The pioneers of Sanpete were committed to fostering their relationship with God and desired to build a temple where they could worship and increase their spiritual understanding of God's principles. Twenty-eight years after the first pioneers . . . — — Map (db m243325) HM
In the 1840s settlers in the west were typically separated by miles of open fields, leaving individuals and families isolated and unprotected. The pioneers, however, did not follow this settlement pattern when they gathered together in Utah. . . . — — Map (db m243332) HM
In June 1849 Chief Wakara (or Walker), a Ute Indian, journeyed to Salt Lake City from the Sanpitch (Sanpete) valley to invite a group of Mormon settlers to come and live in the area. Chief Wakara wanted the settlers to teach his tribe how to . . . — — Map (db m243319) HM
Third fort built in Manti
Location: 9 blocks in center of city
Marker Location
Construction: Rock, adobe, and
mud-filled wood frame
Walls: 12' high, 3' wide at base,
2' wide at top
Protection of settlers livestock
From Indian . . . — — Map (db m74944) HM
This house, built about 1858, is a significant example of one of the traditional building designs found in early Utah vernacular architecture. Three of Manti's most prominent families lived here. Orville Southerland Cox, the builder, was a leading . . . — — Map (db m74946) HM
Daniel Buckley Funk was an industrious and innovative citizen of
early Sanpete. He owned a mill, a farm made shoes and drums from animal hides and served in the military. Daniel had an entrepreneurial spirit. Throughout his life, he ventured . . . — — Map (db m243389) HM
Mormon pioneer Joseph Taylor’s journal contains an account of a miracle he witnessed while building the temple: Joseph Taylor served as the timekeeper during construction of the Manti Temple. As timekeeper, he would walk the temple grounds, . . . — — Map (db m243324) HM
The Mormon Pioneers had an all-encompassing purpose in leaving their
homelands and gathering to Utah. The pioneers sought a place where they could help build Zion, a community organized and based on religious ideals.
(caption) The . . . — — Map (db m243388) HM
Visit the historic Manti City Cemetery
The adjoining cemetery marks the final resting place of many Central Utah settlers who died beginning in November 1849 and into the early 1850s. Death was very much a part of the pioneer experience. . . . — — Map (db m243326) HM
This house has two markers
John Patten House
The John Patten House was constructed c.1854 of limestone. John Patten came to Utah in 1850 and settled in Manti. He was active in community affairs serving as a representative to the . . . — — Map (db m74950) HM
This Victorian Eclectic and Queen Anne style house remains as one of the most distinctive architectural landmarks of Manti. The house, which initially consisted of only two rooms, was begun in 1896 by Lewis R. (L.R.) Anderson. After he returned from . . . — — Map (db m74921) HM
*Marker Location
Little Stone Fort Erected 1852 By Mormon Pioneers
First Fort Built in Manti
Location: NW quarter Block 64
Foundation: 3' wide, stone
Walls: 12' high, 2' thick
Provided protection from Hostile Ute . . . — — Map (db m243321) HM
Manti's Old Red Schoolhouse was located at 65 South, First West 1894-1936. Its Schoolhouse bell was forged in 1892 and was originally used in the one-room rock, North Ward Schoolhouse. Bell tower erected 1989. — — Map (db m243318) HM
Built in 1910-11, the Manti Carnegie Library is one of 23 Carnegie Libraries in Utah and one of over 1650 library buildings in the United States that were built by millionaire/philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie donated the entire cost of the . . . — — Map (db m74945) HM
November 3, 1873, the Manti City Council under Mayor A. W. Bessey, "Motioned and carried that work on the City Hall be commenced without delay," and May 1, 1882, "The council tendered a vote of thanks to the building committees for their energetic . . . — — Map (db m74947) HM
Pioneer children faced the challenges and hardships as their parents. We learn how they also stood for the values of faith, education, cooperation, and industry in their lives. Read the stories below to learn about Elizabeth Wilcox Hurst and . . . — — Map (db m243322) HM
This pioneer cabin, one of the first erected in Manti, was built inside the log fort, about 1853 by Nathaniel S. Beach. He later moved it to 104 West 2nd North where it was purchased by William and Johannah Richey, as a home for their family. At one . . . — — Map (db m74949) HM
Pioneer Values
Cooperation
Mormons converts migrated to the west seeking a place to gather as a people and find refuge from religious persecution. They faced many challenges as they established settlements in Central Utah.
The . . . — — Map (db m243335) HM
Pioneer Values
Education
The Pioneers were a culturally diverse group, gathered together from many nations. Yankees, Southerners, British, and Scandinavians made up the majority of the people. Though their backgrounds varied, a universal . . . — — Map (db m243323) HM
Pioneer Values
Faith
Leaving from states such as Illinois and Iowa the early pioneers over 1,200 miles to reach their destination in Central Utah. These early settlers abandoned their homes and livelihoods to cross the treacherous and . . . — — Map (db m243390) HM
Pioneer Values
Industry
Determined pioneers walked across the Great Plains and then settled in a dry-desert with conditions that seemed unrelenting. The life they had chosen was not an easy one. Each day the pioneers had to commit . . . — — Map (db m243391) HM
This monument and replica pioneer dugout honor the founders of Manti City and Sanpete County.
At the invitation of Wakara, Chief of the Ute Indian Nation, the Prophet Brigham Young sent Isaac Morley with 224 pioneers to make the Sanpitch Valley . . . — — Map (db m74952) HM
This mission church and school constructed in 1881 of native oolite limestone in the Greek Revival style was designed by architect Peter Van Houghton of Salt Lake City. The church was constructed under the supervision of Reverend G.W. Martin who . . . — — Map (db m74922) HM
Under direction of Bishop Isaac Morley 224 pioneers arrived in this vicinity Nov. 22, 1849. In response to an invitation from Indian Chief Walker to President Brigham Young. Their first homes were dugouts in the south side of Temple Hill. That . . . — — Map (db m44489) HM
On April 25 1877, the pioneer colonizers of Manti -- the fourth community established in Utah -- began taking form the south side of this hill the oolite stone from which to build their temple. The third of these sacred edifices erected in Utah, it . . . — — Map (db m44485) HM
This location marks the final resting place of hundreds of men, women, and children of diverse backgrounds and life experiences. It is believed that most if not all burials of white settlers in Sanpete Valley between November 1849 and the early . . . — — Map (db m243334) HM