Keyword Salt Lake City Temple

John Rowe Moyle walked the 22 miles from Alpine, Utah to Salt Lake City to fulfill his calling.

Recounts the 40-year history of building the Salt Lake Temple, shown as if recounted by Wilford Woodruff to a young reporter. It portrays the pioneers' dedication to temple worship.

An intimate portrait of Salt Lake City and its surroundings. Shot on 16mm film.

In the very core of Salt Lake City, two special downtown blocks serve as a mirror. Just a handful of acres of land hold more than 150 years of the Utah story. On planners' maps, they're known as Salt Lake City Blocks 75 and 76. But to generations who have worked, lived, and played along their streets, Blocks 75 and 76 are a world unto themselves.

On July 26, 1847, two days after the arduous journey to the Salt Lake Valley - Brigham Young, Wilford Woodruff and several of the Apostles went to the north end of the valley where President Young identified the location of the future site of the Salt Lake Temple. Five years later work began and the cornerstone was laid. For forty years the Saints told and sacrificed until the completion and dedication of the Salt Lake Temple on April 6, 1893.