Nauvoo Temple
The approximate cost to construct the
Nauvoo Temple was one million dollars. According to Orson Hyde,
what was the Church offered to sell the temple shortly prior to their exodus
from Nauvoo?
a.
$200,000
b.
A trade for land in the Salt Lake Valley
c.
A trade for land in Winter Quarters
d.
State protection to allow the Saints to leave Nauvoo in safety
Yesterday’s
answer:
C)
Steel from the destroyed U.S. army wagons
Brigham Young understood the need for a
larger theater in Salt Lake City. On
July 1, 1861 ground was broken and work began on its construction. There were a
number of obstacles to overcome, the most urgent being the lack of iron to
construct the theater.
Being
the resourceful individual that he was noted for, Brigham Young came to the
rescue when he remembered that during the Utah War (Buchanan’s Blunder and
Johnston’s Army) many of the government wagons had been destroyed on the
Wyoming plains. He sent teams out to
collect all the metal from the destroyed Army equipment. It was this steel that
was used in the construction of the theater.
Chronicles
of Courage, Daughters
of Utah Pioneers (Salt Lake City; Utah Printing Company, 1990) 1:179.
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