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A History of the Manti Temple A History of the Manti Temple

Glen R. Stubbs Brigham Young University - Provo

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A HISTORY OF THE MANTI TEMPLE

A thesis

presented to the

department of history

brighamBrig youngharmharahamm university

in partial fulfillment

of the requirements for the degree

master of science

by

glen R stubbs

july 1960

LE

hoeACEhogPREFACE

As a resident of sandates&npetesanpate county for some years my interestnaturally focuses upon the mantihanti templetempie research into the history

of this particular building indicated that very little had been

written concerning theuieulenie history of its planning and construction

the scope of this study covers the period between 1891849 and

1960 with the most concentrated research on the period between 18771377

and 1888 this thesis represents an attempt to give an accurate

history of the mantihantimantlmenti templetempie in order that local residents interested

scholars the latter day saint people and others alightmight gain a better

insight into the history pertaining to this building every attempt

has been made to search all attainable primary sources because of

the inaccessibilityccessibilityaccessibility of somebomedome source material this history is not as

complete in detail as it otherwise could be however it does give

an insight into the problems faced by the early settlers of manti and

gives a basic account of the planning construction and dedication

of the temple later improvements andend additions to the temple and

grounds as well as its religious significance in the community are

also described

main sources for this research have been newspapers church

periodicals the sanpete stake records minutes of meetings heldholdheid in

the manti tabernacle 18821885183218851882188518821832 unpublished1885 manuscripts at the

church historianhistorians office in salt lake city manti temple historical

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senaenabnbannan thankthanks to them and alao to rrskramrs laraeaar1ar

kinder of Huntingthuntington utah for the mounting of the picturespic

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am particularly grateful to howard cox of manti who has

been so helpful to me in my research above all I1 am indebted to my

wife kay for the typing of the manuscript and for her continued

interest and support during the writing of this history

hrsmrsmra mabelfabel

slibbonaS prankfrankprenkbrenk9p cox hrsmrs elvauvaeiva christianerchriatianaenchristianemChriatianChristi joeephjoesphanem judd edwin jeneen

mrameameb abeabsabwlbs livingstonLivin Jgeton hattenbattenhatton carpentercarpntercarpanter anaantienaencienli jamood olaon of mantihantlnanti

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bapeciallylepeci&14 to ordr leaselituaaellbasel Bbo Swenswensensenaenwmagn

profeaaorressorfessorresaor of history iirighamilrigham young university for hishiahla timely and

helpful suggestions and to dr nusselrussel R rich and gustive 0 darsonderson

associateaftsooiateassoclateasso professorsproclabeclate offeor the church history department Aae williamwliilamdi lundiah49

assistantabiAeiabl churchtant historianhiatorianhlaHiahis andboriantorianborlan his staff

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compilation of this history

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temple presidentPre andsidenbaident lewielewisdeniedemis R andersonanderaon and robert D young

retired templelamplelampie presidents thanks aisoalaoalso to jamesjamea andersonanderaon mr

C peterpeberbonaoneon wilford breinholt fanniepannie thompsonihoapeon oscar nielsonnieMie

seymour

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christensenchrisChriachrls andbenbenteneenlensen mariehavle laramlarwnlarvm of Ephephraimephreimraiareimrelm andend B PF larsen

anclanciand fred markham of provo

photographs werewam furnishedfumia byhed the church historianshistorianatorianaHis office

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

pagePREFACE

vi

chapterTHE SETTLING OF MANTI 1

II11III111liilit A TEMPLE IS PLANNED 15

111IIIlii THE construction PERIOD 187718881877 1888 25

1 the construction2 financing the temple3 workers and their skilled crafts4 the manti temple association5 the building program and economic development6 the faith of the people

IV THE dedication 60

V LATERlacer developments AND significance OF THETOILnoidnold TEKPUTEMPLE 66

1 finishing landscaping and additional improvements2 significant aspects of the temple

APPENDIX 81

bibliography 94

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CHAPTER I1

tozTOATHEnoztwe SETTLINGSETTLDG OF MANTIKANTInantimantl

situated in the south central part of the state of utah

surrounded bybyrbye the wasatch mountains the hanti temple has been seen

by thousandisthousands of tourists who have marveled at its beauty its archi-

tectural design and the unique history which surrounds

the city of manti is located on the eastern side of the sanpete

valley one hundred twenty miles south of salt lake city the altitude

is 5548548 feet above sea levels the 5topitch valley more commonly

known as sanpeteSan ispete sixty miles in length with an average width of

thirty miles and contains about 1820 square miles it takes its2name from sanpitchsianpitchsanditchSanSian chiefpitch of the indians who lived in the valleyvalleysveiley

these natives known as the sanpitchessempitchesSanSemsam werepitches an independent branch of

ute indians sanpitchsanditchSan waspitch a brother of the ute chief walker

when the settlers arrived in the valley the hill on which the

manti templeteepleteepietepletepie now stands was gray in color and not very attractive to

the eye the soil which covered it was shallow and shaly As there

were no streams that flowed over its semibarrensemi surfacebarren the vegetalegeta3tion was stunted and dwarfed this hill is marked by the outcrop of a

W H leverlover history of01 undenesanpeteundete and klum counties ogdenutahtutahlutacht published by the author 1811898191 p 11

ble warrum ed utah since statehood salt lakkelake citticityicitytS J clanisclarisclarkclarnc publishing co 1919 p 519

gillian H peterson the miracle of the mountainsmountain hantimantiipublished by the author 1942 p 6

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jameajamesdames E imagetalaagelaagetalamage theme house12u of the lord salt lakeleke citticityicitytdeseret

beeleeeeenews press 1912 ppap 224225224

peter

225

gottfredson compcoap & ed history of indianmianmlanwiandepredationsdepreddedred in utahuta salt lake cityicitys skelton publishing co 1919ppap 31731317 31831

entoontoente saltsait lakeleke valley onan the twenty fourth

of july 718847 the mormonscormons had comcoaecamchae west because of the persecutions

they had suffered in illinois due to their religious convictions at

this binstinebime the greatgroatgreab badinbasinhasinhadin was part of the territory belonging to

mexico with no one living there except the indianindians and a few white

trappers

the settlingnettling of manti in 113491849 was due to the encouragement of

one of the indian chiefs walkertalkerwaiker whoP clairedclaiaed lordship over sanpitchsanditchSan

valley

pitch

it is purported that he had a remarkablerettar dreamkablekabie in about 1840

the following is a white manamansnana account of ithe died and his spirit went to heaven

he saw the lord s sittingittingbitting upon a throne dressed inwhite the lord told him he could not stay hehad to return he desired to stay but the lordlardtold himhiahla that he mlatmistmot return to earth that therewould colcomcosm to hlahiahim a race of white people thatwould be his friends and he mustoustmot treat t hekindly

wellweilweli stratified and evenly beddedbeaded deposit of oolite thisthiathib oolite ieis

of uniformuni grainroriaforrA and of a fine cream color this is a granular rock

the separate particles of which are minute spheroids consisting of

concentric layers of calcium carbonate the stone peara under a lens

not unlike fish roe hence the name oolite literally meaning eggstoneeggetoneeggeggeeggs 4tonestoneslone

tempietomale

spiapi are or

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2

the history of steplettepletom hillaleaie doesdoosdowsdoob not start with the construc-

tion of the temple in 1877 but goes back to the early pioneer days of

utah under the leadership of the greatgroatbreal colonizer brigham young a

group of mormon pioneers entered

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shortly after the pioneers had established themselves in the

salt lake valley chief walker with twelve of his tribe met in

council with president brigham young and other leading men of the

mormon church these indians had come to ask brigham young to send

colonists into the sanpitchsanditchSan valleypitch to teach the indians how to build

homes and till the coilsoil during the proceedings of this council which

convened on june 14 1849 at salt lake city walker remarked I1 was

always friendly with the cormonsmormonsMor asmons I1 hear what they say and remember

it it is good to live like the mormonscormons and their children I1 do not

care about the land but I1 want the mormonscormons to go and settle itan exploration party left in august of 1849 with walker as a guide

they returned with the recommendation that a colony be located in the7valley

preparations were made in the fall of 1849 to send a group of

pioneers into the sanpitchsanditchSan valleypitch to establish the new settlement at

the october conference isaac morley charles shumway and seth taftwere placed in charge of a company of fifty families men women and

children these pioneers arrived at the present site of manti on the

nineteenth of november 1849 isaac morley a veteran of the war of

1812 one of the founders of far west missouri and later a member of8the council of fifty and the legislative council of the territory of

journal history of the church of jesus christ of latter daysaints church historians office salt lakecityl&kecityLakeleke juneCity 14 1849microfilmed

7lever op02 citcite t p 12

0kiausklausklaub J hansen the theory and practicepracProc oftice the political

kingdom of god in mormon history 182918901829 unpublished1890 mastersthesis dept of history brigham young university p 199

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Badaadsaaa sidwelldwells history of nanti sanpete5&npeteSan stakepete recordchurch historians office salt lakeleke city p 4

ibid ibid

opa084

teftstafts

bearssfearss

tectedteated rmafrom inclement weather william H peterson in his booklet

rhethe miracleminamila ofot thehet m9untainsmountainsam&m

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9utah medemadenade a prophetic statement as they neared nantimanti when he said

there is the termination of our journey in close proximityty to that

hill god willing we will build our city 10

some aeorbers of the company desired that they go farther south

possibly where the present city of gunnisongunQun standsnison others doubted the

desirability of establishing a settlement near such an unproductive

hill seth zafttaftzart one of the leaderslead voicingersoerss his feelings saldsaid this

is only a lonslonglongsions narrow canyon and not even a jack rabbit culdauld exist

on its desert soil favoring the altesite which had the approval of

president drighaadrighmdright loungyoungs was isaac morley more connollycoaroonlyconnonlyeonconeom knownnonly as

father morley he spoke to those in doubtdoubts sayingaingsyings this is our

in spite of all their problems fears and doubts the colonists

were willing to accept the site which had been selected for themthea a

short distance south of the hillwith the near approach of winter father morley advised the

settlers to move to the south side of the hill so that they might be

protected

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the primitive settlementsettgett thuslement established wasin reality a cluster of pioneer wagons grouped to-gether for protection in the midst of rank underbrushit occupied a small speck of ground amid thousands ofsquare miles of rugged mountains and virgin valleywhere the only living things were wild animalsstrange plants and tribes of savage indiansindiana

each wagon was a home for a family servingas kitchen dining room bedroom and parlor it wasprotected from the elements by a sheetshoot of clothstretched over the bowsbowbog of the wagon box hardly hadthe circle of wagons been established and a few trailsmade through the surrounding underbrush when thesnow began to fall obliterating the trails and cover-ing the ground to a depth of two feetfootfoet freezingweather followed crusting the snow and covering thestreams with ice A long hard winter was ahead ofthese settlers a winter in which most of their cattlewere to starve or freesefreeze to death J

realizingRearaa theirlising inadequate protection against the severity of

winter storms and freezingfreefreb temperaturessingaing the settlers turned to the

hill for protection digging holes in the side of it took several

days for it proved to be for the most part layers of solid stone

this was however a blessing in disguise as the hill proved to be a

valuable stone quarry which was later utilized these dug outs

which they built had smokesnoke vents at the rear and though crude from our

standards of today gavegaye the settlers a comparative degree of comfort

and warmth theilietlletyle pioneers lived under these adverse conditions until

the following spring when they were able to start building log cabins

and tilling the ground mrs adelia B sidwell a pioneer girl of

this period describes the first winter in the valley

although the depth of snow wasc3fromwaecjfron indianlegend unprecedentedctheunprocedentedcthe winter was not so vigorousas some have been known the weather being for themost part cloudy with but little wind after the

3petersonl3petersonopeterson3 opoil012peterson cit op ppap 787 8

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basCALhnsbri ancy onan the encrusted and crystallizedenow eo cm rendering nearly all the men snowenowblind and the little boysboye now madeaademede themselvesavailable by leading the aensenmenabn to the warm springspringewhere their labor waronlywaymar ended at nightfall to beresumed in the morning snowlsnow snowenowsnowlI1 wllenow I1

nothing whatever to reebreefrestrebbreatreab the vision upon but onevast expanseexpansesexpenseexpenses and dreary monotonous waste ofsnow and while the cattle were faring thusbadly the people themselves were none too wellprovisioned and general feelingreeh of anxiety pre-vailed throughout the campcsap

in addition to climatic difficulties the pioneers were

faced with another trying event a rattlesnake plague one warm

spring day they heard a hissing sound it startled lheatheathenthemwhen and to LCU

amazement they found that the hill which had served as their pro-

tector during the winterswinter was now a dendon of spotted backed rattlesnakesanakessruLarhlarbakeakevkwa

comameementcooaenoement of the deposits until the feb-ruary sun oamecamecamoalaal out and reflecting jicj itsbrilliancy

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n the whole camp was alerted to action asaisats the menmannen fought

this deadly foe with the aid of pine torchestor clubschess guns stones

and any other available weapon that would destroy the snakes

this

15

continued for several days before the pioneers were able to get

rid of the saakesnakessnakeanakesanake the rattlers would go into their holes at dawn

and then come out again at dusk oxon the south slope of the hillthey would crawl under wagon boxes the dwarfed underbrush the wood

pilespilepliesplis and into the dug outoutsoub the remarkable feature of this17experience was that not a singlelingle person was bitten by the snakes v

uadeliacadelia 13 didwell5idwellsidwellsdwellsSi reminiscencesinisconcesiniainis ofconces darly manti MS in thefiles of the mantimati city library p 3 typewritten

peterson15 op 16cit211altoltstieti ppap 9109 ijbdo10 ppap 1011loliloii10

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the reason for the invasion of the snakes at this particular time was

that this species of reptile do sicl most of their traveling in the

early evening and are most alert and dangerous when recovering fromcromcron

the camatosecajnatosematosecomatoseca state induced lyby the cold of winter 1

with grateful hearts for their deliverance from this unexpected

monacemenacemonaco the pioneers turned to the immediate task of building a settlementssettlement

the experience with the rattlesnakes made the settlers realize that

the gray hill was no longer an alluring refuge therefore they moved

away from their protecting dug outs

in the spring of 1850 lands were allotted each familyrandly and

such regulations entered into as would enable the settlers to secure0their squatterssquatter rightslt As a dense growth of sagebrush covered

the entire valley the settlers had to remove it before irrigation and

cultivation could begin because of the sevemseverabevera winter the

pioneers had only one team able to draw a plow through the desert

ground this team owned by jezreel shoemaker was used to break

small garden patches while the other animals were recovering from

the effects of the winter the colonists had a fair supply of seed

and within a short time they had green vegetables for food and the21colony was assured of permanence

mormon church government under the direction of priesthood

ibid prPetersonterson op cit p 11

20eli2abeth20eizaboth crawford munk early history of manti unpu-blished history brigham young university library p 6 microfilmed

212lleverelleverlever opoieole citcito p 15

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leadersleaderlender guided the people in religious matters and also in temporal

affairs this idea prevailed after the pioneers had arrived in the

great basin for manymeny years the bishop was also mayor one early

bishop said the priesthood has the right to dictate to the people

allailali kinds of duties to perform the lord spoke to brigham brigham

to the bishops and the bishops to the people

leonerdleonard J arrington great basinbabin kingdom bridgetcambridgetcambridgesCam

harvardbridges

university presspreas 1958

stinstsminst livestocklive thestook area outside the fenced por-tion was givengiyenglyenglyn to conmecomaonconmm pasturepasturespeature

8

the mormon

pioneers were willing to be obedient to ecclesiastical authority in

establishing newnow settlementsnetnotsot openingto general stores setting up

sawmills or whatever

before another permanent colony coaldcouldcoaid be established in

sanpete valley a religious organisationorganization was settoottoet up in mantim&ntimantlmenti with

isaac morley as the presidingpre elderoldereideridding A stake was later organizedorgani onzedsed

july 27 9 1854 withvithvilhwilh walcomwaicom chapman as president the stake at that

time was not completely organized with the auxilliaryauxillia organizationsry23functioning as they do today

the people of manti likeilke those of other early utah coaounities

depended upon the maxima use of all available land and water resources

for their survival dr leonardlaonard J arrington describes this early

land policypolicyx

farming lands in the mormon villages through-out the west were occasionally farmed cooperativelybut the usual rule was individual farming of eachplot however all farmingfroll landag was usually fencedin by cooperative effort in order to secure cropsagainst

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23 interview with L R andersonandersen past president of4 mantijune 1960 see also loyerleverloverleyer op pect 83830 o

t24arrington op citolt

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in thisthiothib settlement a general community plan existed wherein

ditches were constructed to carry the water from city creek to the

severalbeveral fields under the cooperative planpian of union of labor and divi-

sion of interests stock were driven by herd boys each morning to25a tract of land known as the range

the primary enterprises of these early settlers were farming

and hoaebuildinghomebuilding other industries and projects were as followfollowstfolrolroi

grist

lowes

millingbilling begun in january 1851 saw milling two saw millsmille

were started in 1852 road building A road was built north across

the swamp enan the west side of the valley stone cutting building

business houses public building and church buildingbuildingsbuildingsi butter and

cheesechoose making I1 and cattle and sheep raising this latter business

later became the leading industry of this region

about the first of julysjuly 1801850s chief walker and part of his

tribe numbering between five and seven hundred fresh from a success

ful raidmidraldreidnid against the shoshonesSho cameshones into the valley walker and his

braves pitched their wickiupswicki inups a large semicirclesemibemi east and south

of the settlement and theathem commenced to hold their feasts and war

dances in honor of their victory the demonstration lasted for two

weeks and caused the settlers muchmach anxiety as they feared that at any

momentmomant walker and his band of warriors would treacherously attack the27

newnow settlement brigham youngs policy that it is better to feed

layers woesORs citcltep p 79

andrew jackson judd A historyhiptorhaptor of manti manti ubahutahtutahutachtmanti

4south

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ward church of jesusjebusjedus christ of latterletter day saints 1959ppap 676

27

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thesethebe pioneer30houses were built of adobe and logs the deseret sveningevening news

mkank oii012oli citas psll211sli 5V

utah qenealoiticalgsjjdsj andmd historical magadinemagasinedmazaMaga XIsine 1920 p sas3semsSCMssema sourcessommes indicate that brighaabrighta toxmgyoms christened the

colony see lovers odeopeoueges citju po

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the indiana than to fight lheatheathembhea proved to be a wise one for the

settlers as the victorious utes remembered that thibthiathis great white

leaderleader1leaders had1 not madbadebadomadomed war upon themthea and so did not attack the

settlement

that first summrsuaxnr the settlersbettsett builtlere a bowery near their

winter camp where public meetingsweeneewww weretings helaheldhsia the most important

being the sabbath day worship thecne siretfirstsirat of thebhe meetingsceetingscebceeneb recordedtings

was heldholdheid on july 7 1850 with isaac horlymorlymorley presidingthe settlers decided that isaaclame morley should have the honor

of naming the colony he christened it mantinentlnantie in honor of one of

the cities in the book of borammonaonmoram 29

onom june 2 1852 the settlers began to build a fort in order

to protect themselves from any threats or attacks by indians the

stone from the hill waawaswea used to build it it required twenty six

working days from the commencement of the fort until it wagwas finishedfonan

shed

june 28 aen it was completed cabins were built close together

with the backs of the cabins close to the fort walls

be these at a ordedcorded

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to be the most reliablethe latter day saint church believesbeeboLbae theievesleveslevea book of 1monnonnonnonarmon to be

a record of an ancient group of people who once inhabited the cmtinconfirmcatinenta of north and south americaAnergmarjmar theyiealeaica accept this record to be theword of god as it waawas

mabermater s

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june 27 1852 stated

manti isin at last blessed with a strong fortit has a gategatsgabsgets on the westwantwebbweatwent side in the center of thewall and round bastions at the northwestnorth andwest south-east corners the wall is eight feet high and twofeet thick and is set upon a foundation of aboneatonestoneslonethrewthreethroe 31feet wide sylvester hulethulothuiet is the keeper

after thiathisthin fort was completed a larger fort was begun in the

sumersuler of 1851854 this fort was called the big fort it was built

in order to protect the homes of the settlers which were distributed

over a large area the fort was built chiefly of rock from the stone

quarry with large acobesadobes and other materials used in the construction

the walls measured twelve feet high three feet thick at the bottom

32and two feet thick at the tope it covered an area of nine square

blocks each twenty six rods square makingasking a total area of two

33hundred thirty four square rods

the gray hill later known as temple hill became a source

of good building stone which was used in the building of private and

public structures in manti and also in salt lake city william ward

an architect and sculptor carved a block of the stone for the

washington monument in the year 18521352 the stone which was three feet

longiong six and half inches thick and two feet wide was to be

placedpieced in the monument as a contribution from the state of deseretdebDec

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in the center wabwaewasmab the emblematic beehive under it the word

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aspect which has nearly been forgotten is the role temple

hill played in the lives of the younger children they loved to

climb the hill and see what they could discover imbeddedbeddedembeddedIm ineddedadded the

rocks were petrified fish and footprintsfootprintrootfootroob ofprintprints strange prehistoric

animals also many odd shellssholle of amphibious creaturescreati werewerirestrestreb to be

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in the summertimemamer thesetime lusty childrenwhiled away many happy hours of a quiet sundayafternoon hunting for flint arrowheads madewadewede byaborigines they hunted also for round stonesthey called bulls weseyesweb andend which in appearanceappeepperesembled

arancearancoin shape and design the eye of a bullbulibuil

the girls were particularly zealous in theirsearch for smallameilemeil white stones resembling pearlsand round black stones with smooth waxlikelikeilkesurfacesaw theseracesfacesraees they called jack stonesandstonehandStonestonosstoneswith

awd6wdsandthem they played the game of jacksjecks

in the autumn the pine trees on the hill were searched for

pine nuts in the winter monthsmonthe when it was covered with snow the

children would speed down it on homemadehome sledsslodsclodsmade while in the spring

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peterson w cit p 15theremorenorwnare werwerevere very few rattlesnakes on the hill at this time

although some of the older residents of manti can recall seeing somethere when they played on the hillhiuhin as children

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occurred when chief arropineatropineArr aopine brother to chief walker deeded the

entire county to brigham young trusteeintrustee trustlil for the church

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young lovers might be seen gathering bouquets of wild flowers on its37warmwamwarewaa slopes

soulesoolesome interesting incidentsJanci indents the early history of mantlhantimantimentirentinentl were

the calling of john lowrylawry sr as the first bishop of manti isaac

morley and charles shulay representing sanpete county in the utah

territorial legislature the incorporation of mantikantikentimentimantl as a oltycity on

february 5 1851185 if the election of dan jones as the first mayor

elected in april 185111851 the establishment of the post office in 1853

with george peacock asat the postmaster and the coming of a group ofQA

scandinavians in deoeaberdecDeo or

the chief of the utes at the death of walker on

january 29 1855185 and because he felt that he was the rightful owner

39he deeded sanpete county to the church A copy of this document as

found recorded in book B church transfer is here appendedappendedtappend

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185518550 be it known by these presentthat I1 seignerouchSeigne arropineatropineArrrouch ofopine kantimantikentikentl city inthe county of sanpete and territory of utah forand in consideration of the good will which I1 haveto the church of jesus christ of latter day saintsgive and convey unto brightabrighaa young trustee intrust for said church his successorssuccessor in officeall wyxv claimsc toa and ownership of the followingdescribed property to witt the portion of landand countries known as sansotesanpetesanpote county together

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CHAPTER II11

A TEMPLE IS PLANNED

the latter day saints are a temple building people since the

early days of their church beginning with the time of president

joseph smith and up to the present time i9601960 the latter day saints

have erected fourteen of these structures they have built them both

in times of poverty and strife and in tinestimestinee of prosperity and peace

temple building isin not an original idea of the latter day

saints for other religions and nationalities have erected temples the

babylonians greeks romans jews and others have built such buildings

these were all structures of beauty and distinctive design and were

outstanding in their architectural and artistic achievements superior

to the best public buildings of their respective eras

the latter day saint temples are similar to these other temples

in the following ways 1 the artistic architecture 2 ritualisticceremonies conducted by priestly leaders 3 places of worship and

supplication of the divine or deity the distinction between the

latter day saint temples and these temples is in the significance of the

ceremonies performed in them the latter day saints are unique in their

beliefs on marriage and baptism they believe that baptism moral

and religious covenants and marriage in the temple are necessary for

the salvation of mankind in order that those who have died without

having lladhad this opportunity might gain salvation these ordinances are

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performedperroperfo inmedaed the temples in behalf of the dead by the living the

living also perform these ordinances for themselvesth itselves ieis for these

purposes that the iatterlatter

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wilford woodruff the first two temples completed in utah were at

st george 1877 and loanloeandoanloganloelog 1884an the manti temple was next in 1883138319881888

the salt lakeleke templtempitempletempie was started before any of these in 1853 but was not

completedcomplecompie untiltd 1893 other temples built by the latter day saints are

the hawaiianHawL 1919iianlianllan the canadian at cardstonbardstonCard 1923ston the arizonaAriarlgri atfiona

mesa 1927 the idaho failafaiia 1945 the swiss at berne switaerlandswitzerlandSwit

1955

aerland

the los angeles 1956 the newnowsew zealand 1958 and the british

at london england 1958

the latter day saints began to plan for the building of temples

shortly after their arrival in utah when president brigham young and

party were making the location of a settlement at mantimantlmenti president

heber C kimball of the first presidency predicted that the day would

comecorncogncorg when a temple would be built upon manti hill on thathetho outskirts

this temple was different fromcrom other latter day saint templesin that no ordinance work was performed in it it was used primarilyfor worship wervicesterviceseservicesTervicebecese

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day saints build temples they are not or-

dinary places of worship the places of worship are called chapels or

meeting houses and all are invited to attend whereas only those who

can be reconzaendedreconiaended by their bishops and stake presidents may enter the

temples

the first iatterlatter day saint temple completed in modem times

was built in kirtland ohio 1 it was dedicated on march 27 1836 by

joseph smith then president of the church the next was the nauvoo

templotemple it was dedicated officially on may 1 186 by ordonorsonoraon

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two stones were later taken to salt lakeleke city on the twenty

ninth of july 1878188 they weighed 5600 and 5020 pounds and were

used for tablets in the east and west ends of the saltsait lake temple

As early as 1854 the people of manti were talking about build-

ing a tampletampie in their city thisthiathib wabwaewas a natural attitude among these

people as the latter day saintssaint felt it important to have a temple in

as manyMWWmeny localities as possible throughout the great basin

brigham young informed the people at a conference heldholdheid in

phraimshraimph onraim december 4 1873187 that a temple would be builtbulit in sanpetesanpatesandate

county naturally with such an announcement coming from the president

of the church the people of each town desired to have the temple

built in their own communitycoma aty0ty leading citizens of ephreimephraim and manti

were especially suggestive as to where the temple should be built the

citizensciti ofsenasens manti suggested that the tabernacle block was an ideal

placelilacs for a temple to stand while those of ephraim suggested that the

block where the bank of ephraim now stands would be the choice place

2somosome references give this date as august 5 1850 while othersgive 1852 asan the date

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2of the city then he said well it will be soisoilotyo and more than that

the rock will be quarried fromfro that hill to build it with and some of

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for the temple7tmple7tempietempletempled ephraimephreimEph7 beingraiareimrelm the chief town seemed the logical

place for the tempietemplelempie to stand 0

at another conference held in ephraim on the twenty fifth of

june 1875 the speakers expressed their feelings about the possibility

of building a temple in sanpete county the differences which had

existed as to where the temple should be located seem to have been

resolved by this time to show the unity that existed among the

speakers on this matter elder daniel H wells said manti 14 while

elders george cannon brigham young jr john taylor orson hyde

erastus snow franklin D richards lorenzolorenao snow and AM musser

saidbaidbald the temple should be built on manti stone quarry at loo4004100htoo P

that day president brigham young saideaiddaiddald the temple should be built

on manti stone quarry n

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of manti this land parcel no 117 plot A in the manti city survey

contained twenty seven acres there was a spring located just east of

where the temple was to stand it was just enough higher than the

temple hill so that the water could easily be piped down for use in

the building william K barton owned the land on which the spring

was located he deeded this land to the church on july 17 1878 he

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was to receive in return for this land the sum of 2500 this sum was

to be paid partly in cash and partly in stock and grain three hundred

dollars of this amount was to be a cash donation from mr barton to

the temple

the plans for the temple provided that the building was to be

168 feet long by 95 feet wide the east tower was to be 179 feet high

and the west one 169 feet giving a height of 24.3243 feet from the lowest

terrace wall to the top of the east tower the stairway leading from

the street to the west entrance was to be sixteen feet wide and have

one hundred twenty stone steps of that length and there was to be a

landing eight feet long upon each terrace the face of the hill from

the street grade was to be adorned by four terraces faced with four

successive walls of rock each from six to seven feet thick at the base

and tapering to two feet at the top they were to be 935 feet long

these walls were to rise above each other successively with a space of

ground between them of 43 38 and 35 feet respectively in width

running the entire length 935 feet on which it was intended to plantpiantplent

trees shrubbery and flowers the water for irrigation was to be

obtained from the spring about a mile and a quarter from the temple

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wilford woodruff stated that the upper chamber inideinside the

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thotheiho manti templedempledempietempie districtdietrict covered the area from juab county on

the north to hingtonwashingtonkaeWaekab and kane ancc the couthsouth

navnwv december 13 1877

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these stakes carried

tuietileuieuuieulenie burden of financing and providing labor and materialswebeaatemele forrials the

constructioncmetruction

officersqffieereoffioers of the temple districtsdietric were chargedwith organizingorgan theising labor producesproduce and casheacheashcesh resourceswithin the districtdietrict for the building of the templetempietampletenpiein most instances the trusts inir brusttruettrust placed at thedisposaldiepoealdiep ofoeal each districtdietrict the tithing paidpeidpeld by membersliving in the districtdietrict during the period heshethe templeweewaewaswes being constructedconetruetede within each dietrictdistrict thepresidents of stakes andend bishops of waydewardewardsweyde were assignedthe responsibility of applying the construction needaneeds

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the linminmeinmeln floor wabwaewas to be 80 feet by 104 feet in the clear and 20 feetI1high in the clear metherhe second floor was to be 20 feet high also

in a circular issued by the firstpiret presidency andaridarld the council of

twelve october 25 1876 the boundariesboundarieebouraariesboundbourAbourm ofariesariee the manti tempietempleremplezemple districtwere specified aeas indicatedbatedcated in the following paragraphparagraphs

we reelfeelfoolrwei led to eaveaysaysavbaybaj to the latter day saintsaintsthroughout theeetheethesrheee mountains ietletlotiek us arieearise and buildtemplesitaplestumples unto our bodqodgod at suahuchsuchauch places aeas he shallshelisheil deddeedoignate unto which we and our children can enter andreceive those blessings that he has in storeetore for uslobletlotdetdeb the bishopebiehope of the settlementssett inlemento washingtonwashingtonskane iron plukefluteplute beaversbearer millardrd sevier sanpeteSanand

petejuab counties call the people of their wardawardewardswerda

together and certainascertainae from thomthemthenkhemkhon how rauehnwh each oneieis willing to do in labor and means

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tlupietuplemple would be 28 feet high in the clear and 0080 feet by 104 feet in

the clearlawcleerclaar between weilewalleweils with eelfeupportinselfseifseir roofsupporting without colwcolwcncolumnscolmcoimcolwyn

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of the temple from their ward or settlement achkach wardwaedthen under the chairmanship of the bishop selectedelected atemple cooioittee and theaethese coobiitteesc weresteesttees responsiblefor organisingorganizingorgan theirising areas and providing the neededassistance upon proper notice

within each district a number of industrieswere established to supply needed materials thus eachtemple had its sawmillssawaillssawsam ilmeliaeaills klins rock quarries andcarpentry shopshops

the districtdietrict today serves a differentdifdlfdic purposeferentforentrerent that of ordinance

work it now includes the following staleststakeststakes brigham young university

first second and third carbon deberedeseretDesere emeryuseryeneryhnery grand junction

ciunnieon juab kolobdolob miuardmilard moroni nebo north carbon north

anepetesanpeteanpeteSanAn northpete sevier palwrap&layrapalora sanban juan santaquin untie sevier

south sanpeteSan southpete sevier spanish fork springvilleSpring andwdville waynsrtayncewayneweyns

the ground for the tempietemplelempie was surveyedsuzoveyed andmidwid laidd out in april

1577 by jesse W fox surveyor general of utah territory he waswaewes

assisted by trumantrumen 0 angel and william H folsom church architects

thesetheme amaenmen arrived there on april 24 and were under the direction of17president brigham roungloungeyoung

early on the morning of april 25 177 presidentPre bribrighameident young

asked harrenbarrenwarrubaryenbarru snow to go50 with him to the temple hill mr snow sayocsayscsayst

we two were alone president young took me tothe spot where the templetampletempie was to htwastandstwa we went to thesoutheastsouth cornercomereast and president aung saideaidsaldbaidbald here ieisthe spot where the prophet moroni stood and dedicated

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thlethiethisthib piece of land for a temple site and that is the reasonwhy the location ieis mademadsmaasmado here and we cant move it fromthibtillthisthilthid spotpotpob 1 and if you and I1 are the only personspersone that cowehere at high noon today we will dedicate thlethiethiswhis ground

oion the twenty fifth of april 1877 the bitecitesite for the manti temple

was dedicated by brigham young presidentpresPros youngident remarked after the

dedicatory prayer that the bishops who presided in nantimantinentl and the

neighboring settlements shoulddhoshonho have men comeCCBBC with beamsteamsteambeam and wagons

plows and scrapers and picks and shovels to prepare the ground for

the masonwork he expected from fifty to one hundred men to come and

start work as soon as possible these menaen wouldwo be changed whenever

and as often asan was desirable heythey couldco gebgetgot credit on labor tithing

or on donation account for their services and he expected themthen toy

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this time president young also exhorted the people that this

temple should be built with clean hands and pure hearts so that their

children might enter into the temple to perform the various ordinances

of the priesthood and also to officiate in behalf of those who were

dead he also remarked that the women couldco render assistance in this

project by giving encouragement to their husbands and sons and also

by making clothing of various kinds for them while they were working

21there he then concluded his remarks with the following words of

encouragement and advice

kownowkom bishops if any person should enquire whatwages is fjsj to be paid for work done on this temple

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letlotiet the answer be not one dime and when the templeiein completed we will work in godgoda holy house withoutinquiring what we are going to getsgetgebgebs or who ieis going topay us but we will trust in the lord for our rewardand he will not forget us behold the fowls of theair says the savior for they sow not neither dothey reap nor gather into barnalteamskarnaikarnel f yet your heavenlyfather reedeth them are ye not much better than they

letlat this work be commenced without delaybuilding cannot be performed here in the winter as inst george the rearing of this templetempitempltempie will have tobe done in the milder portions of the season when theair is free from frostyfrontfollowing the dedication of the sitessiteditesltes a call went out for men

to work on thisthib worthy project and five days later a hundred men knelt

down in prayer at the quarry to ask for guidance and help in accomptacconipaccomp

23lishing this great workeworks in order to prepare the ground to reach

the bed rock they had to excavate to a depth of fifty feet or more at

the east end of the building thia was the beginning of the workoi

which took eleven years to finish

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CHAPTER 111IIIlii

THETOEmoe construction PERIOD 187718881877

whenever

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a call comes from the general authorities of their

church to build a temple unto the lord the faith of the mormon people

ieis magnified they betsetbel out to accomplish this work ath the zeal that

is characteristic of a dedicated people this was the case in the

building of the manti temple as men throughout sanpete county and

various other counties responded to the call of their presiding

authorities

excavation of the site began on april 30 1877 it was reported

that by june 28 one thousand four hundred twenty six pounds of rope

for scaffolding 400 worth steel iron and tools valued at four

hundred dollars were on the grounds this7histhibchis same day the first accident

connected with the building of the temple occurred uhenwhen a large rock

fellfeufenren on the foot of daniel williams from wales utah he suffered no

2broken bones

shortly after the excavation had begun the sanpete stake was

reorganized on july 4 1877 at ephraim utah president young orsonorbon

hyde and george Q cannon were in attendance thisthib stake included

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all of sanpete county canute peterson was chosen as the president

with henry beal and john B maiben as his counselors the following

statistics recorded on november 17 18771277 give the membership of the

stake at that timet eighteen wards 1623 families 304 seventies

326 high priests 791 elders 155 priests 148 teachers and 153

3deacons these statistics reveal that the number of people in

sanpete county was relatively small at the time of the construction

the construction of the temple brought to manti many artisans

and spiritual leaders of high caliberoa theliberilber city was al so blessed with

the visits of many of the general authorities of the church one of

the most noted artisans who oamecame to mantlmantimenti was A C smyth a graduate

of an england conservatory of music while in manti he produced

choirs of very high quality

the mayors of manti during this period were james C brown

18758111875811875 john81 H hougard 188185 william luke 18858711885 87j87l and john

hougard 18878918875

by the first parbpart of october 187718770 one hundred seven men and

seventeen teamteams were at work on the temple the men in the temple

district had responded cheerfully and spiritedlyspirited to the call for men

findwidlindmid means to prosecute the morkwork at the completion of the harvest

other individuals responded to a second call

3sanpete stake record church historians office saitsalt lakecityclity november 17 1877

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owingqwing to hishie death at nankimantiyantinentl onan augustauguet 5as5s 1875 he had been able to do

9no moreacre than makeaakemeke a few preliminary pianaplaneplanspienaplana

mr folsom weawaawas informedinfoinro thatroed wilford woodruff orsonoreon hydehydes and

erastus snow had been appointed aaas a coooittee under the direction of

the council of twelve to act with hlahiahishim in taking charge of the collec-

tion of templekemplekempiezemple fundsfaafadrad disbursements and directing and controlling of

the general business related to the erection of the lempietemple

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other formforarora of graded ascentrecent leading fronfrom the valley floor to the top of

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in a letter fromfron john taylorgtjrlortaylora president of the twelve apostlessapostleeapostlesAp

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the fifteenth of october 1877 williaswi if folsom was notified

that he had been appointed to act aeas the architect in the erection of

the temple and to take the general euperintendencysuperintaidencysuperintendency of the businessbusinbuein7

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connected with the building of it colemfoleoafolem wenwanwaswebwes the ameonaon of a builder

and contractorcont ofactormetorackor buffaloMd newnowfalosraios york hishie architectural work had been

variedveried and menyweny he assisted in designing the salt dakelakedeke tabernaclet&bernacleubernaelesUberna

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the hill by december of 1878 four terrace walls were roughly co-mpleted george F gibbs who visited manti in may of thistas samesane year

wrote the following concerningconcerydng these terraces

A stranger from the old world could easily believethat a fort or fortification was being built the sub-stantial terrace walls four in number each 16 feet highand six feet thick at the base tapering to two feet atthe top rising one above the other each measuring abouta quarter of a mile around presents such an appearanceappearance

the blasting and cutting down of the solid stone required the

labor of large groups of men for nearly two years on june 27 1878

the following telegram was sent from manti to salt lake city tithethe

last large blast for clearing the manti temple site was fired at

twenty minutes past twelve 01 clock PM today eight hundred seventy

five pounds of powder was sic used and upwards of 4600 yards of13rocks and debris were thrown out preparatory for removal 1 this

was necessary to leyellevellevei the ground for the actual site of the temple

the walls of the terraces were built of the rock loosened by the

blasting the terracing of the grounds waswaa part of the architectsarchitect

plan for landscaping the whole site with the terraces and the steps

from one to the other crowned with the temple at the back was to

constitute an outstanding landscape

by the spring of 1879 the preparation of the hill for the

temple had been completed and the people were anxiously awaiting the

james E talmage the house of the lord salt lake citydeseret news 1912 p 227

lthe12theithealthe deseret evening news may 22 1878

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laying of the corner stones at about 1100 AM on april 14 1879 a

large number of people assembled near the temple site and formed into

a procession in the following order nephi brass band quorum of

the twelve patriarchspatriarch presidents of stakes high councilmen seventies

high priests elders presiding bishops and counselors bishops and

counselors aaronic priesthood members mayor of manti city and hlahiahis

council judge and county officers ladiesladles of relief societies

superintendents and teachers of sunday schools manti choir and manti

martial band then came the marshal of the day general WS snow

the leaders were followed by several thousand people they marched

to the southeast corner of the temple site A brief delay was

occasioned by a refreshing shower of rain after which president john

taylor of the quorum of twelve gave some introductory remarks the

opening prayer was offered by charles C rich then firastuserastus snow spoke

to the group 1

after some music by the brass band president taylor and those

of the twelve apostles present assisted by the patriarchs the archi-

tect william H folsom and the master mason ED parry proceeded

to lay the southeast or principal corner stone then president

taylor standing on the newly laid stone said

this principal corner stone the southeast cornerstone under the direction of the twelve who are actingin the place and represent the first presidency is nowlaid in honor of the great god let it thus remain untilthis temple is18 completed and while the annointed of thelord may continue to administer therein may this housebe speedily erected that the saints may have a place inthe stakes of zion and in the stakes of the temple

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district and others who may require to administer inthe ordinances of the lords houses and the son ofman have a place to lay his head

records were then deposited in the southeast comercorner stone in

a zinclinezine casecasel after which lorenzolorenxolorenso snowsnows standing on the stone offered

the dedicatory prayer proceeding to the southwest corner thetho

presidency of the aaronic priesthoodPriest namelyhoods presiding bishop edward

hunter and counselors and several of the local bishopbishops presidents of

quorumsquorms of the aaronic priesthood assisted by the architect and master

mesonmason attended to the laying of this stone in the same order as

before then bishop L W hardy offered the dedicatory prayer

the procession then passed to the northwest comercorner in regular

order this stone was laid by the president of the high priest quorum

of the sanpete stake and his counselors and by president canute

petersontersonlersonwersonPs and counselors presidents of the sanpeteSan juabpete sevier and

salt lake stakes respectively georgegoorge teasdaletea franklinae1e spencerprankfrank

and A M cannonjcannone assisted by the architect and master masonmabon president

frederick walter cox of the high priest quorum of the sanpete stake17pronounced this stone properly laid standing on the stone he saidt

we now pronounce this northwest cornercomer stoneproperly laid and we pray god our eternal father thathis spirit ay rest down upon aliallail who forkyorkfyrk in conne-ction with the building of this temple

the dedicatory prayer was then offered by president peterson

and the procession advanced to the northeast cornercomer which stone was

laid by the presidenciespresiden ofcies the seventiesseventies9 and elders1

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the council during itsite meeting had the roufourom owingaeaoranduaaemovuaum madeaade of businessesbueineeebusinesssbuein iitemsweeeeewes andaraarmama instructionsinstruction theywished you unitedly to attend to

thabthat you be required to mekeaakemakemekoweko yourselves acquainted with the amountanount

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deldei ttilltiubluble jubbjuetjust at the timetine of separation when it began to rain again

during the ceremonies rain had fallenrellenrelien throughout the reebreefrestrebbreet of the valley20until all waswaekaskes well watered

A letter written to W H foismfoleoafolsm and canute peterson on april 17

1879 tromtroafrom the council of twelve shows that certain responsibilities

in connection with the building of the tampletempletampie were given thebethese two men

at that times

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fecrec wabwaewasmab expressed by the brethren thatelderkidby A H colemfoleoafolem weewaewaswesmes overworkedow andendrkedsskeds that woremore waawaewaswea iaimpowk upon hishiehibhiahla shouldersehoulderemhoulders than he could reasonably be ex-pected to carrygarry it wasmasmeanesmes therefore unanimously decided toeelicall president canute berbonpetersontereonPe of ephreimephraim to hishie aldaidas an assistant superintendent3 of the work on the mantihantikentikentltraplettaple1 Asaftasbadb0 we are well aware that brother folwmfolaoffi9

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by the architect and mastormasternastor masonmabonmesonmaam H

during the exercises the sun

shonehone in itsitelbslkaita splendor making thisthie occasionoce oneaaionabionablon of pleasurepleaeureplsurepleapiea andaureeure delifiht

a feeling

of tithing and offerings that arecontributed by the various stakes in the mentimanti templeunie

pie19 deseret ad2devening newsmewsnewnen april 14 1879 mid

S romereme of the seven

presidents of seventies declared that this stoneabonesloneatone was duly and properly19laid rhethe dedicatory prayer was offered by john vann cott

at 200 PM those officiating repaired to the center of the

temple foundation where seats and a temporary elandswend had been erected

between three and four thousand people then listenedilalliet toened remarks by

soaesomebomesame of the authorities of th church

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districtthat you make yourselves acquainted practically

with all the articles come at able and withvithkithbith allaliail thesubscriptions that can be relied upon

also to make yourselves acquainted with thewants of the men and obtain and appropriate for theiruse such things as will be satisfactory to them andso manage and adjust the labor that there will be noclashing or disorder in your operations but that theremay be sufficient number of such hands asan can berelied upon to do the hauling whether of rock orlumber and also to see that the labors of the nrruneruce onthe temple are so arranged on the building that theremay be no lossless of time or other inconvenience andto see that when menmon leave other men as competent areprepared to take their places

that you obtain a knowledge of the amount oflumber that will be required and the facilities formaking that lumberimberilber and the means by which it can beremoved to the temple and the kind of pay that thosewho log and saw and labor about the mill will requireas also those engaged in the hauling of the lumber tothe temple

to see that the temple isin supplied with limesand rock and all articles that are required for theconstruction thereof

to attend to the blacksmithing and see thatthe shop is furnishedfurnish with coal steel and all arti-cles required in that line

and generally to supervise allaualiail mattersmat asso-ciated

teriswith the temple in the furnishing of all

articles required and so manage the subscriptionswhether in stock cattle sheep flour grain moneystorepaysto andrepay all things contributed for the buildingof the tampietample judiciously vaselywisely and prudently ina manner that shallbhail be for the best interest of thelabor thereon and also for the best interests of theemployees who are engaged in that labor manipulatingcontriving and appropriating the various kinds ofproperty in the best interesinterestsinheres of the people and forthe advancement of the work

the work on the temple commenced under the supervision of

these men it progressed quite rapidly during the first three years of

construction and by april 4 1882 the walls were up to fifty feet

blotter2jstter2lotter from the council of twelve april 17 1879 copycory inpersonal files of P C peterson of ephraim grandson of canutecomplete letter is not available

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

superintendent boleanfolsoafolean reported at this time that there were 50000022feet of native lumber onin the groundssaunds

though the people worked diligentlydilUent on the templestempletempie they some

llestiesbleb had to be reminded of their errors or neglect in the performance

of other duties in may of 1882 F R kennarkenzler of meitikftntimexti remarked to

the people that they were lax in their sanitaryunitary conditions theymey had

been allowing their dead animalsaniaals to relinremin unburied too long before

taking earecare of thomthathou suchuchsuah a condition wouldmouldmouid cause disease to spread23throughout the eoanunitydoameoandoen theyunity were also reminded that the ditches

needed imwovomentiaprovwiwt ahtthtths4t pipes had to be laid and repaired eoso thatthey would havehare sarecafesafebare drinking water they were aimaleoalmalsoaiso instructed to

bradetradekrade with their own people and frindafri thisthiaihlachischiamidewide had bewbem a policy of the

mormonsmoraonecormons ineeinoesinceanoe their arrival in the great basin president maiben of

the sanpete stake presidency at a meting heldholdheid in thethotaetaw spring of 1882

eaid letlot ueus comecomcol up to a standard of purity and perfectionsperfection and this

will induce others seeing our good vorksvoricsborks to go and do likewise

the authorities of the church wanted the workers to double theirdiligence with respect totio the tempietemplelempie superintendent folsoxwasfolamwas asked

if it couldcoula be finished by 188 in an effort to increase theirenthusiasmwthusia he told the people that illions would rise up and bless

them for raising this house to taketeke khemthemthen out of bondagebandage 11hisibis has

referencerefe torelereme the tempietemple work which is performedperforaedperfoperro withinewedraedemed jtbjt5

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A letter wittenwritten to the editor of the deseret jjg&1z&fc newsmewsvenin

february 14 1882 from manti utah indicates that the work on the

temple was progressing quite favorably that winter stonecuttersstonecutter

were preparing rock jor the towers and doing other work in the process

of erectionwreaereaedwa therethedeliontionllon had been steady growth and improvement throughout

the county peace and plenty abounded the people didnt have somedontbome

of the conveniencesconvenience but they did have comfortable homes and enough

food they were clamoring for high schools and ephraim was already26weking progress in that direction

though the general authorities of the church had hoped bhatthatokat

the templelampie would be completed by 1885 there was still a great deal

of work to be done at that time possibly the delaydedd in completionconpletion

weewaewasweawes due to insufficient funds in 1887 members of the church outside

the temple district were given the opportunity of contributing toward

27the finishing andend furnishing

the toepleteapletowple was ready for dedication by may of 1888 but there

still remained quite a bit of work to be done on the grounds though

the terrace wallsmallsmelismeilswelisweils had been completed the beautification of the grounds

planting of shrubberyshrubb etctodrys had not yet begun

acAs his part of the work was finished superintendent folsoifolsoafoloca28offered his resignation at a meetingaseting of the temple asadciationassociation heidheldhold

onan august 7 IM138913881889 it was accepted and daniel H wells was sppointedappointed

ihe doebetpeeeretdoeret fivelingfiveaingfive eweningaing february 16 188

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financinfinancing the templetempietenpie

the financing of the mantimantlmenti temple mewaswab a tremendous undertaking

in itself considering bhethe cost of the structure and the economic

situation of the people they were mainly of the agricultural class

and relied on their crops and livestock for a livelihood many of them

were converts from foreign lands and were of humble circumstances

but they were willing to sacrifice and give of their means and talents

in order that the temple might be erected

in an effort to build a temple these people sought many ways

to raise funds contributions came in the form of fifty cent donations

from the wards small congregational units of the latter day saint

church individuals contributed such things as white pine lumber beef

pork chickens sheep eggs butter wheat flour cloth quilts30overalls shoes sox steel iron tools and manyabnymeny other itemitems ggs

laid by the hens on sunday were designated as temple eggs and were

31turned into the storehouse contributions during the construction

period did not always come in allsmallamailailali quantities as entries in the day

book of the temple includes 82 pounds of porkporko 424 dozen eggs 133 pounds

butter 1117 pounds meat 248 pounds chickens 62 sheep and 1006 pounds

of flour the greenwood united orderordey donated a wagon load of butter

nanki temple day book church historians office salt lakecity

trontittonti centennial committee op citcite p 41

mantimantl temple day book loc citecit3333aA group of families living together asan one unit sharing

all profits and expenses

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wardsvardoverdo takestaketako etc for the cashcaahbaah value of the contribution

the old book of accounts shownshows suchauchbuch items aaas two atheraateerasteers credited to

jameajames cook for 3350385033.50 100loo ibslbsiba flour to saauelsamuel ware for 200 1 bed

cord to john brier for 100 henry parsonspardons by cash 400

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A storyatory is told of a mr joneajones from over the mountain to the

east possiblypoa emerysibly county who in hishiahib later yearbyearayears with tearsteara in

hlahiahishib eyes ttoldoldoid how cyrus wheelock called on him for a donation to the

building fund and how he had been impressed to give hlahiahishib only cow which

wabwaawas needed for hlahiahishib familyf hely relates that later an angel came in the

roraforaform of a well to do bachelor who asked if they would take hishiahla cow andalql

then he would eat with them every once in awhile

aaAs each item wabwaawasweaweb contributed a receipt waswaaweawes made out to the

individual wardwerd a

all of

theisethesethebe contributions were turned into the tithing office and then

distributed to the workmenworkman the purpose of thibthiathis office was to receive

and disbursedladiadis feringaofferingsofburseburae and temple donations and keep record of all.3636transactionstransact n36ionsionalons howard cox of manti describes the tithing office aaas

being located near the center of the little fort which covered all of

the northwest quarter of the block east of main street and north of

union street it was a two storeyskorey rock building and had a fullfuli base-

ment with a atonestone stairway leading down to it on the weatweet side

several stoneatone steps led up to the main entrance on the south sideaidealdebide of

the building the first room inside the entrance was the office of

the tithing clerk next was the office of the ward bishop next was

difantiifanti centennial committee op cit 46

ibid p 41

letter from howard cox manti utah june 25 1960

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kanymeuymanykanj people would contribute

two quarts of milmii every weekeweek this was made into cheececheeee and given to

uietheulenie workers mrs abe livingston of manti remembers how the young

children would glean wheat from the fields to be used in making bread39for the workers

minutes of the general conference published in the deseret

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

ibid

interview with howard cox of manti june 1959

39 interview with mrs abe livingstoningstonUv of manti june 1959

nedykedy

40

superintendent folsomsfolsomeFol officesoms and a drafting room filled with drawing

tabletablestabie and instruments used by the draftsmen

about one rod south of the office was a wooden granary about

seventy five to one hundred feet long east to west and divided into

bins for different kinds of grain A platform running along the north

side where doors were located served as a receiving dock for sacked

grain on the south side near the center of the granary was located

a largeurge wagon scale for weighing loads of hay and grain and livestock

of various kinds east of the office building was a large hay barn and

south of this were corrals and pens for various kinds of livestocklive thestocki

open apacespace west and north of the office building was much used by

travelers as a free public campground where feed and water for their37teams could be had for a nominal fee

in a concerted effort to raise the necessary funds the relief

society a ladies welfare organization of the latter day saint church

gathered carpet ragsrage wove them into rugs andarid sold them and then gave

38the money to be used for the temple

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articles from the stakes for the kantiyantikentimentimantl temple totaled 901u11 of

this amount 350294395029439502.94 wabwaswaiswatswalb donated in cacheachcashcechcesh

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order to gain more revenue president john taylor assigned

william folsom and canute peterson to visit the various stakes in the

district and find out whathat each one could contribute and to call upon

the presidents of these stakes to getgotgeb information on khabthatahatkhalwhat they had

subscribed or mouldwouldmouid subscribe toward the building

it was reported by president patersonpetersontereontersonPa in july of 1879 that

on their tour of thesethose stakes there had been a general expression of

willingness to respond to the call with promptness and liberality theA

stakes visited wereverevenewene juab millard beaver carowanparowanPa androwan sevier

on different occasionoccasions superintendent foism was given the

opportunity of speaking to the people in meetings heidheldhold in the manti

tabernacletebemaclci at times he would ask them for donations toward the

temple he wanted donatorydonatorsdona totors work for themselves instead of sendingi

others in their places at a meetingmeting in 1885 he stated I1 muatoustwust

have good mechanics and more cash than ivedyeoyeiyelye had before our duty is to

buildbullabulia the house to the most high god if the people have faithraithralth itwill be easy to dodoedoa

another method of gaining revenue for the temple was that of

the deseret evening sewsmewsnews october 8 18

mentiantimantinentl temple historical record woa citsus ppapU 394039

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p 41410aiealei43minutesminut of meetingskweifelwe heldeting in the manti tabernacle op222eeg citcitecito

decemberDece 16ober 18831803 P 181

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dramatic company performed for two nights in jabaryjauary of 1886 at mantimantlkantikalMALkak

giving

ntione half of the proceed each night to the temple fundfundo

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was decided by the council of twelve that all cash donated

for the templelempie building purposes wabwaewas to be paid through the presidents

of the stakes in turn the money wegwagwaswes to be turned over to the

superintendent for the purchase of articlearticlesarticie which could only be

obtained forcor cash

progress

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in the temple construction was always a concern of

the1 imallocalimaihe authorities A letter to the newsmewsmevs states that the build

ing wasnawasn9wrasn1t progressing very rapidly the first storey was ready for

the plasterers and they had been putting on the first coat during the

past week in a short time the second floor would be ready it was

felt that the temple proper could be ready for khenthemthen in one year from

that fall 1885 if the people would furnish the necessary means

ceodesceods

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having the hanti temple collectorescouectorespcollectorsCollect eldersorebores wheelock and jolley

collect money from the people in other settlements one example of

their efforts iis the 1500 they collected from beaver city 45 stillanother method was through temple benfitsbenefitsben thefits hyde and bailybellybelij

president peterson again toured the nearby stakes and estimated that

if the headheed of each family throughout the temple district would co-ntribute twentyfivetwenty dollarsfiveflyeriye during that year one quarter of that

amount in cash it would be sufficient withmithkith the aid that would come

oastw daily journal march 19 188318830

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from other sources to finish the job

at a conference held in ephraim the report showed that the

trustee trudttrustin of the church had paid 301872 and that the dis-

trict had contributed a total of 35231235233235233.2 the total amount paid in

from april 1877 to april 1885 was 63184 49

the people from the district did the majority of the actual

building of the temple some labor was done through voluntary dona

50 51tion with no payjpalyj however many workers received tithing scrip

in accordance with the amount and type of work performedperroperfo thismedaed scrip52was redeemable at the tithing office for commodities in some

cases the donation of labor was in payment for indebtedness to the53perpetual grationsoigrationbaigrationsaiSoiBaisalbuibul fund receipts were given to all workers for

the labor they had performed their labor was then placed to the

credit of their respective wards and stakes this was done in order

that all work might be properly credited and recorded in the book of

the law of the lord54lard54LordLardlandlond

at

54

a stake conference heldholdheid on the fifteenth of may 1886

president peterson said the saints who have contributed to the erec-

tion of our temple should avail themselves of an opportunity to visit

the deseret evening negnewftwatw june 9 188 ibid

interview with L R andersonandersen of manti june 1960

A51a medium of exchange used by the mormon people at that time

interview with howard cox of manti julyjulys 1991959

5353aA fund setmetbetdet up to help emigrants who were coming to utahthese people would repay the money they borrowed as soon asan they couldso that the fund would always be ready to help other emigrants

efantisfanti54manti temple letter book imantilmantiimandi templeopletempieopieTt p 46

48

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the structure partake of the spirit which reigns there and examineexemineec

cane of the details of itsite beautiful mechanism 55

A circular sent out by president wilford woodruff in 1887

addressed t 0 the presidentpresidents of stakes bishops and the people

generally announcedamoun toced the latterletter deydaydad saintsintssentssenta that the temple at

manti was nearly completed and would soon be ready for the upholstery

furniture carpets and other things which were necessary before the56

work could be performed therein

the object in sending out this circular was to solicit co-ntributions from church members generally toward the furnishing of the

temple this was tcte be according to their means amand liberality up

to that t ime the contributions had been confined to the temple

district but since memberswembers fromcrom all over the church had responded to

the callcauleaul to help furnish the logan temple other members of the church

wanted the same privilege of contributing to the purchase of suitable

upholstery carpetingsoarpetingscarpe andtings other things for the manti temple

president woodruff concluded

contributions will be taken from twentyfivetwentycents

fiveupwards so that those who are the most tlimit-

ed in means need not be debarredbarreddebarresde while those whoare more wealthy can have the satisfaction andpleasure of making donations according to theirability for the completion of this noble deficedificeedificediwe

floeficerioewould likeilke the presidents and bishopebishops to give ev-

ery one an opportunity of doing somethingon inething thisdirection and names of all with the amounts con-tributed should be carefully taken

we should like to mwsee the namesnamenemesnawenals of everyman woman and child in the church recorded in thearchives of the tempietemplebampie asaisainats having contributed to

the home dentinalsentinal54mtinalSen lxcblocslocstinaltinai citeitthe56 deseret svening news october 20 1887

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57something towards its erection and completion

cash donations were made by members of the latter day saint

church as they came to the aid of the local people in completing the

temple these donations usually ranged from twentyfivetwenty centsfive and

upward most of them under five dollars they came from salt lakeleke

city west jordanjorden bear river provo tooeietooeletoodiethoele morgan cedar city

rig idaho redburgrexburgrwcburghexRex idahoburgbung liverpoolLiver finglandj&iglandipools the sandwich islandscrrcrt

switzerland germany and many other places

william if peterson described the temple financing as follows

united states currency was as scarce as royalluxuries are in the homes of the poor in place of thisthe saints used church moneymoneys known as tithing scrip aaasa medium of exchange prices were set on cowoditiescooxnoditiesand a wage scale was adopted for labor over and abovedonation workers were given tithing scrip for whichfood and clothing could be obtained in the bishopbishopsstorehouse

the total cost of the templestemplelempie finishingf andshing furnishing included was

99199x81991999481t of which amount the sanpete stake contributed 2781052781.0527481505274815.05

ibidibidc

60

mantlmantihanti57 temple day book loc citacitcile

william59a Ham peterson the miracle of the mountains mantitpublished by the author 1942 20

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ZA62interview with howard cox of mantle utah june 196001960

63ntizaz

mantlhantimentia

centennial committeecobamitteecomaittee locjaclgitjacsjacllacs citgit

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ctstruction of itsita walls the parry brothers1brothers quarry east of ephraim

also contributed some of the stonestonee 61

therhe rock cutting shopsshop were on the northwest side of the hilland had just room enough for two men to karkworkvarkkork in each later there

were bemesemenonebems of these shops built onan top of the hill east of the temple

there the stones were cut to the right sisesizebisebize and evened and trimmed

with a chisel and mallet they were then scraped with special tools

mabetatemete B carter copcoup hoobheartheert throbsthrob of the westwent

etlell

46

workersftersafters andmdend their killedjm craftcrafts

the aasonarymasonarypmasonaasonmabon woodworkary and architectural design of the temple

allaliail indicate that the workmanship was dohe by skilled workerworkers menben who

were capable and efficient in their respective trades

A buff colored bloneclonestonealone was used in the building of the founda-

tion this stoneatone waawaewas quarried from the hills bouthcouthsouthdouth of mantikantimantlmenti oolite

atoneclonestonealoneabone obtained fromcrom the quarry east of the temple weswacwas aceducedusedased in the con-

struction

after the oolite had been

quarried it was broken into moveablemoveablymove piecesable and placed on wagons by

means of a derrick the wagons were pulled by testeamslesbbs to the stonecutetonecutz

4bingtingling shopeshopsshopa A62 story is told about someonebomeboweome of the mulesaulesauleb used in this

operation bhethe parry muleamules it is said that one morning the mules

could not be found finally it was decided to go to the hill without

them the mules were found at the temple hill standing ready to be63

hitched it beemsseemsseemdeemsseel that they were too serious about the work

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to make them smooth during64 the cutting of the stone the people

for miles around could hear the steady click of the stonecutters

when the stonesatonesalones were ready to be used for building they were liftedto the top of the temple wallawalls by means of pulleypulleys8 and teams the

66mortar was placed in a wooden box and lifted to the top by the pulleys

one man was appointed to check each stone to see that it was

out to the exact dimensions this man was edward L parry masterzw

masonnabon r67 oion one occasion tt parry noticed that one of the workers

was about to place a slightly cracked stone into the wall of the

temple he approached him about it and the worker said it was just

a little crack that it wouldnt make any difference and anyway the

crack would be on the inside so no one would know about it mr parryperry

told him that there would be three people who wouldmuldmuidbould know it when

the worker asked him who the three were mr parry isaidsaidbeidbeld you me and

the lord 68

the stonecutters and masons were of various ancestry but the

majority of them were of wftlsh bngliaenglidianglia and danish descent some

of the workers walked from ephraim to mantimenkimankimenti seven miles each monday

morning and returned home on saturday night one example was J P L

breinholt a stonemason and stonecutter while at manti he would

interview with edwin jensen of manti utah june 17 1960

interview651nterview with james anderson of manti utah june 1959

6interview with howard cox of manti utah june 17 1960

n671nterviewinterview with james Andersoanderson loc cit68interview with mrs mabel simmons of manti june 1959

interview with howard cox localocoloceioco sitcit

65

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stay at the old templeton hotel across from the temple another

stonecutter andrew christian nielson known as mormon preacher

walked five miles each day to the temple to put in his day work and

71then return to his home

the journal of charlescharleychariescharled L4 walker of st3tat georgegeorgej utah gives

an insight into the spirit of another worker after his first day at

work he stated that his hands were blistered and soretoreboredore his musclemuscles

were tired and stiff and he was homesick A few days later he wrote

I1 feel a great desire to see the little folks at home went to the

post office and was much disappointed in not getting word from them

five days later he got a letter from home that the folks were well72this made him feel much better

other incidents related by miit walker during his stay at manti

beretweret may 27 1881 A man named jedediah slipped and fell backwardsback

with

wardis

a seventy five pound rock on top of him it was not fatalaugust 27 18311881 dierethere was considerable sickness liehe spent some time

practically every night administering to the sick september 26 1881

allaliail business was suspended due to the death of the president of the

united statedstates president garfield A memorial service was held in his

behalfibehalf october 22 1881 work on the templetenpietempie was temporarily halted

for want of suitable rock shortly after this time mr walker returned

70 interview with wilford breinholt of ephraim utah son ofJ P L june 1959

71interview with oscaroscer nielson of ephraim utah son of andrew

june 1959

72charles L walker unpublished journal special collections

library brigham young university ppap 707710707 710

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superintendent folsom had a carpentry shop built on the second

terrace which had in it machinery of the latest improved pattern the

shophop was heated by steam pipes from the engine room at the foot of the

hill the engine furnished power for the machinery in the carpentry

hopshop and water was also pumped by it to the temple grounds for 11

purposes

thomas higgs was the engineer of the steam plant with ole

ahlstrom as his assistant peter ahlstrom was head carpenter with lewis

anderson and amabaamasa tucker supervising the sawing of the lumber there

were forty to fifty woodworkingwood machinesworking in this shop through the

aid of this machinery the carpentryvocarpentry vo rk was greatly expedited and

75expense in labor was reduced

william folsom in a letter written to president henrie of

panguitch stake said he would likeilke a donation of longiong learedleafed pine

lumber forf theor temple the lumber was to be of the best quality and

was to be used as finishing lumber he wanted it stacked at somebomedome

convenient point and seasoned and on hand when required the lengths

were to be delivered during the winter when the roads were in the bebbbestbeat

condition at a time when the hauling would not interfere with farming

duties 76

lumber for the building of the towers came from the mountains

73 ibid ppap 713 725 79897981989

interview74interview74 with howard cox of manti utah june 1959

ibid76

manti temple letter book op22 cit p 95

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carler77cartercartwr loc citrobert W sloan ed andmd coaptcoapjcw utahmahwah gazetteer andaaaeadeod directoryar

daitsaltdaib lake cityt hwolxiherola intingprintinghintingh and publishing co 13 p 200

carter logloc citso80interview with howard cox loc cit

interview with mremrs mabel simonssimmsslams loclogkogkos cit

heroidheroldberola

sprcpr city some long leafed pine lumber came from panguitchpanguitek

while the black walnut and birdsbircus eye maple that were used were import-

ed fromfro the eastern part of the united statosstates however most of the77lumber used was redeedded pine and camecamb from the local mountains

sand for cementconent camscameceascems tromfromfroe placespieces at the quarries where the

tonestone wabwaswaamabwes eoso soft and pliantpilant that it could not be asodueedusod in the temple78thisthiethlethid bonetonestonekoneatone formed an admirable cementcoment it was obtained fromrem east of

79the tempietemple

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east of spring

at the foot of the hill waswaitweswailweil a shop for crushingcru stonetoneatoneshingehing

into and edminedwin and thodasthooasthowais works were in charge of tonestone crushing

another man who heldholdheid a responsible position on the building

crew waswaitweswatnwein joseph taylor the timekeeper he became the subject of one

of many mormon faith promotingstoriestin9111storiespromoting eachachhechbechstories day he mouldwouldmouid go to

check onan all of the men hachlach lias he wentvent around the temple the samemmdamedamo

mywayweywer one morning he was impressed to go around the opposite way he

had just gone a little way when he saw a place where the aanmenmanaen had

quarried underor a ledge and felt impressed to tell the men to comecosecoms out

they had barely emerged when the place they had been digging caved in

the temple cooaittee with the superintendent and such wnmennen

as they might call to their aid were appointed to fix the rate of

wages on the baidbaisbald ol01of equity for mechanics and laborers and to affix

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materimeteri etcateete paid in and used in the erection of the

tempietemple 82 oaon haymayheyney 21218 187818782 it was decided that the prices to be allowed

coonon laborerlaborers should range from 121251.25 to UOO per day mmmen with

westoswea 250 to 50 per day quarryasn 200 to 300 per daydayl stone

laelaaraemasonsmasonaeonaeonesona 25020 to 3503501 carpenters 25020 to 50 per claodayciao mastermeetermestermeater

maeonmasons 500 per day labor tithing and offeringsorfeoffeorre wereringe deducted from

all wageswaigece ntithingtithingthing andend temple donationsdonation were parateseparateee and distinct

obligationsobligatione7 not related except that the tithing office handled

both under the direction of the presidingPre bishofx1cbitfhcprlceiding

coakCOOK

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dicentficent templetempie they

built iein ample evidence of thisthithl the ewwtnessexactneee and perfection with

which the mabonmasonmadonmedon work and other woricworkmork were perforedperfordderfordperporpe areforedrford hard to duplicate

even today with our profeeeional technologysessionalfessional

cometsomet a

51

a value to the materials

workers responded unselfishly to the callcalicailcau to work on the

tampletampie mostkoetkost of themthithlwhi werewore immigrants who had beenbowbew converted to

nbraonismmoronieanoronMoron metmoatlamiealda of themthen were greatly ricilledned in their respective

trades which they had learned in mropeeuropedropeh the magnificent

sobetibiee the stakeeetakee were requestedreque toebedetedsted fumichfumiehurnisharnish their morkerworker

with provisions and supplies one monthsaonths rations at atiasatibs while

linebe mnmen werewerbwe away the local people sustained their familiesfaoiliesthotherho laborers worked onan an average of twtenben hours a day onan the buildingbuildings

sanpetesanpote82San stakepete riePierecordcordocords church historianshistorian orficeofficeoffices salt lakeleke

cityoltyolby p 64

83manti temple historical recordsrecord op escit p ilelle

818484lottorletterLottor fromfrow howardroward cox loc cite

S george tempietemple letter book church historians officesofficesalt lakeleke city ppap 159160159 160igo

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six daysdaydaddeddeys a week in contrast to these untiring and faithful workers

was the supposed workmanworkaanto whobe was always talking and always

going for a drink it was said of him it takes more water to run87that old windmill than any windmill I1 ever saw

36interview with wilford breinholt loc citct

878antibantimantinantikanti centennial committee loc cit

86

co tteeatee

manmennen awntwn e association

the early trustees for the temple groundgrounds were john B maiben

luther T tuttle and hans jendenjensenjenson they obtained from the city of88mantimentinentl the necessary deed to the temple grounds in 1877

perwopersoparbo

wilhllkli3 1 am lund in mantimantlmenti standsstandb a holy houserouse

cticeatice

53

the mmtimati troplettople

this was

done in order that the church might havehareherehaywheye legal title to the property

on which the temple was to standstardstendstarn

the manti templetropictempie association wabwaewas formed during the time that

bomesomebomsbows of the letterlatter daydey saint men were on the underground due to their

practice of polygamy the united states government had threatened to

take away all the property belonging to the latter day saint church

it was formed in order that the templetempie and the property surrounding itmight be deeded over to the association which was technically a

private corporation this made it eoso that the joverrmentipvemaent could not89

take the land away frofromtrocro themethenethens

the legal title to the manti temple and all of itsiteita real and

personal properties were heldholdheid by the manti temple association from

june 26 1886 until july 27 1925 at this time on the motionnotion of

J B jacobsen and by unanimous yotevoteyobe the association transferred the

legal title to allaliail property belonging to the association to the cor-

poration of the president of the church of jesus christ of latteriatter day

saints 90

A william theimprovement erabraers XLIyliyll june 1936 p 333

interview with A bent petersonpatersontereontersonPe mantlmantimentimulti temple presidentpresidentsjune 1959

90manti centennial committeescommittee op cit p 47

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aj1j 18 williaa H folsom waawasnasnes appointed by the

associationsassociation to continue aeas superintendent of construction and to act

aeas the agent of the association with power to employ and dischargediadladis

all

charge

workun of whatever kindkindl to purchase material andaruiarularsi to do and

perform allelieil and every transaction necessarynecee insaryearysery the constructionconstconat ofruction

the temple

4

the governing power of the corporation was to be vested in

nine directors and the officersoffie ofersere the corporation were to be a

president vice president a secretary and treasurer who would be

elected by the directors from their own number all emberexaeaberemmbere of the

corporation would be eligible for the office of director the pmjq91of office of allelieil directorsdir maswaawasweawesmesectore to be four years

no one could becomebecom or remainrestinremein a oemberoe&ber of the corporation who

weswaawas not a member of the latter day saint church in good standingstandings92dutherlatherlutherluthen T tuttletattletuttie wabwaewasnsemebmab electedlooted the first president of the association

on july 1 18861686

he waawas to submit quarterly reports to the board showing

93the receipts and disbursements an the workworke

tiecordanueTiexie ofcordscorda the manti temple associationassociations op220gewgge citan article V

p 3

ibid article XX p 5

93 ibid 10

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the buildinbuildingbuiltin program and economic development

sanpetes&npete valley enjoyed an tensiveextensivewc building program during

the construction of the temple in manti the tabernacle the south

ward assembly hall the city hall and the presbyterian church were

completed during this period also many cut rock homes and various

other buildings were built the tabernacle was completed in 1879

it was built of cut stone and is of the new england gothic type with

a prominent tower and has a seating capacity of about 1200 it was a

joint project of the north and south wards there were two wards

during the construction period william T reid was bishop of the94northmorth ward and hans jensen was the bishop of the south ward

the south ward assembly hall was completed in 1881 it was

built of stone quarried from the temple hill the timber which went

into this building was obtained from the mountains east of manti

the hall was dedicated in 1882 95

other enterprises developed during this period were the firstnewspaper in sanpete county the manti sentinel 1885 with jasper T

jakeman as printer the discovery and opening of a coal field in six

milewilemllerile canyon near sterling this mine was discovered by henry thomas

and the building in 1884 of eighteen miles of railroad valued at963378 in this same year mantimonti had four saw mills three grist

andrew jackson judd A history of mantimontimantlmentinanti m&ntimantlomantiomentiocantio utah mantisouth ward church of jesus christ of latter day saints 1959ppap 151615

aa16

96W H lever history of sanpete and emery counties ogden

utachtutaht published by the author 1898 p 83

t er

94andrew histo

95ibid

94 manti

stewstrwstemkiontionklon period the upper rooms of the court house city hallheilheiihanhen and

council house were in general use for educationaldiwetional purposes private

schools for the youngeryou childrenziger were heldholdheid in various homeshones throughout

the city locationaljbducationallucational progress was s ooewhat slow up to 1890 the

curriculumcurricurrl consistedculm of the three Rsirefrelre S historyhis grammargramgragtorys and physiology

the teaching program was diffwadifferent from today in that the teachers had

had no formal training they received a certificate by taking a county

slo&a OP cit p u30a3tafi9fidaughtersDaush ofbersters the utah pioneers of sanpete county theseaggreg owQZ

fethersfathersf&thecg3pruwjjjespringvilleSpring utahsville art city publishing co 1971947 p 2512199sanpete5impete stake records opSI citR p0 250

plopio

headlcheadl first in the production of oats9890892 bushelsbushelli second in the production of wheat 164627 bushels

interesting is the growth in population during the construc-

tion periodperiods in 1870 the population of sanpete county was 67366086 in

18801mam it was 11700 and by 1889 it had reached 16s400l6z00 99aquq 700

56

mills two carding machines four schools one post orriceofficeoffices one theatre

andwa two libraries 97

thabthat these people were an industrious and hard working group

ieis shown by their accomplishments in the field of agriculture these

accomplishments were madebademede even though their meinmeln effort was being put

forth in the building of the temple in 1880 sanpete county ranked

cooiparativelyontwmtively high in the following categoriesicategories it has been reported

that they were first in the production of ilk cows second in the

production of sheep 26691 head

the people were also educationallyaindededucationally andminded established

schools shortly after their arrival in the valley during the con-

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100examination and teaching became a sideline for many

never in the history of manti has there been such a surge in the

building program as there was during the period between 1877 and 1888

thelne reasons for this were two foldi 1 there had been an increase in

population and 2 the county had advanced economically

100loomantlmantikanti centennial committee op citcdt ppap 110111111iliiii

57

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the faith of the people

during the construction of the temple there were leoplapeopkpeopla of

many nationalities living in sanpete valley especially from the

scandinavian countries and the british islesislas misthismls was largely due to

the extensive immigration that was impelled by the spirit of gathering

to zion many of the workers were converts who had immigrated to

utah and settled in the valleys of the mountains but regardless of

these circumstances there was exceptional unity among the people

thisthib idea has been expressed to the writer in his interviews with those

who can recall their fathers having worked on the construction of the

temple

As if the tremendous undertaking of building a temple were

not enough the people of manti and surrounding communitiescomcol hadunities many

serious problems to c ope with conditionscondit beyondloneione their control such

asan drought sickness grasshoppers and frostfront in 1882 the people were

confronted with a frost in the first part of july which injured the

crops in ephraim and manti most of the time during the constructionconstructioconstructhowever the farmers had productive years in which the ground yielded

much it was reported by george lambertlembert to the deseret evening news

that in 1877 the crops in sanpete and sevier counties looked more

promising than in any previous year as nearly 700000 bushels of smallemelldladiagrain were expected to be grown that year in sanpete county alone

the weather also played a part in delaying the wv rk on the

temple when the days were too cold to lay the rock the men would

the deseret evening news june 6 1877

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spend their time in cutting it so that the work could go on without

any delay when the weather permitted A large quantity of rock was

cut during the winter of 188218831882 that1883 winter the weather was

unusually cold as the thermometer dropped to thirty and thirty two

degrees below zero quite often notwithstanding the extreme cold

there was a amail group of men working in quarrying and hauling stone

for the temple 102

no matter what the conditions were that the settlers had to

cope with the work on the temple went steadily forward the people

believed that god wanted them to build this temple and this was their

aimalm above alleileli else

102the territorial qiquirerlnagrer provo utah february 20 1883

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after eleven yearsyeara of hard work sacrifice faith in themselvestheostheoetheme

and

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in the lord the limbtime had finally arrived for the dedication of

the manti temple

it ieis the practice of the church to dedicatededicato tothe lord all texplospteapleatemteatsa geetingaeetinggetmetgebpleaplespies hausea schoolshooleac welfarebuildingbuildingebuildingsbuilbullbuli anddingsdinge other structuresetructuree which are prepared foruseueeube in carrying out the great program of the church

the eenential part of any dedicatory berviceserviceieis the formal prayer of dedication in general thepurpose ieis to hallow and consecrateconaeconee thecrabecratecrete building for theparticular purpoeepurpose for which it weawaawasweswad constructed

temples and meeting houseahoueeehouseshougee being houseahouses ofworship are given to the lord aaas hiahiehisnieniahla houseshoueehoueshouseahouee

nobuildingbuildingno ieis ever dedicated unless it ieis freecrocifrocigrm debt

before the actual dedication of the manti temple took placeplaces

a group of church leadererleadere assembledaeeeobledassebled on may 16 18881688 in the celestialceleetial

room of the teepletemple among bheatheathemlhea were presidentPre wilfordI1eident woodruff

lorenzo snow george Q cannon brigham roungtoungto jr heber J grant

daniel H wells mobeemoeeemassnasenose PF famaworthftmeworthpFamamenameab johnworth B malbenmaiben william H foleenfolecnfoloomp

edward L parry canute petereinpetereenpetersontereenPe and anthonanthan Hhe lund 16 at a forenoon

etingaeetingnotinggeetingae daniel H walliswelle waawaewas unanimously chosenchown presidentpreeidentproeidentprepro ofaidenteident the temple

with moebemoeeeftses F fameworthyfameworthfamewrthFameyeasybas aeasworth recordercorderere anthon H lundlum wabwaewasweewesmab chosen aeas

assistant to presidentPre wellwelleweileweilseident 2

ruce a mcconkiemoconMaConnocon Nkormonkarmonkieskleskleg 511altdoctrine lakee cityigitytgitya bookcraftbookBockinc

craft1958 ppap 174175174 175

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private dedicatory servicesbercer werevices held at the temple on the

seventeenth of may 1888 president wilford woodruff along with the

abovementionedabove churchmentioned leaders and others was present at the services2

the dedicatory prayer was offered by president woodruff

in order that the membership of the church might witness the

dedication of the mentimantinentlmantl temple public services were heldholdheid on the

twenty first twenty second and twenty third about sixty persons

composed of leaders of the church and others interested in the dedica-

tion of the temple at kantikentlmenti left salt lake city by train on the

morning of may 18 bound for the stake conference to be held at manti

on saturday and sunday and for the dedicatory services in the temple

they reached the railroad terminal at chester where teamteamsleamsbeame waited to

take them to manti the ride afforded them a good opportunity to note

the conditions of the valley they were able to see the improvements

that had been mademede in better houses fencing and cultivation

the quarterly stake conference began on the morning of may 19

with john W taylor john henry smith heberhaberreber J grant daniel H wells

joseph B noble and jacob gateadatesgates asan the speakers these men along

with other general authorities of the church who came for the purpose

of the temple dedication had a dual role as they also presided over

the quarterly stake conference on saturday and sunday the nineteenth

and twentieth c may during the afternoon session the statisticalreport of the sanpete stake was read showing a total of 12858 members

president canute peterson stated that because there was not enough

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hay in manti to feed all the teams which were there a quarter section

of meadow land had been secured by bishop jensen as a pasture for them

and there were faithful herdsmen in attendance to look after the animals

the streets of manti presented a lively scene on that satur-

day evening the nineteenth of may 1888 wagons by the score came

rolling in from all directions after days of travel towards manti

howard cox of manti remembers that as a boy he saw the road west of the

city lined with wagons as far as he could see the stackyardsstack wereyards

full of wagons and many were left standing upon the street in front of

the homes while hundreds of campers whom the people of manti could not

possibly find room for in their houses occupied the meetinghouse square

tithing yard and other suchbuch places about the town A strong feeling of7brotherhood was evident among the people

the dedication of any temple to the lord has always been a me-

morable occasion for the latter day saint people such was the case with

the mantlmantimanki temple dedication many of those attending the services werea

able to proceed through the rooms after each day service on monday

the twenty first of may the public dedicatory services began no

persons were admitted to these services except those who through a

recommend from their bishops could obtain tickets from their stake9presidents the services were held in the main assembly room on the

upper floor of the temple this room was filled to capacity approximate-

ly fifteen hundred people when the meeting began at eleven olockoclock

ibid5

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I1 have watched the growth of

thiathishishiahlait house asan a mother matcheswatches the growth

lopenzolorens&o snow of the council of twelve gave the dedicatory prayer

followingrol whichlowing many addresses were delivered by church authoritiespresidentpriebPrIes canuteident peterson said this ieis crcm of the happiehappiesthapple daysdaydaddayd I1

havejuvehayeheye ever experienced in my life

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her children and I1 aaan

jaroud3roudjxroud now that it ieis so far completed aeas to be dedicateddedic andabadatodawad I1 aaam

satisfied the lord will accept of it J B noble said I1 can

testify that the lord has accepted the templetempie 0 franklin D richards

remarked that when the pioneers entered the sanpete valley the country

was barren and desolate but now 1888 it was called the granaryllgrarulry of

utah11Utahutahs

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dedicatory services were repeated for three days because

of the thousands who desired to attendsattend the residents of manti and

nearby communitiescoomunitiescommcoom hadunities been asked to forego attending the services on

12the first day so as to give visitors from a distance a chance to attend

the deseretdesmit weaningsvening newanews reported on mymaynay 2525j 1888 that 2200 persons

witnessed the dedicatory proceedingsprocw4ings on wednesday whowhop together walthwithwaithnithmith

the 1700 present tuesday and the 1500 on monday would make the total13

mumbernumber who witnessed the ceremonies approximately 00 people

during these services many spiritual experiences are purported

to have been had by those who were in attendance

on the twenty first of haymaymavmev before the openingexercises coonencedcoonen brotherced A

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spirit

ivwwis a OW C binquetsaythesinquet the choristerseatedvoted hin&self at bhethekhe organ and rendered a piece ofsacred msicwasicsbasics a selection from msndlelssohnmendelohnsMendel atohns the con-clusion of which persons sitting near the center of

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in the course of the services a bright halo of light was said

to have been seen over and around the heads of the following speakersspeak

lorenzo

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snow jacob gates robert campbell john henry smith francis

linanlyman john W taylor and A M cannon canute peterson observed

this halo around the heads of all the speakers while the dedicatory

prayer was being offered by lorenzo snow near the middle of the

prayer during a pause the words hallelujah hallelujah the lord be

praised were uttered by a voice in a soft mdendand melodious tone this

voice was heard by lewis anderson one of the assistant temple recorders

at that time and later a temple president

when john W taylor was speaking a brilliant light is said to

have surrounded his person in a letter written to M F farnsworthfarsworth

temple recorder on may 23 18381888 rhoda W smith said that this light

surrounded mr taylor from the tips of the fingers on the right hand

up the arinarmermeriderld over uiethebheule head and shoulders and down the left araannarmana she

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the hall and also on the stand at the west end heardmost heavenly voices and singing it sounded to themangelic andsnd appeared to be behind and above them andthey turned their heads in the direction of the soundwondering if there was another chir in some other partof the temple the following persons and no doubtmany more present heard the singing and voices mary A

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describes this light asan being very bright it stood out from three

to five inches wide and the rays from the light formed a gloriousglori

soft

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halo of milky white light all around him another person

walter cox of provo reported that he saw a brilliant circle of light

surrounding the head and chest of mr taylor he said that the light

was so dazzling that it surpassed the light of the sun the light of17day being entirely eclipsed

it was reported that some of the peopleappp inopleopie attendance at the

dedicatory services saw the spirits spirit bodies of john taylorzaylorTA

brigham young joseph smith and jedediah M grant

these services were a spiritual feast for those who had the

privilege of attending the people of sanpete county rejoiced in

knowing that this temple was now truly a house of the lord their

sacrifice and hard work had been worthwhile ordinance work began

19soon after the dedication on mayfay 28 of that same year

ibid17letter in manti temple file church historianshistorian office saltsait

lake city18

latterletter dayrm saints millennial star op citi p 522joseph smith brigham young and john taylor were presidents

of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in that orderwhile jedediah M grant served acas a counselor to brigham young in thefirst presidency

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eshawesmaw andend atieladditionalatiml0 iaproveaentelumventmanyyanymeny descriptions have been written regarding the beauty of the

mmtiftntimatifanti temple A repreeentativereprosentativorepresentative description waavacwaswea given by P V cardoncardan

when he wrote

against a lofty background formed by the sanpetemountains to the atseast taibthietalb temple topping the brow ofa bench lookelooks out over bheteethegeegme sanpete valleyveileyvanwyveney and ieis visi-ble to almostalaost every town and cybunityfin the valleywhether north bouthcouthsouth or westwost

if one were to run a line bouthsouthmouthdouth directly froatfrom the salt lekolakelakoleke

tampletempletampie to the menkihanti he would findrind the former to be about twelve milesaileealleaaliea0

elateastelak of the iatterlatter the2 manti temple racesfaces east without knowing

tills many tourists have the impression that it racesfacesfacea west as the

highway runaruneruns along the base of the hillhiuhilhll onan the west side P

CHAPTER V

LAMIutia developments AND signipicanc&significanczsignificancy OF THE TEMPUE

bihwafinishingehwaihmaihwa landscapinga

V cardoncerdon beautifying manti templetempie grounds

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peterson a former guide on the temple grounds slateselatesstates that tourists

often describe the building as the most beautiful they have ever seen

mmyammy feel a spirit of sacredness as soon asan they getgot on the hlllhill 10

some tourists will ask howhew did they gougetgotgelgeu those mallswallsweilsmelismeils so beautiful

straight and nice11nice mr bersonpetersontereonlersonPe answers they used the spirit

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levels with emphasis on the spirit 1

the foundation of the tempietemple iais sixty three feet above the

level of the highway the temple itself is one hundred seventy one

feet long ninety five feet wide and seventy nine feet to the square

the east and west towers are one hundred seventy nine and one hundred

sixty nine feet hlohighhio respectively the walls are three and one half

feet thick at the babebasebassbabs with buttresses four feet in thickness the

walls taper to three feet at the square and the buttresses to aboutL

two and one half feet theaethesetheme latter were placed orecre asaisalbats an architec-

tural ornament than as a support to the building

there are two spiral staircases located in the two west

corner towers these staircases extend frcfremarc the main floor of the

building to landings near th top of the towerstowens these landings

lead to a room in the center tower which is not hibi use the unique

staircases which were designed by william asper with the assistance

of joseph judd are ninety feet from the main floor to the landings

and each has one hundred fifty one steps all carpeted

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ch step is

built to support the next one above it the staircases are made of

imported black walnut thibthis is the only latter day sint temple in

which such staircases existexists in both spiralqpiral staircases the center

is open without any supporting column and the walnut failingsrailingsrai andlings

balusterslustersba form a symmetricalayosyoaym coilboilocoilometrical from top to bottom

mantlnanti centennial committee song of a century manticentennialCenter committeecoinial 1949tteesstees p 139339

latter dayRMdey saintssaints1 milbmialmllmjiialmlinMilb staraarmarlialmial L august 13 1888 p 5135130

interview51nterview with A bent peterson manti temple presidentjuly 2 1960

church6churchachurch of jesus christ of latter day saints the manti templesalt lake citycityicitti church of jesus christ of latter day saintesaints 1947

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there are three main floors in the temple the upper floor is

a large assembly room which is eighty feet by one hundred four feet

and twenty feet high the ceiling is supported by the walls without7the aid of columns at the dedicatory services held in 1888 the

meleaalemaleneleneie members of the latter day saint church were seated according to

the order of their priesthood on stands in the east and west ends of

this room the aaronic priesthood occupied the stands in the westA

while those of the melchizedek priesthood were seated on the east the

two other main floors include the instructional roonrooms r and various

others among them a baptismal room the chief feature of this room

is a large font or basin resting on the backs of twelve cast iron lifelifilfelir9size oxen this font has been provided for vicarious baptism each

year many high school students and younger children have the opportunity

to be proxy for those who were never properly baptized

the workmanship of the manti temple has been highly praised by

laymen and craftsmen alike it is a magnificent building and in itsfinishing and furnishing exhibits a perfection and completeness that

no other temple of modern times has shown10

the architecture of the building is a blending of the gothic

revival french renaissance revival and french second empire the

general plan of the temple the rectangular body including the rectangu-

lar towers were influenced by colonial architecture the buttresses

MS in the manti temple file church historianhistorians office saltlaketake citycibycithacitya p 3

gthe deseret evening news may 23 188818880

9 the church of jesus christ of latter day saints loc citthe contributorcontributors julywulysdulys 1888 p 355

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12interview with james andersonandersenandersananderdon of manti june 1959

13mr christensenchristensan studied in copenhagen he came to utah in1857 he was interested in mormon history and his favorite subjectsfor painting were pioneer life and wheat fields interviewInter withyiewviewB F iarsenlarsenllrsen of provo utah july 1959.1959 some of his paintings hungin the old salt lakeleke theatre he also painted murals in the logan andSA george temples alice merrill homerome devoteesRevodevodeyo andlebsteesbebb their shrinessalt lakedakedeke city the deseret news 19147 P 29

mr hafen more than any other utah artist has been his own

teacher he studied mesomebomb in paris and also in the united states he isinsaid by many to be utah greatest artisteartist homehorns op cit ppap 384538

mr45

fairbanks studied in paris central and south america and

sensea13john hafen john fairbanks and daniel weggeland these men painted

interview with fred markham of provoprove one of utah outstandingarchitects july 16

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the two westweet corner towers and the exterior foldingsmoldingsmol aredings gothic revival

the tall narrow design of the windows ifis gothic while their round topstope

and keystonkeystones reareane french renaissance in character the points orna-

mental around the bases of the two mainmeinmeln towers are of second empire

origin the interior of the temple is a blending of gothic revival

and second mpireimpireimpure

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anderson of mantivantikentikentl who tore out all the old heating

system noted that every piece of lumber used under the floor joints

was of the very finest red pine all the benches tables etc in the

rooms were mademede of native pine and were made on the temple site the

woodwork turning was supervised by christian nadisonmadsenmadisonmedison and charlie bird

had charge of the artistic work done in plaster of parlepartsparisparie in the

ceilings and walls native pine was used for all the finishing morkworkark12done in the temple

the murals inside the temple were done by skillful artists and

re well executed yet they are simple enough to be admired by the

average person the artists mhowho did this work were C C A christensenChristen

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mr weggelandWegwagnag studiedgoland in copenhagen england and berlinhe paintedpanted ewalsoxsralswwals in the salt lake templetempieremple also the fiordsfiorda of norwayvrey

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the murals in the instructional roomrooms of the temple later the

moralsmoralemaralsmoraisharals were done over in the garden room and the world room minerva

taichertt&icherttoicherttolToi didchert the latter and robert L shepherd did the former

the work performed in the latter day saint amplesttapleezmples ieis of a

sacred nature

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uintervlew with B rF larsen of provoprove utah july 1959

these are instructional rooms in the temple

interview mithwithmtheth A bent petersontereonlersonkersonPe loc cit17the church of jebusjesus christ of latter day saints locLOSmos citis18farnsworth loc citoilollcil

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din apartmentapartxaentsapartmnt connected hethe annex is not part of the temple

properpper it provides a place for morning worship services space for

in the united states hishierieris favorite subjects were evening effectsmysunny harvestharv neemesscenesnernesnewnesneesesnceet ormes mistyminty water or treetreouree subjects home op citp

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members of the church may seeandseepandseeland many have seenbeen

pictures of the various rooms in the temples these rooms are for

instructional purposes and each of bheatheathenthem has mural scenesscones which are in

harmony with the instructions given thesetheaetheao rooms are enhanced by the

woodworkwo withdwork its graceful arches heavy doors and finely cut

moldingsfoldingsmol 17dings

adjoining and connected with the temple on the north is the

annexWWOX which wagwaewas one hundredhwwred feet long and forty feet wide at the

time of its construction in which was the heating system for the whole

buildingbUlbui steamding heat was used at that time this annex was also

used and occupied by the janitor and assistants with culinary and

provoo

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the

grounds remained in a rough condition until april 10 1901907igo when the

presidency of the latter day saint church gave their approval for

the landscape improvement work to proceed the original terrace

mallswailsmalisnalls surrounding the grounds were removed with the exception of

the lower one which was lowered by one half and the hill was graded

jbl& deseret news august 1 1935

MS in the manti temple file loc citwilliam H peterson the miracle of the mountains manti

published by the author 1942 p 21

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recordrecords offices a cafeteria service rooms a reception room etc

an extensive remodeling of the annex was undertaken between 1935 and

1940 this work included an addition of twenty two by thirty feet

partitions were taken out to enlarge the assembly and meeting rooms

and excavation was done to provide additional quarters for the service19rooms the addition also provided more space for records the

heating plant was moved from the basement of the annex to a building

immediately east of the temple another addition was made during

the administrationnistration of president lewis R anderson it provided a

reception room excavation also provided a new kitchen and dining20room a new vault etc

when the completed temple was dedicated the grounds outside

were still covered with rocks and sagebrush anthon H lund the

second president likened the temple with its unfinished setting to

a fair maiden of his native land denmark dressed in a beautiful21silk gown but with clumsy wooden shoes on her dainty feet

a nistration

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lubardlu&ard being the civil engineerwig Aineer H taylor of the firm of

coulanboulan and taylortaylors plumbers of salt dakelake installed the sprinkling

system william B armstrong was the fencemakerfencomakerfencecencerenfen whocomakermakernaker supervised the

22lewis R anderson the manti templetempie s

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to a conecons shape thousand of loadloads of rich soil were hauled upon

the hill and scattered over the once solid bed of stone making itpossible to plantpiant lawn and flower beds this was the beginning of

22the beautiaboautilbeautifboa cationiutltioniutil programpro

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elaborate stairway was constructed at that time from the

west entrance of the tamplistemple downdomdoundog to the street it was twenty feet

wideulde with retaining wallswails on either side with square pillars ateach landing fitted with electriceleceloc lightstricbrickric theremerenere were one hundred

twentyfivetwenty stepsfive with nine landings of six feet each with the top

one being eighteen reetfeetreebfeete five thousand four hundred bags of cement

were put into this stairway and the cementcoment walksw whicha surround the

entire building the work on the stairway was started on july 9 1907

23and was completed on november 13 of that amsamesemesemo year therhe stairway

has since been removed and lawnslawn shrubbery and trees planted in itsplace

an automatic sprinklingcprspr system was also installed in 1907

the improvegmntjaprovemant brebralililllii part I1 march 1908 vpppap au4u414aih uau8k19

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one hundred feet of piping and two hundred sprinklerssprink werelers

used to complete thetin system lewis anderson temple presidentspresident was

the general supervisor of this work to beautify the groundsground with john

ninety

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marcha

staistallation of a 250000 gallon storage tank installation of a new

flood lighting system erection of a greenhouse and a home for the

temple president and the construction of a bureau of information

building in 1954 A recent improvement to the grounds has been the

the enlargement of the parking facilities on the north and southeast

sides of the temple there have been other miscellaneousmiscellaniousmiscella improvementsnious25

made as the need has arisen

A missionary service was started at the manti temple on

ibid

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erection of the beautiful iron gates and fence that adorn the west

entrance to the driveways CG P larson of manti was in charge of the

stone and mason work and george E bench managed the team work

arnold G giauque of salt lake was in charge of building the stairway

and the other cement work the water system plans were drawn up by

R R laymanlyman a civil engineer of salt lake city martin christophersenChristop22i

hersen

well known salt lake landscape gardener did the landscaping

many improvements on the temple and grounds have been made

since significant among them are the completion of a forty by sixty

foot strip of pavement on the east side completion of the south

retaining wall completion of a three hundred fifty foot cement

footwall as a protection to the foundationroutifouti ondation the east side of the

annex and in the archway the completion of seven hundred sixty

eight square feet of pavement on the roadway east of the annex in-

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june 21 1925192j with demondosmondoemond olsen of manti being appointed to overseez

and direct this service for tourists when tourists visit the

temple grounds they are met by guides who are willing to assist them

by relating the interesting history of the temple and answering any

questions concerning it the guides can be found at the bureau of

informationmorWormon buildingmationmatlon at the foot of the hill southwest of the

building and also up near the temple on the northeast side chisthiethischiechig

service is donated freely by members of the church without any

monetary remuneration A large percentage of all Luristourists that pass

by the temple go up the hill and visit the grounds thousands of

tracts explaining the history of the temple and beliefs of the

mormon church have been distributed by the guides also hundreds of27copies of the book of mormon have been sold

the architectural design and beauty of the manti temple isa credit to the faith integrity and skilled workmanship of the

latter day saints the temple with its surroundings has become

an important point of interest for many tourists

this isin indeed marnarmarvelmarvelousvelousouss said an easterntourist as he stood with a group of fellow touristson bright angel point on the north rim of the grandcanyoncanyonscenyon but have you seen the bit temple on ahill newney a town called manti

zmissionary service at the manti temple

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FUfidl 4 tomp10 1893

relnelnei ma social and an econmiceoonoaiceconomic atandpointestwdpoint to the people

there the kempiekemple haahaehas alivsalwayealwvs beenboonbeanbeon a sourcedource of great pride and a

spiritualspiepi upliftstoritual they point with pride andamiani satisfactioneatiefaotion to theirtheir11

teplekapie

the rdifioue aigniflcance ieis exemplifiedexmplifiedfledfiedried in the type of or

dinaneeedinan andmidceaeeecesweewesewa eereironieeaereamies performedperforaedperfoperto ineideinsideraed firstpiret there ieis marriage

for time and alleileli eterniaretemugreberetereker metheniArnlay latterletterlattee daydar sainteto beliebelieve that

family tiweties

wakeatwsk iallailsiwithin the celeeualcelecolaseele kingreakingdea6 thereid will01 be1 three degrees totb obtainthe highesthigheat a personparson aat be married in the templetempie and live inrighteouaneaerightocusnese thereafter

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simificant aapecta of21 thebhe teedleteediemeekmeem

the mantinentl templetcttpletempie from the binetimelime of itslie conception up to the

presentprepeepew haahaehasheeheaflent played a ignlficantsignificant part in the laffairaaffaira of the comniunltyconamitycowconeow

tromfromcrom

amity

a religiousreligioue

will exist in the eeleetial kingdom29kingdom after29 the

resurrection athiathis willwib be eoso only if the carriageaarriagemrriago hashaehse been solamisedaolewiiaedsolami

in

sedged

a weaplewemple by the proper authority the tempietemplelempie presidentaidentsident andwidsnd hiahishla

icounaelora haraharehava thlethiethis authorityautatp itrity ieis a vellwell estiablishodeetabliahed fact that

there are fewer divorcee anongamong thieethoeethose latter day saintesaints who have been

narriedwaledweled in the kempie than aamaaonfi those who have not thisthia type of

Biarriage gives an added awuiing to the aarriagenuviagebarriage covenanteoveavcov

second pt4m

wentwantment

baptiesbaptiea for the deaddowdeeddomdmm ieis practiced rhethe aignificanoemam4

of thleihiethisthia ordinance ieis in the realization that those acting aeas proxies

are aeaieting those who never had the opportunity to be baptized

while in normalityertalitynortalityertanortaoetaweetsmeets therelity maswaewasmaamea a time in the church when people were

29 the latter darday saintssainte believebelivybedlivy that there willwiuaiu be threedistinctdietinctdlediedis degreekdegreeadogrovetinct of glory91027 in the hereafter hodethesehosehede being broufroifrou thehighiethigheet to the leastleaetleaea the celestial terrestrialtavresterree vwandendtrial the telestialteleetialtolesteleet 1

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heahwahem womenwoman they parted then and mr

williameWilli beganamsaasems to fear and triable regarding the promise he had just

fiade but this sensation soon left hlahiahishim and he becambecamebooan chestfulcheeffuicheatfulcheetcheatchege andrulfulrui was

satisfied that the inspiration of the lord had prompted the promise

he had adenademedowedo the riches continued onan to the tempietempletampletampie and she weswas

baptizedbaptisedbapti forsed her healthyhealth As soon as sheshw camocame up out of the water and

was confirmed she was restored to health and lived a healthy and

30vigorous life for abnymany years artereafterarkerarler

J V williawilliaiasWilli templearabaiasalas lanifest&tionsiinifestationsll

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replied jenajensasnaaanajansjana if we piccanpic onlycan live to getgotsetsot therentherecontinuingcontinujng he saidbaidbald brother williams wont you pray to the lord

that ilehelieliw will give us strength to reachreathreethreech nantihanti and do domesoaewasdomsnasmao morkworkwo forrk our

deardamdeandeendawdmm friendsfricricrl tta williamswe repliedre thated he would and said furtherfurthers

I1 can prophesy in the naaename of the lord that you willwui arrive there in

safety and that sister rich will be baptizedbapti forsedbed her health and retumreturnreburnfretum

homhotteham from the templesTe aarpiearpleurple healed wooan11

baptized for their health in the temples however this is no longer

done A atorystory concerning one of these baptisms for healthahealthshealt sekesakelaewaehs was A

published in niepieute contributoricontributoryContri karrenbutori ruichrichlichlish of monroe utah had been

bedfast for five yearbyears with a serious illness she was unable to

turn herself in bed and had to have constant cargcare she had a great

desire to go with her husband jens J rich to the lantivantikantilentif templetempietumpie to

perform some work for dead relatives and friends mrs rich had to

be lifted into the wagon where she had to lie in a bed on the way

they mobactnotmebmelmst Jjo V williams and stopped to talk with him hrar williamsA

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isaila things upon itaiteitsground V itsiteitaiss aileneeailence0 and itaiteitslkaiss strength we havehayehayw swensoonawenawonthe ompietupleTOKASvemde radiant wdand alive&live in the morning eulfeunfbinminm weihave beheld it quiet and abrene in the duskduck ofevening we are convinced of the spiritualapispibpi 319sig-nificance

ritualnific andanceence divine function of the tempietempls

31toito the tetter dvdaydar sainta the eotowmnt ieis a liaetiae ofreligiousreligioue oonteaplation here for a few hewheurehowfeure fta person ieisoccluded tymatymn thet world about himhiahinhla in thisthie respectreepect the endowmentendowentantwamtendoieis

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31third there are religious eeremnieecareandoecakecareeake calledandoe the endowmentandownent

the eadownents are a course of moralmoraimorel and religiousrUg covenantsiousloua A

person entering the temple enjoyenjoys not only a religious experience

but an aesthetic one aeas well the eereooniee give dramatic emphasisemp

to

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spiritualspiritu&lspirittalapispibpi mattersrittal the beauty of the religious muraismurnis onan the

weilawallaweils of the instructional room enhances bhethe importance of the

ceremony

A moral and spiritualapi stimulationritual eolecomecomes tromfrom regular parti-

cipation in doing thisthiethia work those who harbharehavehaeb entered into the

covenants wadeaadeavaemade in the templetempietampletampie are generallygener morealIr demotedderoted and loyal

to their church the desire to be worthy to enter unthebhe templeteeplekemple causes

the youth of theum latter day saint church in large aeaeurenessurepmeaaeamaa tobureeure

uphold itsite apiritualspiritualapibpi andritual ethical etenetanstenstendardedaddsdardedayde

mwthe presidencysideney of the wateepietemplslal& during itsitelbsita goasagoldengoasn anniveraaryanniverentsanniversaryannive

1938

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32the church of jesusjesuegesus christ of lfttterdaylatter saintsdarday mantlmantimentinpituv1kft churchn ofMWRM jesus

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the temple haabaahasbabhab also played a part in the community socially

it has been a factor in bringing an influx of people to mankihantimantinanzikanzinanki the

majority of them come from the various communities within the temple

district included in this district today are the counties of sanpeteSan

juab

pete

utah emery carbon sevier millard plute san juan and wayne

there is no doubt that the tempieteoipletemple administrators and other

tempietempleteepleteepie workers who live in mantiyantimantlnanti and who have come to livelire there from

the temple district have helped to make manti a better place of live

in men and women of high standards who exhibit capable and efficient

leadership bring vitality and strength to any community their

participation in communitycomunitycomwunitymunityco affairsaf&f alongre with their church respons-

ibilities has added muchouchauch to the community the people who administer

the ordinances in the temple do it out of sheer love for their church

and its gospel some of themthenwhen are individuals who have moved away

from sanpete county only to return after having retired having

returned they spend their time in doing ordinance work in the temple

others are longtimelong residentstime of the county included among these

workers are menman andaraana women of various professions this work provides

satisfaction and contentment for many older people who have retired

the city of manti is benefited also economically by the temple

menymanyheny skilled and unskilled laborers are needed for its maintainancemaintain

these

ance

people live there and patronize the business in the community

the tourist trade drawn by the tempietemple also contributes somewhat to

the local economy many people comingeming from a distance to do ordinance

work will eat in the cafeteria at the templeortempletempielempieor in a cafe and stay in

a motel over night thus contributing some revenue

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stabstatedaedsbda iksits spirit of the hanti temple kaehaehaskaahaa becamebecome a peetpartpeel of our

ilgesliveelives

religiouslyreligiouely sociallyociallyoci andeilyally conoaicauy orronoone might

ayy thetthatkhett it lais a beaconbeaeonftconanconatcon on a hinhill11hiu that indirectly guidesguidea the ilyesliveelives

of the people exweelmfixpreeeinc thisthiethle idea the templetempie presidency emsis

tingin ofab4b robert 0 young U W grange amaadand jamiejamejalajaga meM petersontereonbedsonkedsonPe once

takedfatedstatesstateds

the eignificanee of the templistuple in nankimantinentl hhashesas beenbeanboonboen inanifeatreatfeatreab

through the yearsyeara re bouslyjouslyiouJouloualyslyair

it hashaakeakeskas enriched our daily thoughtsthoughtathemotsthough and given direction to owour

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the truly greatpoatsewat leadersleeders of the latowlattwlattwr dvday saintnt church

waswaeweeweswao chosen to bobe theth firstfiretairet presidentaidentsident of bhethothe manti templetepletepietempie hohe waswaeweeweawaa

daniel H weha a6 anwn of honesty and genuine devotion to hidhiehis church

of hishie apointnent orsonqraonoraonaraon F ihitneywhitney saldisaidtsaidi

IMrhe choleechoicecholew of uchsnob a wanaanmanmenwen for suchsueh a placewaawaewas nth&moetmoat happy ftailiar with templetempie work for menymanynanynenyyoarsyears hohe had taken greatgroat delightduat in it the do-ctrines bracingenbraoinfsubracingsu salvatimealvatioosalvatinsalvasaivesaiya fortim the deaddoaddeed oneM of thelinwin purpoeeepurpo foroedeeeowd which our itaplee are actederectedectedexwere the oneaones thebdialthatulekthel originallyor attracted11y him tolonieahomonieamonieaHo andwa theta performance of sacred ordinancesordinin

ancesanceebehalf of hiahiehishla kindred dead and friendsfriende who had

passed awayamp waswaemeemeswes to kiahiakim a source of unalloyedunalunaihappine8chappinhappinhap

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life of daniel H weilanolle weewaewaswms not an easybeayseay meoneons he knewknow fromcrom

personal experience the hardshipshardsharda andhipe sacrifices incident to pioneering

and colonizingcolonioingcoloni asingoingaing hard and barren land aisoaleoalsoalao he knewknow what it bisantaeantmisant to

davegavedive up everything for the goepelagowpolsgosgoegowbow sakecakeaakesekepeiapelapolspeispeldpeid aaas hishie familyOMWLAV refused to

acocrpany himhin wtwobbwoak

he waswaeweeweawaa bornbombon on october 27 1xu at trenton oneida countygowty

newnow york the only amsouson of daniel weliswellewells and catherine chapin in 1826

hishie father passed away daniel then nurredwyed with hiahiehishla mother and younger

lbryantlbyant S hinckley daniel haseyROMOWhasby welleKOUweileweilakoubkonnon saltt9 dakelake0 cityicitylcitticetyldeseret sewenewesews preespresspreaspresa 1942 p 260Z1

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position of justleejustice of the placepoacef4wefawe that he received the title of squiresquire0squirek

welle which he carried throughoutthro hiehishiahlamahout lifeduring the critical tljmie after the death of the prophet

joaephjoeephjoseph anithsaith he cunowneabaabawn to the ammistanseaeeietaneeammi ofstanse the momone nhsnnhen they werewww

leavingleafing their beautiful city of nauvoonuvoo he waawasweawes baptized a ao&ber of

the church enan augustauguetanost 9 1346lagg and moved to salt lake city in 1843

he heldkeldkeid mwmany poeltimpoeitionepoelposlposi oftim honorhandhond and krusttruetbrust both in and out of

khothethokhekko churchchureh S aeas the following listlietiletilot will verifyiv14t he taqghttaught mwoodachoolmwool in

ohio and illinoief131inoial wasvaaweswea regent of thetae university of deseret for ninenim

yeareyyearejym waewasmeemesmednedj mayor of salt lake city for tenton meare I1 semeedso aeas eeccnda

counselorcounaelor0 to brigadabrigaa roungtoung for twenty beareyearey&mj aewaawasmaa presidentPresid ofmt the enhakbak

bourentdourent house for nineainealneailall yeareyyearej and NB presementpreeidentpreementPre ofamenteidenteMent the mankihantimenki ampletnqletmple frem

WI1 untilan hishiekiskle death in 189111A ak4ketateaent of hishiehiahla philosophyphiloeophyphilosofphilosophiloe ieIsophy aeas follomifouowefohowefollo 11tmirmif

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latersisterlataralsterelater catherine to chioohiochlo after a winter bhoretherethore thertheirtheylher novodovedxovod to illinoisdettlingeettling finally in hancock county it waswea

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wegwagwasweswea to faehteachtaehbeackbeashtaahtaek the emigrating ambaaeaberexmba of the church tegliehmegteg toilahlieh dis-

tribute tracts andwasnd help the edere thiathierhia mielaielmialwlad onan lasted for four and

one halfkaigkeig yre and during thlethiethis timetine he traveled without puree or script

when he weswaewasmeemebweb sixteenaixteens mearsyearsmeers of age he beeme presidentpreeidentpresidontpeeprepresi ofeidentdenkdontdenb the

aalborg branch and ae lain charge of all the surroundingroundingsureur brancheswrenchesbranwranwren twocheschee

years later heho emigrated to utah after arriving in mt pleaseantpleaeant in

1865 he helped to organizeorg026 theanise firstglrst sawwaysxmdayswway school in that city

heho regainedreaainedrymalrymel inned mtkt pleaseantpleaeantpi until 18701mam when he moved to

EpEphephraimraiahralarataraim before leaving mt pleasant he had mekbetmetmeb sarahbarahsareh ann petereinpetereonpeterwmtereonbersonPe

trofrofromryoe ephraiamephraiafohraiafphEphFoh araiadelayelm daughter of stake presidentPre canuteeident PePeterbersontereonpatersonwersonsoin they were

carriedaarriedamryriedaeryAMRYammy onanried taytoj 221 170ito0 in1111 the70 saltsaitsaibsaiz lake tcaplezovu after hishie wmeriageaarriaseaarmavmev

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returned tot thiethis saesmissasslis xieaonadad thisthieon tine to preside over itan activenetlee church neaber

iiren11ren atherwther beersebeeaaebeease avertedconverted to bhethethowhe latter day selntsaint church and wasmaemabmas

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at the age of thirteen he mswaewas calledled on hishieklekis first aieeionalemissaiemia

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antagonieteto loved hajnhjjn waawaewas anthonanthan henrik dmd the second president of

the manti templettaapletwaTta hehoaple mew bornbomboa may 15 taut6u in aalborg demarkdoinear atan early ageebeeseabo hishiehiahla mokhermother died and hishiehiahla father left himkim with hishiehiahla grand

atheretherwther who reared hlin even aeas a barboybayhorworbor he waawaewasweameanea verytory brilliant he firstread the bible when he weewaewaswebwes eight jearsyearsybarsjeers oldeldoid A few rearsyears later hiahiehla

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stake high cowancounclltcowmn he later became bhethe sukstake clerkcleft and still later

acted aaas sundaysway school superintendent in i4raimrfiiraia in 1688 he wacvacwas

appointed aeaietantassistmtassist tomt the president of the nanumantimanu dpiplepie then in

1889 he mesNBCwaswabmaamea aedcallednedued to be an apostle of bhethethokho church

in addition to being eoso actively engaged in hiehishib church he

worked at meywey trader anongauml

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teenleankwan yeanyeam vathwith presidentpreeidentpresiftntPresiftPre saiththeident in thisthiethle capacity and

later he mewaeweewea first oouneeloraw1w to presidentpreeidentPre heberkobehobehebesidenbeident J arantolt for three

yearsrowsrodsreds until hlahiehiskia deethdeath in 1921 3

he WMwaswes amonceonee askedsaem br stoatitoatth leadingat principle14 hishiehigprimiprili life hadwd been

guided to hiobhlchtiobkickkisk he replied efteraftererter a mantmmnt of deepdp thoughtythoughtithom&tthoughthomat I1t havehaeahawa

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which wereveremere farmfanralrel laborerlaborers hemenhamemhenen shopchop

wrkerarker lmramraheeaakershewaheeshwe privatemekeraakerweker tutor telegraph operatorperaterpperapezepeve andsaadsndsudteraterptora photographer

ibkteinnimn waawaswea eleealee actively engaged in civiecivicclyle affairsaf havingfaira served onan the

lutmountjutiut pleaseantpleaeantpimmt city council mdam onan the utah territorial legislature

in october of ugi1l11al he beattebeotte president of the nantikantinentl traplettapletmjd3

wotwevwe

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ymnyeare later he vabvaawaswab called to precidepreeide over the buyBureuyeuropeanopean missichmieeionmissice and

ioso waswaaweawesmesmea releasedreleaeednelmsneimsrele amoaroasedaeed hishieklekis positionpoeitionboldtpoldt aeas presidentpreaidentaidentsuwatalmatnewprenea of the tampletampie hain 1897

behe filled a ieeion to palestinepaleetinepalestirtePale andaraendanaarmskineetine syria to organishorfaniaeorganiseorfaniordorg theeniseaniseenisa wasbers

there into braneheebramthesobrane henthenrhenhwnheekeskwe in 1900 he beeaae

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churekchurch when joaephjeaephjmwyh F smithsoithselth beeambecambecal the eidtheixth presidentpreaidentpre ofaident the cheahchurchychwah

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presided until hishiehib death in 1906 5

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jehnjohn Q T mcquietermcauieter

john D T mcallister was converted to the church in delaware

and was baptized at the age of twenty he married nienulen handley on

july 28 1848 and thiathiethis bame year they started for utah arriving on

october 1 1851

after coming to utah he waawaswab employed in menymanymervmerw different maysswayeswayss

blaokaaithokeithokmithmithlithok epentercarpenterrpenterrp aillenberenter worker salt laketakeleketakslaks city rehalmarehalgarshalpmarehanManargar territorialshaipshalpshaia

barahalmarahalamrshalsrahalMa chief of salt lakeleke fire department he took an active part

in utah early dramatic productions and wabvacwaswebweswaw very active in civic affairsfairefeirefeiraaf

he wasvaevabwab elected majormejor of the leeondaeeondsecond battalion of the nauvoo legion in

the salt lake aubarymilitary districtin april of 1851 he wasvacvecweswea calledled on a missicaaieaionmissioa to j&igland in

1860ls60 he filled another mission to the united states and europe deberlaterdalerdeter

he waawaewas bentsentbant to st george onan a mission with president brightabrighaa yountoun

here he becam stake president and wa aboalaoabwalsoaiso appointed an assistant to

wilford woodruff then president of the S george dumpleitapleumple

in 1893 he waw& called to assist in the salt lakolakeleko templeremple midwid

laberlaterateraber in the mentimantimenki he became presidentpre ofeident thiethle temple when anthon H

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bruetruebruswanaanmanranwen of Aapostlepoetic orsonoreon hyde and heidheld continually impo-rtant church positions he waswaeweewes a teacher and superinauperinbrinittrinit of sundarsunday schools a ward endandemd stake officer inthe rtutuala and a HCMMroenroan missionary

he alaoalso heldholdheid the position of stake tithing clerk andmad waswaeweewebwab

preeidentpresidentpre ofaidenteident the south sanpetesanpoto stake for nineteen yearsyeara he aleoalso

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lewiedanledania anderdonandersonAnd sonionbonerdonereon of anderaandereanders andersonanderaon and anna olson wawaswad

bornworn on october 24 18501830 at hickeberghickeborgrickebergHickrick swedenebergeborg his ratherfatherfathrcathr leftsweden in 1855 and sailedballed for the united states leaving hiahiehishla family

behind until he could bendsendbond for lhertheathem rhiathiathis he did in the spring of

l8571857 thetirtyrtym familyfeallyay1y lived in iowa for about two yearsyearybar

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lewie Andereon

before startlagdarting

for utah although only nine yearbyearayears of age lwislewie walked all the waymay

frofrom missouriMiae toouri utah

he weswaewaskeaneawea baptizedbaptiaedbapuzedbapti asedaedawd memberamber of the church when he waswaeweewes bententonbanwen yearayears

of age in IM he married nutkarymarymerymut ann crowther thenhenrhen in 1675 he waswae

calleded on a mission to uhmthe northwentemnorthweatem statesslabasskalesswales in 18 he rospondekreepondedrospondedrospond

to a call to fulfill a second micronadest toon the bamesawsamebalaal area between

tawsethese two nissionejaieeionemisaiemls respondingrespoeione torAing a callceliceilceils he labored in connection

with the constructionconatructionconstconat ofruction the nantimonti tempietemple in 18881388 reepondingrespondingresroerwerespreep to0onding

another callcalicail he again came to mantinanzinenzimenzl to reaumeresume templelamplelampie tomrkrk thisthiethle bimetinetimelinekime

7aeas a recorder

lawislewielamis Andandersonmaersonersonereonevson waswaewaitwailwall a aenaanmanmen of unfalteringfaith and devotion to the hoepelooepelgcopel of jesue christ whenevwwnomyeara callcalicail came he waawaewasweswea ready he waswaawes a confidant and trusted

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crowther11 locIRSkrs citacite2 Cit

bantitmantit

87

0served as assistant president of the kantiyanti temple at the death of

president john D T mcallisterMcAll heieter was asked to take over the duliesdutiesdulles

of the president but wasvaamebmesneb not actually set apart until 1925 he

served in talethiethistais positionpo unlitunuanuaition hiahishla1 death in 193310

president anderaonanderson waswaaweawes a very spiritualspiapi andritual kindykindly man andwidmid

hlohiohiehib advice waswaeweswegmes boughtdought by gny hiahitshlahid motto in life honesthonest luck

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weswasweb bornbomboa in kirkentollock scotland in

the year 186 to archibald M young and maryyaryeary graham liehelleile came to

utah with his parents in 1872 12 they settledmilleddellied in salt lekelake city and

were there for about a year before going to richfield saylorsayler county

utah where he spent hishie boyhoodboyhoodsboy 3hoodehoods on july 59 1875187 he was baptizedbapti

a

sed

member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saintsaints cnon

october 28 189111 hep married mary S papkerparker 14

all hidhiehis lifeilfee he hashaehatsheshegrhebr benbeen veryyeryveny active in hibhiehis church holding

various positions therein in 1896 he was called to be a member of

the sevier stake high council later he became the second counselorcounscoune

in

elor

the seylerseviersetiersetler stake presidency then on september 18 1910 he wabwaawas setactbelaebeeb

apart aeas president of that stake altogether15 he served for thirty

years as a member of the presidency of that stake president young

also served on a mission to australia

he was also very active in civic affairs he served on the

richfield city council and also acted as myor of that city by

trade hobertrobertbobert D young was a contractor he was a pioneer in the

building of reservoirs he later becanebecamebecambecal vice president of the national17irrigation organization

jenson op cit ppap 74379743 79interview13 with robert dixon youngyoungq salbsaltsaibmdt lake cityuty july 1959

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robert dixon young became president of the manti temple in

1933 after the death of president lewielewisdowledowls andersonandersen heifelie wabwaewas presidaatpreslpresiprebi

for

tnearly tenton years during which time the golden jubilee of the

manti tempietemple was celebratedcolebr 1938atod during the time that he waswae

president of the templetupletupietempie it wabwaewas decoratedredecoratedre president young and his

wife assisted in the work she made the drapes and curtainscurt andelnisainiseints picked

out the newnownev furniture while he helped withvithmithbith some of the heavier workvorkmorkbork

it was during his administration that the flight of stairs which

descendeddeec downmedaedawd the hill from the temple were removed the cement in

theteetueuee stairs was cracked and they were crumbling the hill was smoothed

off and lawn was planted in their place making a very beautiful land-

scape

he was released from this position in 1942 the church then

called him to be the superintendent of construction on the latter day

saint hospital in salt lakeleke city he spent the next six years in this

capacitytapetapatepe incity 1949 he was called to be the president of the salt lake

temple which position he was released from in 1954195 due to the

declining health of his wife since that time he has been employed asan

IS18riaIL 1receptionist in the church office building in salt lekelakee city

when asked by the author for a statement as to his philosophy

president youwyoungloundyoum saidt

rhethe philosophy of y wifewirewir and I1 isin the sameour first duty is to the church and fromfron our youth upwe have loved our fellowaenfellowomfellorelio wewnmwaenwomuaenumen always felt that thegospel of our lord and savior jesus christ was thebiggest thing in all the world and the greatestquestion that confronted the human race and that it

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should have a preponderating influence in every heartbe true to god and your fellowmenfel welowmen feel

that there is no call in the world worth striving forrorthat hasnt god in it

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lewis robert anderson

one of the most loved and respected church leaders of today islewis robert andersonandersen sixth president of the manti temple he is a

son of the late president of the manti temple lewis anderson and of

mary ann crowther he was bomborn in fountain green utah on march 26

1872 he was baptized in 1880 in 1895 he was married to clara M

munkmumk three years later he was calledglied on a mission to the southern

states where he served asan counselor to president ben E ric

by trade lewis R anderson was a livestock rancher always

a prominent citizen of sanpete county he was vice president of manti

city bankbanksbenk director in various business enterprises and active in the21development of sanpete county he was mayor of manti city for three

terms being the youngest mayor in the state of utah at the time of his

first election he served two tomstermstometems in the state legislature where he

was speaker of the house during his second term he has almalsoalboaim been a

delegate to the republican national convention

in addition to his civic activities he has always been very

active in his church having heldholdheid practically every position in the22young men mutualmatual improvement association he also served over

fifteen years asan president of the south sansotesanpetesanpote stake succeeding his23father he wabwaswaiswalswalb called to be the president of the manti temple in

1949 he served faithfully in this position until he was released

20 21jenson op cit ppap 560561560 crowther561 opOR cit 42

22 23jenson loclos102 sitcit crowther op02 cit 4301

mantimantlnanti centennial committeescommittee sonesong of a century man tiitilcwntennialcrotennialcentennialcwgCro committeestennial 1949 p 42

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being a man of even temperament and great love for his

fellowmenfel presidentlowmen anderson has gained the love of all who know

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A bent peterson

A bent peterson who now presides over the manti temple

was born july 22 1908 in greely colorado a son of anna 0

peterson and mons peterson he was educated in grand county and isa graduate of the university of utah on april 2 1931 he married

mary poulsen of manti while living in manti he served one termtamtem as

a member of the manti city council in 1932 president peterson was

set apart as an assistant recorder in the manti temple he laterbecame the chief recorder and in 1942 was named second counselor in

the manti temple presidency

in 1945 he was called to go to idaho falls and help open the

temple there after doing this he returned to manti to resume his

duties until 13551951955135 when he was called to the los angeles templetempie to act

as chief recorder in april of 1958 he was called to newnow zealandzea tod

assist with the opening of the temple there returning to resume his

duties at los angeles until he was called by president david 0

mckay to be the seventh president of the manti temple he was set

apart for this position on may 23 1959 25

he has always been active in church affairs among the many

positions that he has heldholdheid are counselor in the manti north ward MIA

superintendency counselor in the presidency of the eiderselders1elders quorum

assistant sunday school superintendent ward clerk and member of

south sanpetesanpatesandate stake high council eleven years and first counselor26

in the westwood second ward bishopric los angeles stake

deseret news may 4 1959

manti messenger may 7 1959

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cardon P V beautifying manti temple grounds the improvement eraXXIX part inoyflmberinovenberINov 1925emberenber 68

church of jesus christ of latter day saints manti templetempie goldenjubilee npt church of jesus christ of latteriatter day saints1938

church of jesus christ of latter day saints the mantinantinentlmania troplettoplesalt lake cityt church of jesus christ of lateerlatter day saints1947

the contributor ujulyixjulyIX 1888July 355

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interviewsIntervinM

personal interview with james anderson june 1959

personal interview with lewis R anderson june 1959 1960

personal interview with wilford breinholt june 1959 1960

personal interview with J hattenhatton carpenter june 1959

personal interview with mrs elva christiansenChrist junelanseniansen 1959

9 personal interview with seymourseynour christensen june 1959

personal interview with howard cox june 1959 1960

personal interview with edwin jensen june 17 196019600

personal interview with B F laroenlarsenlarnen july 1959

personal interview with mrs abe livingston june 1959

personal interview with fred markham july 16 1960

personal interview with oscar nielson june 1959

personal interview with A bent peterson president june 19519919591959.1957

july 2 1960

personal interview with mrs mabel sinanonssingSina juneaunenonsone 1959junes

personal interview with robert D young july 1959

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the history of the mantlmantikentikentlmenti temple in a senseseneebensebenoe began the firstwinter the mormon pioneers spent in sanpete valley because of the

rextrewextreiaeextrew cold they moved to temple hill for protection this bamecameisatsa

hill later became the site of the temple

it had been predicated by heber C kimball that a temple would

somedayeomeday be built on thibthiathis apotspot by 18731373 plansplanepiane were being made to this

enderaenaerm preparationpreparations for conscone tructruetion were eoonsoonboon in progress and on april

25 1877 the sitecite was dedicated by president brigham young

following a church cooperative policy the manti temple

district was organizedorgani itsed consisted of ten stakes in the vicinity

near the temple Committecommittees were eebsetsebbetbeb up in each communitycoranconan withinunity this

district for the purpose of supplying the construction needs william

H folsom superintendent of construction and president canute

petersonpatersontereontarbonPe hishiehib assistantaesistantresistant served underwiderwyder the direction of the council of

twelvewelveseiveselye apostles 8up6rvising the policies in connection with the

construction

the laying of the cornercomer stones took place on april 14 1879

according to church procedure the stones were laid in the followingfonfoUron

orderorders

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southeast southwest northwest and northeast the con-

struction of the walls began shortly thereafterther theysartersafterearter were built of

oolite stone quarried from earbearteael of the building site stone cutting

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socleSocietys weavingwearingweeying rugs community fund raising projectprojects voluntary

donation of labor groups supporting temple laborers children glean-

ing in the fields and in addition the support of full time mission-

aries

the laborers were given tithing scrip which was redeemable at

the tithing office in produce and noditiescoiraodities for work performed

contributions cambcamecama mostly from the tempietemple district and were turned

into the tithing office

A private corporation the manti temple association was

formed on june 26 1886 it held the legal title to the temple until

july 27 1925 thisflitschis prevented the federal government from taking

away all property belonging to the iatterlatterlabber day saint church because of

polygamy persecutions

the temple was dedicated on the twenty first twenty second

and twenty third of mayhayheymey 1888 lorenzolorenso snow gave the dedicatory

prayer under the direction of wilford woodruff since this lioelime only

ak9k

up to aid in the erection of the building

due to a growing population in manti and the economic ad-

vancement of the people the period between 1877 andmdend 1888 was one in

which considerable building was done theche people of the temple

district exhibited great sacrificial devotion effecting the construc-

tion kanymanykeny of the workers were skilled in their crafts and industri-

ous in the performance of their work the cost of the finished temple

was 99199181991991.81 of which amount the sandatesanpetesanpate stake contributed

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