A 19th-century style oil painting of Brigham Young overlooking the gritty construction of the Salt Lake Temple. The scene shows immigrant laborers carving granite blocks, oxen pulling heavy wagons through deep mud, and a wooden derrick hoisting stone toward rising walls under a hazy, golden-hour sky.

Who Built the Salt Lake Temple?

Leaders, emigrants, and volunteers each played a role during the temple’s 40-year construction.

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