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43-522: Predating the existing Provo tabernacle was a smaller tabernacle (sometimes called the Old Provo Tabernacle) that stood from 1861 to 1919 on the same block and was situated north of the later tabernacle building facing Center Street. Plans for the first tabernacle began as early as 1852, though ground wasn't broken until 1856. The Walker and Utah wars slowed the progress of building the original structure. Thomas Allman and John Watkins did much of

86-503: A Paiute man began beating his wife over a transaction and tried taking it into Ivie's home. This dispute resulted in Ivie killing one of the men present, a relative of Wakara’s named Shower-O-Cats. Indian tradition called for Ivie's death, which began a series of skirmishes and confrontations known as Wakara's War, or the Walker War. The Walker War is not necessarily considered a war, rather more

129-519: A long time. Although there were various murders from both the Utes and the settlers, rarely, if ever, was there ever a large confrontation of the two groups that would be considered a battle. They are described more like raids or small conflicts than a traditional war. The Utes gave the members of the LDS Church various chances to pay for their wrongdoings, yet many times the church members could not provide what

172-542: A notable original artwork, Minerva Teichert 's 1934 painting Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood , remained unknown until 22 December. Due to the significance of the painting, the Provo fire marshal permitted fire task force members to enter the east end of the ruined building despite dangerous conditions. In the late afternoon, searchers located the remnants of the painting, which was almost completely destroyed by

215-576: A profitable slave trade with Mexican traders before the arrival of the Mormons. They traded captives, mostly women and children from the weaker nomadic Paiute and Goshute tribes, with the Mexicans for goods. In order to increase economic wealth, Chief Wakara pressured the Mormon settlers to engage in his prospering slave trade, threatening to kill the slaves unless the settlers bought them. Although initially opposed to

258-399: A series of raid attempts of the Utes on the settlers. These raids led the members of the LDS Church to come back at the Utes with force as well. However, that was not the original intent of the religious settlers. Their original intent was to use a plan to defend themselves and attempt to improve their relations with the Utes. Towards the end of July 1853, Major General Daniel H. Wells , of

301-514: A sharing of the land. What the Paiute Indians did not understand was that the settlers were there to stay, and that the pioneers would claim ownership over the lands that they settled. Frequent Indian raids on the settlers' cattle and horses led to conflicts between Wakara's band and Brigham Young with the rest of the Mormon settlers. Things escalated on July 17, 1853, when Paiute Indians were trading near James Ivie's cabin. A dispute ensued when

344-577: A single production truck. LDS Church president Thomas S. Monson announced in general conference on October 1, 2011, that the Provo Tabernacle would be rebuilt to serve as a second temple in Provo, making Provo the second city in the LDS Church to have two temples, following South Jordan, Utah , which has the Jordan River and Oquirrh Mountain temples. It is the second tabernacle in Utah to be converted to

387-566: A temple, following the Vernal Utah Temple . The restoration included "a complete restoration of the original exterior," and the artist's rendition in the press release included the central tower from the original building. As part of construction, the outer wall was placed on scaffolding for the excavation of two basement levels beneath it. A public open house was held from Friday, January 15, 2016, through Saturday, March 5, 2016, excluding Sundays, and drew more than 800,000 visitors. The temple

430-698: A very profitable slave trade with the Spaniards, in which they traded captives from other tribes for European goods. Wakara was the chief of the Paiute Indians at the time that the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), commonly referred to as the Mormon pioneers , began to arrive in Utah and settle the land around 1847. The pioneers were fleeing from religious persecution in Illinois and Missouri and believed that religious freedom would be found outside

473-502: Is an American composer, songwriter, and pianist known primarily for his film scores and his work on The Swan Princess of which one of his songs was nominated for a Golden Globe Award . De Azevedo, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , also produced the music for the LDS musical Saturday's Warrior . Lex de Azevedo was born in Los Angeles , the son of Alyce King of

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516-528: The Lamanites , who were the primary antagonists in a book of scripture called the Book of Mormon , that they believed was translated by the religion's founder, Joseph Smith . Informed by the church's doctrine at the time, the Mormon settlers believed that the indigenous inhabitants needed to be converted to Mormonism in order to receive spiritual salvation; Chief Wakara himself had been converted. Wakara and his band had

559-482: The Utah Territorial Militia , commanded a number of troops to go and attempt to stop the Utes, who they believed were marching to attack a town of members of the LDS Church. Wells was specific in his instruction to not attack the Utes, but to try to capture Chief Wakara, while trying to keep peace. This did not happen, because the orders given by Wells were not received in time. A man named Colonel Conover took

602-637: The King Sisters by her first marriage. He served as a musical director for The Sonny & Cher Show , Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five and the Osmonds . He composed the scores for the films Where the Red Fern Grows (1974), Against a Crooked Sky (1975), Baker's Hawk (1976), Brigham (1977) and The Swan Princess (1994), for the latter he was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1995 for

645-599: The United States in lands at the time claimed by Mexico . The Mormons were led west from Illinois by their religious leader, Brigham Young , who was revered among them as a prophet. The Mormon settlers did not account for the indigenous tribes of the Goshute, Ute, and Shoshone whose territory they were wanting to settle outside the Salt Lake Valley, which led to protracted, and at times violent, conflicts. The Salt Lake Valley

688-460: The Utes and the settlers. Chief Wakara would end up dying in 1855, and the peace would then be lost again. The bloodshed between the settlers would continue in following years. Members of the LDS Church and the Utes would find themselves in conflict again during the Tintic War , which took place just a year after the death of Chief Wakara. Although the war was not primarily between the two groups, yet

731-432: The Utes asked for, or they did not believe that they owed the Utes anything. So, the battles would continue from the latter part of 1853 to early 1854. Then, Chief Wakara decided that he wanted to stop the violence and make peace with the settlers. So, on multiple occasions he attempted at making peace. However, Chief Wakara wanted payments through cattle, guns, whiskey, and many gifts if peace were to be made. On May 11, 1854,

774-519: The Utes were stealing some livestock of the settlers, which would lead to the violence. They would also meet again in the Black Hawk War a few years later. The violence finally stopped when the U.S. Government removed the Native Americans from the area, effectively stopping the bloodshed between the settlers and the Utes. Lex de Azevedo Alexis King de Azevedo (born January 14, 1943)

817-542: The building, but around 6:00 AM MST the roof collapsed. The fire continued to burn throughout the day. On March 31, 2011, after 12 weeks of investigation, the Provo City Fire Department released its findings and conclusion regarding the fire. The report states "The most probable proximate cause of the fire at the Tabernacle December 17, 2010 is a heat source, specifically an energized 300-watt lamp, which

860-580: The church members was to stop all trade and exchange with the Ute Indians, as to avoid any confrontation with them. However, it was difficult to completely avoid all confrontation. There were instances in which settlers would sneak into the Indian camps and find stolen livestock, and when they found the people who did it, many times they would kill the Indians. Both sides would continue to provoke and anger each other for

903-471: The collapse of the building's roof. The painting, valued at USD $ 1.5 million, represented 10% of the building's total estimated loss in the fire. Other major losses included the tabernacle Austin pipe organ (the value of which de Azevedo estimated at over USD $ 1 million), a rented USD $ 100,000 Fazioli grand piano, a USD $ 20,000 Lyon & Healy concert grand harp, and USD $ 2 million in KBYU videography equipment in

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946-427: The distribution of the land in the Salt Lake Valley. The Paiute Indians frequently went on raids, stealing horses from other tribes and settlers and growing their herds. Chief Wakara led some of the most profitable raids in that region, notably increasing the head count in his band's herd. When the Mormon settlers came, there was an assumption that things would continue to go on as they had been and that there would be

989-409: The fire alarm). According to press reports after the fire, a large reproduction painting of Jesus Christ was found to have partially survived. The giclée print of Harry Anderson's The Second Coming, originally contained a number of angels as background figures, all of which were burned. In the center of the print, while Jesus' hands and one arm were fractionally burned, the remainder of the figure

1032-415: The fire, and were able to identify it primarily due to the melted Plexiglass of its protective cover. The remnants of the painting were photographed and diagrammed before being turned over to BYU Risk Management officials for transportation to the property owners for preservation. Fire crews stated that, had they been aware of the significance of the painting, they would have made efforts to recover it prior to

1075-496: The first tabernacle. At the dedication, Young expressed that the tabernacle was "entirely too small" and should have been completed 12 years previously. The original Provo tabernacle was razed between 1918 and 1919. The foundation for the first tabernacle and nearby baptismal font were unearthed by the Office of Public Archaeology at Brigham Young University (BYU) in 2012. Many coins, trinkets, and other small items that had fallen through

1118-703: The floorboards and remained in the foundation were discovered. The rock foundation was then disassembled and the stones were donated to Provo City. The construction for the second and larger Provo tabernacle (referred to also as the Utah Stake Tabernacle or the New Provo Tabernacle ) started in 1883. It was built by the LDS Church as a meeting place that would hold more people than its predecessor. Harvey H. Cluff oversaw its construction. The new tabernacle, designed by William Folsom could seat 3,000 individuals in its auditorium and balconies. The tabernacle

1161-522: The group of troops and attacked, not knowing of the orders from Wells. He went with a group of about one hundred and fifty armed men to pursue these Native Americans. The effects of this event were very large and severe. This event led to many months of attacks from both the Utes and the settlers. After hearing about this incident, Brigham Young sent a letter of apology for what had happened to Chief Wakara. He even included some tobacco with his letter so that Wakara might accept it better. From this moment on,

1204-430: The idea, Brigham Young advised the Mormons to purchase the slaves and raise them as their own children. Young viewed this as a way to purchase the slaves' freedom, believing it to be the moral duty of the settlers to raise the children as Mormons. The relationships between the settlers and the purchased slaves ranged from familial relations to treating the slaves as house servants. There were many small disputes regarding

1247-463: The interior woodwork. The first tabernacle seated 1100, though more could fit with chairs added in the aisles. The single tower, located on the north end above the foyer, stood 80 feet (24 m) tall and carried a 500-pound (230 kg) bell. For practical purposes, the tabernacle was completed in 1861, although the final plastering and dedication of the building occurred in 1867. There is confusion as to whether Brigham Young or John Taylor dedicated

1290-551: The land largely separated Wakara's band from other Ute and Shoshone Indians in that area. They subsisted mainly on a hunter-gatherer diet, roaming the land to find the sustenance and supplies that they needed to survive. This was greatly aided by the influence of horses in the Ute culture, especially with Wakara as chief. He was known as the "Napoleon of the Desert", a nickname given for his cunning and strategy in horse raids. Wakara's band had

1333-544: The members of the LDS Church would put in a strict defense system to protect themselves. Those who did not abide by the orders of the church's First Presidency were to be taught well their lesson so that they would then obey the orders. Members of the church began to move all of their cattle and livestock to Salt Lake to be able to protect them. The Ute Indians decided to use this to their advantage. They would begin to raid these groups of livestock and steal them as they were being moved. Part of Young's plan to defend and keep safe

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1376-662: The slave trade, and the division of the Salt Lake Valley . Wakara was a leader of the Ute Native Americans in Utah. He was also known as Wakarum, Walkara, Walkar, Wacker, Wacherr, Watcher, and his white name Walker. Wakara means "yellow" or "brass" in the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. It is thought that Wakara went by that name because of his preference for yellow buckskin. The physical characteristics of

1419-761: The song " Far Longer than Forever ". During the 1960s, De Azevedo produced several albums for Capitol Records , including Laurindo Almeida 's Plays for a Man and a Woman and the Four King Cousins ' Introducing the Four King Cousins . He produced the hit version, by the Youngstown, Ohio-based quartet the Human Beinz , of the Isley Brothers' " Nobody but Me ", which rose to #8 in 1968. He composed for pop singers (including many members of his own family) and

1462-521: The stage. He is also credited as the co-writer of the Latter-day Saint production, Saturday's Warrior . De Azevedo has ten children. His daughters Rachel and Emilie are the creators and producers of the Signing Time! videos, designed to teach children American Sign Language , and he appears in them during the grandparents sequence of Vol. 2. De Azevedo's daughter Julie de Azevedo Hanks

1505-445: The tabernacle was Madame Abbie Carrington in 1891. On September 1, 1909, U.S. President William H. Taft visited and spoke in the tabernacle. In the 1930s, Herald R. Clark, the head of BYU's College of Commerce, arranged to use the tabernacle for university lyceum programs. One of the most famous lyceums occurred in 1938 when composer Sergei Rachmaninoff performed in concert. Many funerals of prominent residents of Provo were held in

1548-418: The tabernacle, including Abraham O. Smoot , Hugh Nibley , and Truman Madsen . In 1975, the building was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places . A four-alarm fire was reported at the tabernacle on December 17, 2010, at 2:43 AM MST. Firefighters arrived to find smoke coming from the building. Firefighters initially believed they could save the roof and thus the outward structural integrity of

1591-470: The war was officially ended. Chief Wakara and Brigham Young met and came to an agreement and decided to end the bloodshed. The specifics of the agreement are not exactly known, as there is no copy of the proceedings of the treaty to be found. However, there have been some pieces of evidence that show that there were some gifts given for horses that had been stolen. Although the war had officially ended, that did not mean that there would be no violence between

1634-468: Was claimed by none of the four surrounding tribes, making it an ideal settling place for the early members of the LDS Church. In the years following the arrival of the Mormons in the Salt Lake Valley, tensions began to build between the settlers and the Paiutes. The Mormons, led by Brigham Young, believed that the indigenous peoples they encountered were descendants of an ancient splinter group of Hebrews called

1677-500: Was dedicated on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Walker War Wakara's War , also known as Walker's War was a dispute between the Ute people and the Mormon settlers in Utah Valley and surrounding areas. This war is characterized as a string of disputes and skirmishes over property and the land from July 1853 to May 1854. This war was influenced by factors such as religious differences,

1720-541: Was in use by 1886, when it held the LDS Church's general conference on April 6. Members of the First Presidency were in hiding at the time on polygamy charges and were not present. The tabernacle was dedicated on April 17, 1898, by George Q. Cannon , with church president Joseph F. Smith also in attendance. The building costs totaled USD $ 100,000. In 1907, a USD $ 10,000 organ from the Austin Organ Company

1763-401: Was installed, featuring 36 ranks of pipes and 3 manuals. In 1917, the cupola was removed due to the roof sagging. In 1964, the tabernacle was updated, with much of the interior painted white, while the electrical and heating systems were updated. The Tabernacle was home to many concerts, LDS stake conferences , and other community events. One of the first big-name entertainers to perform in

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1806-477: Was mostly intact and partially surrounded by a largely unburned area. Photographs taken during the fire response show the print was initially unharmed in its place near the east door of the tabernacle, but though the frame remained intact, the print itself somehow became partially charred during Friday night or Saturday as firefighting efforts continued. The print was removed on the afternoon of 18 December and transported to Salt Lake City for conservation. The fate of

1849-494: Was placed too close to combustible materials, specifically a wooden speaker enclosure." The lamp had been placed for rehearsals of Lex de Azevedo's Gloria: The Life of Christ . The report also found deficiencies with the lack of a fire protection system (including automatic sprinklers and notification system) and human error (including multiple failures to alert authorities of suspicious circumstances such as odor, correcting an unsafe condition, and failure to recognize and respond to

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