Temple Quarry SUP Members

Every granite block in the Salt Lake Temple came out of Little Cottonwood Canyon, southeast of the city, where pioneer quarrymen split the hard stone by hand and hauled it down to the temple site. This marker, placed by the Sons of Utah Pioneers' Temple Quarry chapter in 1959, honors those workers. The quarrying was brutal, unglamorous labor that stretched across the forty years the temple took to build — the part of the story usually overshadowed by the spires and the symbolism it all finally held up.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lagoon Amusement Park — 0.2 mi
  A beloved family amusement park operating since 1886
• Hill Aerospace Museum — 9.8 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
• Pony Express Museum — steps away
• Honoring Builders of Salt Lake Temple — steps away
• Primary Organized & Farmington Meeting House — 0.2 mi