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Baptismal font of the St. George Temple. Photograph © the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Used by permission.
The St. George Temple Baptismal Font BY MARGARET M. CANNON
OO IMPORTANT WERE TEMPLES TO THE MEMBERS OF THE C h u r c h o f JeSUS
Christ of Latter-day Saints that the Salt Lake Temple Block was laid out in 1847, shortly after the pioneers entered Salt Lake Valley. Although this temple was not dedicated until 1893, three other Utah temples were completed earlier. The first of the three was the St. George Temple, dedicated in April 1877, thirty-one years after the Saints left Nauvoo. The struggle to cross the plains, survive in a Mrs. Cannon, a great granddaughter of Amos Howe, lives in Provo, Utah.