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Author(s): George Albert Smith
Type: Third-person account, General Conference Report
Source(s): Conference Report, April 1906, Third Day—Morning Session 54 - 55.

"Many people do not understand what a great task it was to get this monument in position. The shaft itself weighs somewhere near forty-three tons. It is erected upon high ground, and had to be carried five and a half miles from the railroad upon a specially prepared wagon, the wagon weighing eight tons, the tires of the wheels being twenty inches wide. The country road could not bear the great weight of the immense blocks of stone of which the monument is constructed, and a track of oak planks was laid upon..."

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Author(s): Joseph F. Smith
Type: Dedicatory Prayer
Source(s): Improvement Era, 1906, Vol. 11. February, 1906. No. 4.

"Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be thy most holy name. We, thy servants and handmaidens representing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, have gathered here to dedicate this monument to the memory of thy servant, Joseph Smith, the great Prophet and Seer of the nineteenth century, who was born into the world near this spot, on the..."

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