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Show thereupon delivered a thrilling address to the assembled thousands. of the church. Adobe meeting houses were being built in the various var-ious wards which had been organized organ-ized in 1849. On February 14, 1853, a great concourse of people gathered from settlements near and far to witness wit-ness the selection in the Temple Square of the actual site on which the great temple was to be built. Early that morning, Jesse W. Fox territorial surveyor, had completed complet-ed his work and properly staked the area selected. At 11 a.m., President Brigham Young, his counselors and the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, proceeded pro-ceeded to the east line of the temple site and President Young Know Your Utah '' One hundred and two years ago' Great Salt Lake City, headquarters headquar-ters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was in its infancy. The business section of the city consisted of the General Store House on the site now occupied oc-cupied by the Hotel Utah; the Tithing Office located on Main Street, immediately north of the storehouse; the Council House and a few small stores. On the Temple Square was the old tabernacle, dedicated April 6, 1852, and located on the site now occupied by the assembly hall. Immediately Im-mediately north of the old tabernacle taber-nacle was still standing the bowery bow-ery erected July 31, 1847, by the Mormon Battalion boys from Pueblo, Pue-blo, Colo. Many of the people had moved from their homes in the old fort and . built comfortable pioneer homes on the inheritances or lots given them by the governing body |