Honoring Builders of Salt Lake Temple

Before a canal and then a railroad eased the work, the great granite blocks for the Salt Lake Temple were dragged down out of Little Cottonwood Canyon by ox teams — a journey of some twenty miles that could take days for a single stone. This is one of several markers around the valley honoring the builders of the temple, and it points at the sheer physical labor beneath a building usually discussed in terms of faith and symbolism: forty years of hauling, cutting, and lifting, by people working mostly with animals and muscle.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lagoon Amusement Park — 0.2 mi
  A beloved family amusement park operating since 1886
• Hill Aerospace Museum — 9.7 mi
  Over 90 military aircraft displayed indoors and on the tarmac
• Ensign Peak — 13 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Salt Lake City — 15 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.

More markers nearby

• Honoring the Builders of the Salt Lake Temple — steps away
• Temple Quarry SUP Members — steps away
• Pony Express Museum — steps away
• Primary Organized & Farmington Meeting House — steps away