Rick Prather

"Mormons and Utes met here when Manti was settled in 1849. Their subsequent encounters were not always as friendly. For example, the Sanpete settlers fled from the resistance of Indians under Walkara and Black Hawk. Scandinavians, especially Danes, settled Manti in large numbers. The crown jewel of their many achievements, was the temple, rising majestically at the north end of Manti. It came to symbolize the spiritual center of people's lives"--Insert....