaIN of21 thebhe meekteedleteediemeem the nentlmanti tcttpletempletempie from the tbinetimelime of itslie conception up to the presentprepeepewflent hashaahaeheehea played a ignlficantsignificant part in theafaffaira laffairara of the concoweowconamitycomniunltyamity fromtromcrom a relnelneireligiousreligiouema social and an econmiceoonoaiceconomic stwdpointatandpointe to the people there the kempiekemple hashaahae alivsalwvsalwaye beenbeanbeonboon a dourcesource of great pride and a spiritualspiepiritual upliftsto they point with pride aniandami satisfactioneatiefaotion to theirtheir1111 teplekapie the relreirdifioueme aaigniflcance4cancescanceacance isie exmplifiedexemplifiedfledfiedried in the type of or dindinaneeedinananeesancesancesceaeeewesweeewa andmid aereamieseereironiee perfopertoperforaedperformedraed insideineide firstpiret there isie marriage for time and alleileli etereberekereterniaretemugrniArnlay theme latterletterlattee darday sainteto beliebelieve that family tiestiwe will existat in the colaseeleetial kikingdomkingdom2929 after the resurrection thisthiaa wibwill be soeo only if the mrriagocarriageaarriage hashsehae been solamisolamisedaolewiiaedsedged in a weaplewemple by the proper authority thehe tempietemplelempie presidentsidentaident sndandwid hishiahla icounaeloraor haraharehavave thisthlethie autatpauthorityrity it isie a vellwell eetabliahedestiablishod fact that there are fewer divorcee anongamong thieethosethoee latter day saintssainte who have been waledwelednarried in the kempie than ammaamaaonfi those who have not thisthia type of

Biarriage gives an added awuiing to the nuviageaarriagebarriage eavcovenanteovcovwentwantment second baptiesbaptieapt4m for ththe dowdomdeaddeeddmm isie practiced therhe m4maaignificanoeificanoo of thisthleihiethia ordinance isie in the realization that those acting asae proxies are assistaeaieting those who never had the opportunity to be baptized while in ertalityertanortalityoetanormalitynortaweetsmeetslity there wasmaswaemaamea a time in the church when people were

292w29the latter darday saintssainte believebelivybedlivy that there aiuwiuwill be three distinctdietinctdisdledietinct degreeadegreekdogrove of 91027glory in the hereafter hosehedehodethese being froifroubrou the highiethigheeteatwskwak to the leastleaetleaea the celestial terrestrialterreetavrestrial andendvw the tolesteleettelestialteleetiallsiiallai1 within the celeeeleceleeualcolasseelseeieUal kingreakingdea6 id 011 there will be three degrees tbto obtain the highesthigheateat a personparson aatadtnoaaa be married in the templetempie and live in rightocusneserighteouaneae thereafter 77 baptizedbaptised for their health in the temples however this is no longer done A storyatory concerning one of these baptisms for healthshealthahealths laesekesakewae was A published in decantrdecantenieutepie contributoriContricontributorybutorii karren lishlichrichruich of monroe utah had been bedfast for five yearbyears with a serious illnesseabassaas she was unable to turn herself in bed and had to have constant carecarg she had a great desire to go with her husband jens J rich to the flentilantikantivanti 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 actnotmelmstmebmob joJ V Wwilliamsam and stopped to talk with him hrar Awilliamsam reaarkedremarkedresatedp 1 I suppose you are on your way to the housshouse of the lord in vantiemantis ledtes replied jansjensjanajenaasnaaana if we piccatcaalaancaalamanaiaalapiccanpicaancan only live to setsotgetgot theretheren continuingcontinujng he saidtsaidbaidbald brother Wwilliamsambams wont you pray to the lord that heilelieliw will give us strength to reathreethreachreech nantihanti and do naswasdomsmaosoaedome woworkmorkrk for our dawdeardamdeandeendmm fricricrlfriendsa wett williams rereplieded that he would and said furtherfurthers 1 I can prophesy in the naaename of the lord that you wuiwill arrive there in safety and that sister rich will be baptizedbaptisedbed for her health and retumreburnreturnfretum hamhomhotte from the templesTearpiearpleurple a heahwahemhealed womenwomanwooan11 they parted then and kremremr Williwilliameaasamsems began to fear and triable regarding the promise he had just fiadee p but this sensation soon left hishlahiahim and he booanbecambecame cheetcheatchegechestfulcheatfulcheeffuirulfulrui and was satisfied that the inspiration of the lord had prompted the promise he hadede adenadewedomedo the riches continued anon to the tempietempletampletampie and she wweswas baptibaptisedbaptizedsed for her healthhealthy As soon as asheshwhe camecamo up out of the water and was confirmed she was restored to health and lived a healthy and 30 vigorous life9 for abnymany years afterarlerarkerartere

30 J V williaWilliwilliaiasaiasalasarab temple lanifest&tionsiinifestationsll therhe contributor ivlivimarchxvimarchIVIXVI March 189 p 312 78

31 third there are rereligiousoudOUS cakeeakecarecareandoeeeremnieeandoe called the endoandoandownentendowmentwnent the ezaeadownentsI1 are a course of moralmoraimorel and rUgreligiousiousloua covenants A person entering the ttemplele enjoyenjoys not only a rereligiousousoun experienceenceeneeonce but an aesthetic one asae well the eereooniee give dramatic empemphasishatsis to spiapibpispirittalspiritualspiritu&lrittal matters the beauty of the religious muraismurnis anon the waw&weilsweilawalla of the instructionaltructitrupti room enhancesan thebhe importancetance of the

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A moral and spiritualapiritual stimulation eolecomecomes fromtrom regular parti- cicipationpation in doing thisthiethia work those who hareharbhaebhave entered into the cecovenants aadewademadeavae in the templetempietampletampie are genergenerallyalIr more devderoteddemotedtw and loyal to their church the desire to be worthy to enter theunbhe teepletemplekemple causes the youth of theum latter day saint church in large aeaeureaeameamaanessurepbureeure to uphold itsite spiritualapiritualapibpiritual and ethical stendardestenetenetandardedaddsdayde themw sideneypresidency of the teepietemplswa lal& during itsiteitalbs goldengoasagoasn anniveanniverentsanniversaryanniveraaryrenTs 1938 exqpreeeedt we know the nantinentlmanti tmpleample7 ipie inintiwtelytely and have cow to love it wellweliweilwello wewo are aacquaintedted with itsitelbs 4 1 M everyegery rooknook utasndanduva conkercorner each growingilaisa things upon itsitaite we hayehayw awenawon ground V itsiteitaiss 0aileneeailence and itsitaiteisslka strength hahave soonswen the tuplevemdeompieTOKAS radiant wdand alive&live in the morning inmbinmeulfeunfi we have behbekbeheld14 it quiet and abrene in the duskduck of evening we are convinced of the spiritualspiapibpiritual 319sig- nificnificanceanceence and divine function of the templstempie

31 lwotoito the tetter dvdarday sainta the eotowmnt isie a liaetiae of rvreligiousreligioueouaova aoonteaplationgonlati here for a few hewhowfeureheure aft person isie occluded tymatymn tthe world about hiahlahinhim in thisthie resroerwerespectreepectt the antwamtendowentendoendowment0 M went isie aimilaramilarlerlarier to the religiousreligioueousoua retreatretreat1retreatsnretroatu1 of other christian dwdenominationeilgilaltionsactionsAltionslons 32 the church of jesusjesuegesus christ of latterlfttterdaydarday saints mantlmantimenti MWRM 1wawtuv1kft apin p church of jesus christ of latteriatterlellerlelker day wap npi tetkap loans19 19 P 3 79

the temple hashaabaababhab also played a part in the community socially it has been a factor in bringing an Winfluxlux of people to hantinanzikanzinankimantimanki the majority of them come from the various communities within the temple district incinelneincludedad in this district today are the counties of Sansanpetepete juab utah emery carbon sevier mimillardrd plute san juan and wayne there is no doubt that the tempieteoipletemple administrators and other teepleteepietempietemple workers who live in nantimantimantlyanti and who have come to lirelive 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 ccommunityty their participation in munitycomunitycomwunitycommunityco af&faffairsre along with their church respons- biliibilitiesties has added auchouchmuch 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 thenthemwhen 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 time residents of the county incincludedad among these workers are menman andaraana women of various professions this work provides satisfaction and contentcontentmentnt for many older people who have retired the city of manti is benefited also econeconomicallycallycaily by the temple henymenymany skilled and unskilled laborers are needed for its maintainmaintainanceance these 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 emingcoming from a distance to do ordinance work will eat in the cafeteria at the temptempletempielempietempleorleoror in a cafe and stay in a motel over night thus contributing some revenue 80so

the xeignificaneeficancefinance of the tupletemplis in nentlnankimanti hhashesas beenbeanboenboon inanifeatfeatreatreab through the yearsyeara rereligiouslyreligiouelyiouloujouslyJoubouslyairslyaly oclociociallysociallyeilyally and conoaicauycon cally orroneono might ayy thetthatkhett it isla a ftconatconbeaconbeaeonancon on a hinhiuhill11 that indirectly guidesguidea the livesliveeilyes of the people exweelmfixpreeeinc thisthiethle idea the templetempie presidency emsis

young U W Mme peterson tinginab4b of robert 0 grange aadandam jalajagajamejamie tereonbedsonkedsonPe once statesstatedsstatstabfatedtakededsedabda itsiks spirit of the hantiti temple haskaehaekaahaa becamebecome a peelpartpeet of our livesliveeilges it haskeskashaakea enriched our daily themotsthoughthoughtsthoughtata and given direction to owour 33 dalipdaily17 deedsdeeds33deeded3

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OManeanoomo of the truly dostbostpoatsewatgreat leadersleeders of the lattwlatowlattwr dvday saintnt church wasweswaeweewao chosen to bebo ththe firstfiretairet presidentsidentaident of thethobhe manti tepletepietempletempie heho waswaeweeweawaa daniel H weha j 6a wnan of honesty and genuine devotion to hishiehid church of hishie apointnent orsonaraonoraonqraon F ihitneywhitney saldisaidtsaidi IMrhe choleechoicecholew of nchnohuchsnob a aanwenwanmanmen for suchsueh a place waswaawae moetmoatnth&happy bamrawpamftailiarI1 with templetempie work for nanynenymenymany yearsyoars heho had taken greatgroat duatdelight in it the do- ctrines subracingenbraoinfsubracing salvasaivesaiyasalvatinsalvatimealvatiootim for the deaddeeddoad oneM of the puypurpoeeepurpo ex linwin pur oedeeeowdso for which our itapleeM are actedectederected were the onesonea dialthatthelthebulek originallyor 11yliy attracted him to lonieamonieahomonieaHo gajgal andwa tathe performance of sacred ordinordinancesancesancee in behalf of hiahiehishla kindred dead and ftiatifriendsfriendes who had passed ampaway waswesmeswaemee to kiahiakim a source of unalunaiunalloyedloyedloyod happinhapchappinhappine8pin the life of daniele1ea H wenolleweila wasweewaewms not an beayeasyseay meonsone he knewknow fromcrom personal experiencelenow the hardshipshardshardahipe and sacrifices incident to pioneering and colonia6colonizingcolonioingaa oldoud singaingoingaI1 ng a hard and barren land aisoalsoaleoalao he knewknow what it aeantbisantmisant to

A it divedavegave up everythingituefu1fu for the goepelabowgowpolsgosgoegowpeispeiapelapolspeldpeid sakesekecakeaake asaa hishie familyOMWLAV refused to acoacocrpany hinhim wtwoakwobb he waswaeweeweawaa bonbomborn on october 27 11xu at trenton oneida gowtycounty newnow york the only amsouson of daniel weliswellswelle and catherine chapin in 1826 hishie father passedsed away danielleileliel then nurredwyedayed with hishiahiehla mother and younger

lbyantlbryantt S hinckley daniel haseyhasbyROMOW konnonkoubwelleweileweilaKOU9 selbseibsaltt lakedake0 citticityicitylcetyl deseret sewssewenewe presspreespreaspresa 1942 p 260Z 1

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laterlatarsisteralsterelater catherine to chiochloohio0 after a winter therethorebhore therlhertheirthey ovodovednovodxovod to illinoisisslbslaa settlbettleettlingdettling ftnalfanalfinally17 in hancock county it waw&waswea herehore while holding the position of justleejustice of the fawef4weplacepoace that he received the title of squiresquire0squirek0 wewelle which he carried throthroughoutmahout hishiehiahla life during the ariticritical tljmie9 after the death of the prophet josephjoaephjoeeph saithanith he eabaabcunawnown to the ammiaeeietaneeammistansestanse of the momone9 nhsnnhen they werewww leafingleaving their beautifulrulfulrui city of munuvoonauvoovoo he wasweswaawea baptized a ao&ber of the church enan anostaugustauguet 9 1346lagg and moved to salt lake city in 1843 0 he heldkeldkeid mwmany poslposipoelpoeltimpoeitionetimkim of handhondhonor and krustbrusttruet both in and out of khokko thethokhe churchchureh S asae the following listlietiletilot will v14tverifyi he taqghttaught achoolmwoolmwood in ohio and illinoief131inoial vaawasweswea regent of thetae university of deseret for nimnine ymyearejyeareyj nedmedwasmeswaemee mayor of salt lake city morfor tenton meare I1 sosemeed asae eeccnda counselorcounaelor0 to triteibrigaabrigada toungroung09 for twenty bearey&mjyeare waswaamaaae Presidpresidentmt of the enhakbak bourentdourent house for ailallainealnenine yearejyearey and mmNB PrepreeidentpreementpresementeidenteMentament of the hantimankimenki tnqletmpleample frem WI1 an until hiskishiekle death in 111891

ak4k 11 A 9etateaentF of hishiehiahla philoephilosophilosofphilosophyphiloeophyophy ieIs asae ffollofollomifouoweohowemirmift and it isie interwoven in mwgr characterter never to betray a friend 9 or a brbrotherothar 2 alyxlyy country mvuy religion or aernermwagr gedgod

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Ttatwa w may the manti ttaapletempleaple heho me boabomborn 15 t6utau in aalborg demarkdoineara 0 at an early ebeaboeseage hishiehiahla mothermokher died and hishiehiahla father left himkim with hishiehiahla grand atheretherwther who rreared hlin even asae a barhorborbayboywor he neawaswaawaeweamea toryvery brilliant he first read the bible when he webwaswesweewae eight jeersjearsybarsyears eldoldoid A few rearsyears later hiahiehla grandmotheriiren11ren atherwther beersebeeasebeeaae avertedconverted to thethobhewhe latter day selntsaint church and mabwasmasmae baptibaptisedbaptizedsed anthonanthous being a eurious ladiad read bmwsome of hishiahiehla grandogrondograndmgrondoothergrancbwthereetherother so may booksbooke and soeoon after wabwaswae converted O he wnaawaemaa baptizedbaptised anon nay 15p15 1856 at the age of thirteen he mswaswae calledled on hiskishiekle first aleaiemiamissaieeioneionbionblon he waswesweawegwag to taehtaahtaekfaehteachbeashbeack the emigrating ambaxmbaaeaberes of the church tegliehtegmegilahliehah8h to dis- tribute tracts sndandwa help the edere40 thiathierhiaa aielmielmialwlad anon lasted for four and one halfkaigkeig yre and durduring thisthlethiea tinetime he traveled without puree or script when he webmebweswaswaemee sixteenaixteens mearsmeersyears of age he beeme presipresidentpreeidentpresidontprepeeeidentdontdenkdenb of the aalborg branch and weswasae lain charge of all the roundingsurroundingsureur brancheswrenchesbranwranwrencheschee two

pa 0.0 years later heho emigrated to utah after arriving in mt p1pleaeantpleaseant9 in 1861865 he helped to organize026organise the firstglrst sxmdayswwaysawway school in that city heho rymalrymelreaainedregainedned in ktmt pipleaeantpleaseant until 1mam1870 when he moved to ephraimEphEpraiarataraimhrala before leaving mt pleasant he had betmetmekmeb sarahsarehbarah ann bersontereonpetereinPepetereonpeterwm fromryoefrotro fohraiaephraiaFohfphephraiamEphraiadelayelm a daughterteeter of stake presidentPreeident canute PeterPebersontereonwersonpatersonsoin they were aeryAMRYammyamryried anon leyidywojtojtay 221 1111 70 zova wmeriagemavmev carriedaarriedried 0 ito170 in the saltsaitsaizsaib lake zovutcaple after hishie aarriaseaarriase he wadwabwaswae called on a aieaianxisvlan to and4naviaseandinaviascandinaviaA several ybarsyears later behe returned tto thisthie slissassaesmis adadxieaonon thisthie tine to nnepromnopresidee over iteibeit an netleeactive church wabersmabersmabergneaber heho heldheidhold laygaymaymany church positions after c-

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tilingsettling in &mpetesanpete county in 1874 lielleilee became a amober of the smpetesanpete stake high counclltcowancowmn he later became& thebhee sukstake cleftclerk and still later acted asaa swarsmarswaysunday school superintendent in i4raimrfiiraia in 1688 he vacwaswac appointed assistassistmtaeaietantmt to the president of the mantinanumanu dpiplepie then in 1889 he wabwasmesmaameaNBC aednedcalledued to be an apostle of thethobhekho church in additiontionblonklon to being soeo actively engaged in hishiehib church he worked at weymeyV trmarmtrader aumlanong which vereweremere ralrelfanfarm laborerlaborers henenhemenhamem shopchop arkerwrker aheeaakeraheeshewshweaakerwekermekerlmramr private tutor telegraph peraterpoperatorperapezepeveteratoraterp sndsudandsaad photographer ibkteinnimn waswaawea eleealee actively engaged in civiecivicclyle affairsaffaira having sorfserveded anon the iutlutjutmount pimmtpleaeantpleaseant city council mdam anon the utah territorial legislatureslature in october of al1l11ugi he beattebeotte presidentfidentaident of the nantikantinentl tmjd3ttapletrapleit wotwevwe dmnymnyeare later he vabwabvaawas called to precidepreeidesideaidealde over the Bureuropeanbuyeuyopean missicemissichmieeion and ioso wasweswaaweamesmea nelmsneimsrelereleasedreleaeedasedaeed111 aroamo hiskishiekle boldtpositionpoeitionpoldt asae presidentneapreaidentprenewalmataidentsuwat of the tampletampie inha 1897 behe filled a admeacmeieeion to Palepalestinepaleetinepalestirteetineskine andendaraanaarm syria to ordorgorfaniorfaniaeorganiseorganisheniseaniseenisaae the wasbers

there into branebraneheebramthesokesheekwe henthenhwnrhen in 1900 he beeaae hurch historlmkietorianhiahlaKietorian 0

PrepresidentpreeidentprosidantProspresidAnteidentsedentsidenb lund Wvaaweswea called into the firstneetneat hmesidewfrecidmey of the churekchurch when jeaephjoaephjmwyh F selthsoithsmith becalbeeambecam the eidtheixth irpresidentpreaidentprea ent ofaident the cheahchwahchurchy he soservedeerved for seventeeneeventeenleanteenkwan yeanyeam vathwith PresiftPrepresiftntpresidentpreeidenteidentnt saithth in thisthiethle9 capacity and later he mewaeweewea first oouneelor1waw to Prepresidentpreeident9eidentsidenb& hebekobehobeheber J oltarant for three 3 redsrodsrowsyears until hishlahiekia deethdeath in 1921 he WMwaswes amonceonee askedsaem br thitoatstoatat 14leading priliprimiprinciple hishiehig life wdhad been guided fteateto tiobkiskhlchkickhiob he rerepliedod efteraftererter a mantmmnt of dpdeep thomatthom&tthoughthoughtithoughtytit 1 I haeahavehawa w4wa iilwaye endeavored to find out khoatat isie right and thenthan do40 ittitslbslka1

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jehnjohn Q T mcauietermcquieter 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 thisthiathie bame year they started for utah arriving on october 1 1851

after coming to utah he wabwaswaa employed in mervmerwmenymany different wayssmaysswayes blaokaaithlithmithokeithokmithok rpenterepentercarpenterrpenterenber aill worker salt takslakslaketakeleke city nargarrehalmarehalmarehangarshalpMa shaiashaipshalp territorial rahalbarahalmarahalamrshalsMa chief of salt lakelekee fire department he took an active part in utahsutah early dramatic productions and wabwebvacwasweswaw very active in civic fairefeirefeiraaffairsaf he vabwabvaewas elected majormejor of the leeondsecondaeeond battalion of the nauvoo legion in the salt lake aubarymilitary district in april of 1851 he vacvecwasweswea calledled on a aieaionmissicamissioa to j&iglandrngang in 1840ls601860 he ffilleded another mission to the united states and europe laterdalerdeterdeber he waswaawae bentbantsent to st george anon a mission with president brbrightabrighaa rounyoumtounyoun here he becam stake president and wabwaswa aboalsoaisoalaoabw appointed an assistant to wilford woodruff a then president of the stS george itapleumpledumple in 1893 he weswasmeswaw& called to assist in the salt lakelakoleko templeremple widmid ateraberlaterlaber in the mentimantimenki he became presidentpreeident of thiethlea temple when anthon H launiI1 wadwedwasmasmeswae relereiereleasorreleaeedreleasodasedaeedasodebed to become presidentprepneeidentsidenb of the european missionmiaMiesionsloneion he presided until hishiehib death in 1906 5

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lewiewirwie andereonanderaonapdorsoAndereon4 danledanialewie andersonanderdonAnderdonereon ionbonson of andersanderaandere andersonanderaon and anna olson wadwaswa bornworn on october 24 18501830 at rickrickeberghickeberghickeborgHickebergeborg sweden his fathrcathrratherfather left sweden in 1855 and sailedballed for the united states leaving hishiahiehla family behind until he couldco sendbendbond for lhertheathem thisthiarhia he did in the spring of 1857l857 tirthetyrtym feallyfamily1yay lived in iowa for about two ybaryearyears before startdartingstartlaginglAg for utah although only4 nine yearbyearsyeara of agage lwislewie walked all the waymay 6 frofrom missouriMiaeouri to utah he keaneaweswaswaewea baptibapuzedbaptizedbaptiaedsedaedawd a ambermember of the church when he wasweswaewee tentonbenbanwen yearsyeara of age in IM he married nutmutkarymarymery ann crowther henthenrhen in 1675 he waswae calleded on a mission to theuhm northweatemnorthwentem slabasskalesstatesswales in 1w418 he rospondrospondekreepondedrospondeded to a aaa&callU to rulfruiffulfill a second adestmicronon to the aalbalsawbamesame area between thesetawse two aieaieeionemismlsnissionejeione resporespondingrAing to a callceliceilceils he labored in connection with the eancaneonconstructionconatructionconstconattrucructiontionkionklon of the nantimonti tempietemple in 18881388 resroerespondingrespreepondingreeprwe onding to0 another callcalicail1pap he again came to nanzinenzimantimenzl to resumereaume templelamplelampie tomrkrk thisthiethle tinelinetimebimekime asae a recorder 7

lawislamislewie andersonmaersonAndersonereonevson waitwailwallwaswae a aenaanmanmen of unfalteringubfalunfal zeringbering faithth and devotiondev tion to the hoepelooepelgcopel of jesue christ whenevwwnomyear a cacallcalicailU aacamea& he wasweswaawaewea ready he wasweswaa a confidant and truebrusbruetrusted ranaanwanwenman of Apoeticapostle orsonoreon hyde and hheidheld continually important church positions he wasweswaewee a teacher and superinauperin trinitbrinit of sundarsundaySIAsyaay&y schools a ward endandemd stake officer in the muturtutuala& Is and a roenroanHCMM missionary he alsoalao heldheidhold the position of stake tithing clerk andmad webwabwaswaewee presidentpreeidentpre ofaidenteident the south sanpetesanpoto stake for nineteen yearyearsa he alsoaleo

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0 served as assistant president of the kantiyanti temple 9 at the death of president john D T mcallisterMcAllieter he was asked to take over the duliesdutiesdulles of the president but nebmebvaawasmes not actually set apart until 1925 he 10 served in taistalethisthie positionpoaition anuunuunlit1 hishiahla death in 1933 president andersonanderaon wasweswaawea a very spiritualspiapiritual and kindykindly man andwidmid hiehlohiohib advice waswesmeswaeweg boughtdought by gny hiahlahidhits motto in life honesthonest luck 11 amcan be roundfound on lne fly leaf of many of hishiahla early books

9 ideOP p0pap 40 10 interview with mrsmre abelmbel siwnssizoidonasians of bantitmantitmanti utah daughter of lewielewitt Andeandersonanderaonramsramo june 1991959 11 IRS C crowther lockrs 2 citaciteit 83

roaldrobldrobert miimiadixon tounetoungyoung robert Ddixionon young webweswaswa boabomborn in kirkentollock scotland in the year 1867186 to archibald M young and earyyarymary graham helielleile came to 12 utah with his parents in 1872 they milledsettleddellied in salt lekelake9 city and were there for about a year before going to richfield sevi-saylersaylorr county 133 utah where he spent hishie boyhoodboyboyhoodshoodshoode on july 595 1871875 he was baptizedbaptised a nwmemberber of the church of jesus christ of latter day saintsaints cnon mary 14 october 28 111891 p he married S parkerpapker all hishiehid lifeilfee he hasheshaehatshebrhegr benbeen veryyeryveny active in hishiehib church holding various positions therein in 1896 he was called to be a member of the sevier stakeS e high council later he became the second counselorcounscouneelor in the setiersetlersevierseyler stake presidency then on september 18 1910 he wabwaswaa belsetactaebeeb apart asae president of that stake 15 altogether he served for thirty years as a member of the presidency of that stake president young 16 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 roberthobertbobert D young was a contractor he was a pioneer in the building of reservoirs he later becalbecambecanebecame vice president of the national irrigation organization 17

12 jenson 9opjpj p altialtiscit s appp 74379743 79 13 interview with robert dixon youngyoungq saltmdtsalbsaib lake utycity july 1959 14 15 jenson loc citezaecivedawzaw idaldaide0 16 interview with robert dixon young loc cit 17ibid 89

robert dixon young became president of the manti temple in 1933 after the death of president lewislewiedowlsdowle andersenanderson helieife wabwaswae preslpresiprebipresidaatt for nearly tenton years during which time the golden jubilee of the manti tempietemple was colebrcelebratedatod 1938 during the time that he waswae president of the tupletupietempletempie it wabwaswae decoratedredecoratedre president young and his wife assisted in the work she made the drapes and curtcurtainselnisainiseints and picked out the nevnewnow furniture while he helped bithvithwithmith some of the heavier borkvorkworkmork it was during his administration that the flight of stairs which deecdescendedaedawdmed down 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 landscape

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 lakelekee city he spent the next six years in this capacitytapetapatepecity in 1949 he was called to be the president of the salt lake temple which position he was released from in 1951954 due to the deedecdoedeclininging health of his wife since that time he has been employed asan IS18 aIL receptionist in the church office ribuilding1iding in salt lekelakee city when asked by the author for a statement as to his philosophy president loundyouwyoumyoung saidt therhe philosophy of myy wirwifewirea and I1 isin the assame our first duty is to the church and fronfrom our youth up we have loved our felloreliofellowomfellowaenuaenwnmwomwaenumen we always felt that the gospel of our lord and savior jesus christ was the biggest thing in all the world and the greatest question that confronted the human race and that it

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shouldshobhodho have a preponderating influence in every heart be true to god and your felfellowmenlowmen we feel that there is no call in1 the world worth striving forrorfor that hasnthasnchasn it god in it

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lewis robert anderson one of the most loved and respected church leaders of today is lewis robert andersenanderson 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 greensgreenagreen 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 20 states where he served asan counselor to president ben E rickric by trade lewis reR anderson was a livestock rancher always a prominent citizen of sanpete county he was vice president of manti city bankbenkbanks director in various business enterprises and active in the 21 development 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 temstomstometerms in the state legislature where he was speaker of the house during his second term he has aimalmalsoalbo been a delegate to the republican national convention in addition to his civic activities he has always been very active in his church having heldheidhold practically every position in the 22 young mensmen matualmutual improvement association he also served over fifteen years asan president of the south sansotesanpetesanpote stake succeeding his 23 father he wabwaiswalswalbwas called to be the president of the manti temple in 24 1949 he served faithfully in this position until he was released

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nn 1959 being a man of even temperament and great love for his felfellowmenlowmen president anderson has gained the love of all who know him 93

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 is a graduate of the university of utah on april 2 1931 he married mary poulsen of manti while living in manti he served one tamtemterm as a member of the manti city council in 1932 president peterson was set apart as an assistant recorder in the manti temple he later became 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 13519513551955 when he was called to the los angeles templetempie to act as chief recorder in april of 1958 he was called to newnow zeazealandd to 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 25 apart for this position on may 23 1959 he has always been active in church affairs among the many positions that he has heldheidhold are counselor in the manti north ward MIA superintendency counselor in the presidency of the eiderselderselders1 quorum assistant sunday school superintendent ward clerk and member of south sandatesanpetesanpate stake high council eleven years and first counselor 26 in the westwood second ward bishopric los angeles stake

25 deseret news may 4sas4 1959 26 manti messenger may 7 1959 bibliography balbaemae arringtonArringtonttons lawardleonard J gleatgreat baainbaglnbagan upalogionyioyupalong cambridge 3 harvard universityunivereityUnivervarsityeltyeity prokeppreaeprosep 1958 carter kate Bbe comp eartheartai1i throbthrobs 9of theth0 seabveatwettwestweat vol I11. ad3d ededeode rerifdrevis & vol iliIII111 saltbaitsaikseiksalkselk lake9 city daughterdaughteredaughteryDaughlersterebers of the utah Pionplonpioneerseera 1947 deuDaudauotersdaughteradaughteryDaughOtersterstera of the utah pioneerplonewb of sanptsamptsanpeto county thesethose qmerierjour fatherfagher springvillespringviuoSpringville utahlutahtutacht art city publishing cocoop 1947 gottfriocxgottfrdsongottfridson peter ekpocoapcompeoapewpo & ededeeedeoodee historyhietoryhistory1oxof ai&aindian11aibadlan oepredtion09pre tiow inja auhuuh salt lerelakeleke0 citticitycityiI1 skeltonskeiskellontonbon Publpublishipubliskipublithingpublishingishing co 1919 homehornshorne alicec9ca merrillNermerrill devoteesdevoteeermtaegDevoteeseeeewe indand their shrineetShrishrineletwragnestneetqg t A hand Mbookk of art salt lakeleke citticitycibycityi the deseret kewkegnewnews iga1914 jeasonjensonjenwon andreuandrevandrouandrewandrow utterdutardutan daydey aw a2mbumibiographical encyclopediaeam vol I1 saltbaitsalbsaib lakslake0 olurcityolly andrew jensonjansongenson history cocoop 1901 layrleverleyer w Hhe hiswryhistoryhiatoryhishiahlaWrY of0f sanpete4npe and aryry countiesQewtowtCountUlesleeiee ogden utah t published by the author imsime1898 santisantlmanti centennial camittee sansoosonY of a century kentikentlkantiimantikantini centennialCenoentomial committees 1949

ConkiemcconkiemoconkiemcconklesMoMcConkleskieskleg bruce RH horom doctrine299229 2 salt lakea city bookcraftbookoraftBookobookcraftpraft incineaine9 195819580 robertsroberta brifhaabrigambrighm H coapirehenaiyebaw2awtiganetigave aulm of theehaswhas church vol iliIII111 salt lake citescitytcitys deseret nevanewsnewnnowa preas 1930 sloan robert W ed and comp utah gazetteergaxetteeretteeretteen and directory salt lakee ollys herold printing and Publicpublishingpublichingpubliehinghing co 1884 taitaliagetaloageTalrageoagemage jalejamsjamejamedjamba EK dotherhee haghouseH of lasthetastaejasjae lordlovdlarjofarjo salt lakelekee citescitytcitys deseret newnegsewasemanews press t911912

edw e S damnwamnwarr noble edeedode kuhutah sinceaincoainoo statehood i salt lake citycibycityt J clark bUshingpubushingpublaahingPu cocopcov 1919

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articles Periodicperiodicalsalaalbaib and pamphletsletsletb andersenanderson lewis R the manti templetempietemplet the Inroimroimprovementvement era XII part imarchkmatchkmarch 1908 414418414 418 cardon P V beautifying manti temple grounds the improvement era XXIX part INovinovenberinoyflmberenberember 1925 68 church of jesus christ of latter day saints manti zm2templetempiee golden jubilee nptapt church of jesus christ of latteriatter day saints 1938 church of jesus christ of latter day saints the nantinentlmantimania ttopletropleoniokiont e salt lake cityt church of jesus christ of lastlatterlateererdayer day saints 1947 the contributor ujulyixjulyIX July 1888 355

the deseret Evenieveningrst news2waw salt lakee city 185218520 1877 1878 187918799 1882 1884 1885 1887 1888 the deseret news salt lakelekee city 1938 1959 the home sentlalsentinalsentenalSenSentlaltaitaltinaltinai kentlnentlmanti t 1886 judd andrew jackson A history of manti bantitmantitmanfcit manti south ward church of jesus christ of latter day saints 1959 the latterletter rusalday saintg1I1 millennial starstare Liverliverpooltpoolt 1877 18891188 am a it improvement era tandtundlundiundI1 Awilliam in manti stands holy house the xlijunexlljune 1936 332 the manti messenger 1959

missionary service at the manti tempietempleteiTeaapieaple the improvement era XXX october 1927s1927 P 1128 ordenoedenogden daildelldelidailydallydellyy Jourjournalnalenaie 1883 peterson william H the miracle of the mountains mantimentibantitmantitt published by the author 1921942

the territorial enquirer provo 1 1883 tylerlylercyler daniel temples 11 juvenile instructor xvlmayxvimay 1 1881 106

utah genealogical and historical nadMaskagmagazineazine XIxi1920xl19201920 p 83 96 williams J V temple manifestations the contributor XVIxvimarchxvlmarchnanchmanchMarch 1895 31231210

LMpublishedunpublished materials church of jesus christ of latter day saints minutes of meetings held in the manti tabernacle 188218851882 1885 handwritten council of twelve letterlatter to william folsom aidaldmd canute petern april 17 1879 handwritten copy ol01of original in possession of P C PatpetPetepetersonpeteroonpatervonreonroonereonervon ephraim utah cox howard letter to the author june 25 i9601960 in possession of the author coxgox walter leletterlotterlouterlter to temple recorder nd manti temple file church historians office salt lake city hansenhanson klauskiausus J the theory and practice of the political kingdom of god in mormon history 182918901829 1890 unpublished masters thesis department of history brigham toungyoung university 1959 journal history of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints church historianhistorians office salt lake city june 14 1849 Microfilmmicrofilmedod manti temple day book church historians office salt lake city manti temple historical record vols I1 & II11 manti temple manti utah manti temple letter book manti temple manti utah manuscript in possession of frank cox of manti utah munkmonk elizabethellzabetheilzabethzabethzaboth cftwfordctewford arly&rlyfiarly history of manti n microfilmed brigham young university library records of the manti temple association manti templettemplertempier fantinantimantimantl utah sanpete stake record church historianhistorians office salt lake cityolty novNoynovemberember 17 1877

sidwell adelia B history of manti n sanpete stake record church historianhistorians orfofforrofficeorficeorricej ce salt lake city

sidwell adelia B rereminiscencesiscences of early manti 11 typewritten MS manti city library 97 st george temple letter book church historianhistorians office salt lake citticityi Uhtitleduntitled manuscripts 2 church historians office salt talakee city typewritten likerwalkerwaiker charles L diary vol II11 typewritten copy of original brigham young university library

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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 christiansenChristlanseniansen june 1959

9 personal interview with seynourseymour christensen jurevjuneojune 1959 personal interview with howard cox june 1959 1960

personal interview with edwin jensen june 17 1960o196019600

personal interview with B F larsenlaroenlarnen july 1959 personal interview with mrs abe livingston june 1959 perdopersopersonal interview with fred markham july 16 1960 personal interview with oscar nielson june 1959

personal interview with A bent peterson president june 195199195919571959. july 2 1960

personal interview with mrs mabel SsinanonsSinasing onenons junesjuneaune 1959

personal interview with robert D young july 1959 A HISTORY OF thlnneTHETOK MANTI tlletldeTWLETEMPLE

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the history of the kentikentlmantlmantimenti temple in a bensebenoesensesenee began the first winter the mormon pioneers spent in sanpete valley because of the extrewextreiaerextrew cold they moved to temple hill for protection this isatsabamecame hill later became the site of the temple it had been predicated by heber C kimball that a temple wowould somedayeomeday be built on thisthiathib spotapot by 118731373 plansplanepiane were being made to this enderaenaerm preparationpreparations for constructionconscone tructruetion were boonsooneoon in progress and on april 25s25 1877 the sitecite was dedicated by president brigham young following a church cooperative policy the manti temple district was organizedorganised it consisted of ten stakes in the vicvicinityty near the temple Committecommitteesos were betsetsebeebbeb up in each communitycoranconanunity within this district for the purpose of supplying the construction needs wilwllwilliam

H folsom superintendent of construction and president canute tarbontereonpetersonpatersonPe hishiehib resistantassistantaesistant served underwiderwyder the direction of the council of seivewelveselyetwelve apostles subervisupervi8up6rvising the policies in connection with the construction the laying of the comercorner stones took place on april 14 1879 according to church procedure the stones were laid in the fonfoUronfollowingowing orderorders southeast southwest northwest 0.0 and northeast the con- ststructionruction of the walls began shortly therthereaftersaftersarterearter they were built of oolite stone quarried from eaeleartearb of the building site stone cutting shops saw mills a machine shopchop andend a stone crushing shop were set

1 2 up to aid in the erection of the building due to a growing population in manti and the economic ad- vanvancementcement of the people the period between 1877 mdandend 1888 was one in which considerable building was done theche people of the temple district exhibited great sacrificial devotion effecting the construction kanykenymany of the workers were ak9kskilled in their crafts and industrious in the performance of their work the cost of the finished temple was 99199181991991.81 of which amount the sandatesanpetesanpate stake contributed s2748150274 9 8150815.0 5 the cooperative movement was exemplifiedexamp1ified by the relief socleSociesocietysocietystys wearingweavingweeying rugs community fund raising projectprojectsel 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 comnoditiescoiraoditiesnodi ties 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 bebelongingging to the iatterlatterlabber day saint church because of polygamy persecutions the temple was dedicated on the twenty first twenty second and twenty third of hayheymaymey 1888 lorensolorenzo snow gave the dedicatory prayer underor the direction of wilford woodruff since this tlioelime only r-

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