So, I lied

Granite Quarry

In preparing for this week’s blog stories, I noticed there were two more interesting facts from “Mapping Mormonism.” I mentioned last week that it was with sadness that I had shared the last three facts from this book. Not quite, I have a few more. I’ll share one today and the other tomorrow.

Where did the granite come from for the outside of the new Conference Center?

a.      Italy

b.      California

c.       The same quarry as the Salt Lake Temple

d.      New Hampshire

Yesterday’s answers:

1.      C.   Gordon B. Hinckley

Spencer W. Kimball travelled far more than any of his predecessors during his 12-year administration. President Kimball and his entourage typically flew on commercial airlines. Kimball felt that area conferences and solemn assemblies (special meetings with local priesthood leaders) were crucial venues for meeting closely with Church members, and he attended over 60 of each. Only Gordon B. Hinckley would travel more, often using a private jet owned by a member.

Plewe, Brandon S., et. at., Mapping Mormonism (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 2012) 167.

 2.      D.   Gordon B. Hinckley

His [President Hinckley’s] historic around-the-world trip in 2005 (at the age of 95) was a first for a President of the Church: David O. McKay’s voyage around the world as an Apostle in 1920-21 took 384 days, while President Hinckley visited members in eight cities in nine days.

 Plewe, Brandon S., et. at., Mapping Mormonism (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 2012) 170.

 3.      B.   830,000

As President, Gordon B. Hinckley visited 68 countries beyond the United States, including 12 never before visited by a President of the Church; he traveled over 830,000 miles.

 Plewe, Brandon S., et. at., Mapping Mormonism (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 2012) 171.