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Show such guards as might be necessary nec-essary for the eventful occasion of the laying of the corner stones on April 6, 1853. Xext Week: Contents of Temple Tem-ple cornerstones. reverence down through the annals an-nals of time. From February 14, 1853 to April 6, 1853, men were constantly con-stantly employed in preparing the ground for the Temple foundation. foun-dation. The committee on arrangements ar-rangements headed by Lt. General Gen-eral Daniel H. Wells, detailed Utah Pioneer Trails Temple Building 40-Year Task Editor's Note: Fourth In the Bulletin series on Utah Pioneer Hlntory Is an article dealing with the laying of the cornerstone of the great Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The story will be presented in two parts as lt was taken from records of the Sons of Utah Pioneers Memorial Foundation. BULLETIN SPECIAL I that it would be two score years before the capstone would be fiinally set and the Salt Lake Temple completed. The Twelve Apostles then assisted as-sisted in removing the first earth for the foundation and the ceremonies cere-monies of the day were completed. com-pleted. It was an historic and most interesting occasion - one that should be remembered in Salt Lake City was taking shape in 1853. One of the biggest big-gest shapes to loom in the metamorphosis from desert to thriving city was the Salt Lake Temple. Already, the wall had been planned to surround the pioneer city, and homes were being established estab-lished along with businesses. People whose names still are well-remembered well-remembered were laying the foundations for future greatness of the metropolis. The business section of the city consisted of the General Store House on the site now occupied by the Hotel Utah; the Tithing Office located on Main Street immediately im-mediately north of the General storehouse; the Council House on the southwest corner of the intersection inter-section of South Temple and Main Street where the Union Pacific Building is now located, 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 north of the Old Tabernacle was still standing stand-ing the bowery erected July 31, 1817 by the Mormon Battalion boys from Pueblo, Colorado. On February 14, 1853, a great concourse of people gathered from settlements near and far throughout through-out the Territory to witness 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 his work and properly staked the area selected. At 11:00 a.m. President Brig-ham Brig-ham Young, his Counselors and the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, proceeded to the east line of the Temple site. In hushed silence, President Heber C. Kimball offered of-fered a prayer consecrating the ground which had been selected ns the site upon which the House of the Lord would be built. Little did the assembled saints realize |