The Testimony of Three Witnesses

Bound into the front of every Book of Mormon is a short statement signed by three men — Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris — swearing they had seen the golden plates from which Joseph Smith said he translated it. This 1927 monument, by the sculptor Avard Fairbanks, honors that testimony. The detail history keeps is the harder one: all three men eventually broke with the church Smith founded — and yet none of them ever recanted what they said they saw.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Temple Square — steps away
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Salt Lake City — steps away
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Ensign Peak — 1.4 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Liberty Park — 1.9 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

More markers nearby

• Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood Mon. — steps away
• Joseph Smith — steps away
• Hyrum Smith — steps away
• The Law, Government, Liberty and The Way — steps away