A 'NEW' TEMPLE FOR PROVO, UTAH

Circa 1890

On Saturday we took a drive to see the progress of the "new" Provo Temple.  Here's a little history.

The Provo TABERNACLE was built in 1883 and took 15 years to complete. It was used for church meetings and cultural events.

The Provo Tabernacle was severely damaged late on the night of Dec. 17, 2010, when a lighting technician mistakenly set a 300-watt light fixture on a wooden speaker box in the attic, the Provo fire investigators concluded. The blaze caused an estimated $15 million in damage.

 

Being near Christmas, many expensive musical instruments that were there for concerts were also destroyed.

 This is what it looks like now. Of course the roof is gone and all the interior. The inner walls were reinforced with rebar & concrete before the building was jacked up.

 

 It may not look like it, but that is one of the tallest cranes I've ever seen.

 

So far they have dug down at least two floors.

 

 We had to take all our pictures looking through the chain link fence.

 Close up of the front of the building.

 

 Here are two of the cupolas.

If you look closely you can see a big earth mover under the building.

 

 Another shot of the earth movers.

 

The artist's rendition of the finished Temple expected to be completed in 2015. I think it is great to save and re-purpose this wonderful piece of history

WE'RE BAAAAACK

We're back from Utah where we attended the funeral of Dad's cousin Ruth Milius Stephens, and had a wonderful visit with the Springville and Mapleton Agles.

(More pictures to follow)

Dennis & Jane with Keith. On the table behind us was some memorabilia of Ruth's life. 

This was on the table. A little drawing about 3" x 5" done by Grandma Anderson when she was Leone Christenson and about 12 years old. It was of her niece Ruth Milius. On the picture below you can see the signature a little clearer.

 She wrote "Ruth" at the top and signed it at the bottom. The writing was quite faint, so this was the best picture I could get. Still, it is priceless in my opinion.

Mark Andrus sent this beautiful wreath.

ERIK PRICE AGLE

Yes folks, it's true. Erik has hit the big F-O-U-R  O-H!
(On April 11th)

 Happy birthday, Erik.

FUTURE MISSIONARY

A new suit and rarin' to go!

RUTH MILIUS STEPHENS

Dad with cousin Ruth & Keith Stephens at their home in Bountiful, Utah.

(August, 2011)

 

Ruth passed away April 6, 2013

LAP DOG ?

AND THE ZION TRIP CONTINUES . . .

(Be sure and read Ken's "comments" at the bottom of day one. Delightful.)

 

 

Nathan

There's a Christmas card shot! 

Ken wrote:  I can tell you that JP was quite the wanderer. You have to really concentrate on him because there are a lot of cliffs even on the easier hikes. I guess he takes after his father (amen to that:cja) in that sense. He almost has a mischievious side to his efforts. In any case, it took a toll on his parents, but we survived. (as did we. cja)