Nada so far except that the local tribes used it as a spot where they gathered (multi-tribe) for a 5 day long celebration (pow-wow) on the 4th of July in the early 1900's. It is indeed a sacred site to those Indians just as the hill at Manti was for the Paiutes (as outlined below). There is something interesting on Moroni and the temple hill in Manti:
Here is some more info I have dug up on Temple Hill:
Per Journal of Isaac Morley: (http://www.ghostradiox.co...rld_anomalies/manti.asp) not a direct source
"the very hill where the Nephites had sacrificed Nehor on the sacrificial altar for the sake of the preservation of the ancient church. Here once an ancient temple stood, and here one day again would stand another in these last days...This was, even as Chief Joseph Walker (Chief Wakara) said, a sacred hill, and so I called the place Manti, even as it was called in days gone by."
Per Official Manti Temple Website: (http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/manti/)
"On the morning of the site dedication, Brigham Young confided to Warren S. Snow that Temple Hill was the spot where Book of Mormon Prophet Moroni dedicated the land for a temple site."
Per Dedicatory Prayer by Lorenzo Snow May 21st, 1888: (http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/manti/prayer/)
"We dedicate the ground and the hill on which it stands, that the same may be holy unto the Lord our God; that its steps, its terraces, its trees and shrubbery, with all its adornments and its approaches may be the pathways of the just to the House of the Lord, the Temple of our God. Let the foundation of this House be made permanent and never be moved from its place. May the stones and the cement of which the buildings is composed become compact and strong as if it were one solid rock."
Per Dr. Karen? : (http://www.rumormillnews....gi/noframes/read/18176.)
"Well, Morley apparently was the only white man who the Ute Indians trusted enough about certain things....and because of this 'special connection' to possible information about things that were (or may be) buried in the Sanpete region of Utah, specically on the mound that Morley called Temple Hill, in Manti.
No sooner had Morley arrived with the other early Mormon settlers with B Young in 1849, than he immediately turned his attention to the mound which came to be known as Temple Hill.
He was so adamant that settlement be made in proximity to that hill that he ended up actually alienating a number of the others, who preferred more convenient places to settle. But Morley, a prominent leader, would have none of it---he absolutely 'refused to compromise' and demanded that this particular hill was "our God-appointed abiding place..."
But, why was this hill so important to him? Chief Walker of the Sanpete Utes had informed him that the "Old Ones" had once erected an altar on the top of the hill, and so this hill was considered sacred to the Utes. In Morley's journals, he mentions having private conversation with Chief Walker about this hill, the tunnels/caverns underneath it, and the surrounding area, but he doesnt' appear to have told anyone else about it. He also chose the location near this hill to start the city of Manti, as he made the connection here between the stone altar and a passage in the Book of Mormon (Alma 1:15) concerning the sacrifice of Nehor on the hill Manti by the Nephites in ancient America. In another journal entry, he adds: "Here once an ancient temple stood..." even though there is no such reference in the Book of Mormon itself.
Chief Walker only mentioned a stone altar to him, but nothing of a temple on the premises. The big looming question here, is: Did Morley have another, secret source? And if so, what was it? Perhaps his 'private' talks with Chief Walker were a starting point, but he also made reference to 'the books' that he consulted with in trying to decipher some of the 'old carvings' on some of the stones.....
He even refers to a 'second temple', which seems to imply that he knew that one, if not two, temples had once stood on or near this hill in ancient times past. From the time of his arrival in the Sanpete Valley in 1849 until he was recalled from his work in 1854, Morley was rather obsessed with searching for something, constantly, in or around Temple Hill. He was apparently quite secretive about it. After he was recalled from his work, he immediately sealed up the entrance so no one would find it again, believing that this was the Lord's wish. Prior to his death in 1865, Morley gave specific instructions to his son, Isaac Morley Jr., that his remains be brought back to Manti and interred at the foot of Temple Hill. He said that this place was a sacred place, "in proximity to the secret of the Lord". No other explanation of exactly what he meant has ever been forthcoming.
He also believed that another temple in the Last Days would stand on this hill again..... Makes one wonder?...!
To top off our 'wild west' saga, this was rather interesting, too:
Pete Neilson, who once rode with Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, in his later years wrote a history of his life, an unpubl's manuscript. He became a Temple worker during the last years of his life in Utah, performing ordinances in the Manti Temple. Neilson claimed that the foundation stone which lay beneath the altar of the Temple had been excavated from a cavern which lay directly beneath, and contained ancient inscriptions which, to him, looked like anicent Greek letters.
He claimed that these inscriptions could still be seen by accessing the underside of the altar by going through the Temple basement.... (Of course, this is rather hard to verify today, but certainly is intriguing) No doubt the Mormon historians (at the high level) know far more about all of this..... "
Per Gospel Link: (http://gospelink.com/next/doc?book_doc_id=350916)
A buff-colored stone and oolite limestone obtained from nearby quarries were used in the temple's foundation and walls.
Per John Ramses: (http://www.ghostradiox.co...rld_anomalies/manti.asp) see also his link to his google map of locations on Temple Hill
"On the hill east of the current Manti Temple (above the old quarry) remains traces of an ancient structure whose stones rival in the size those used in the building of Machu Picchu, Teotihuacan, or Baalbek. Inside the hill there said to be nummerous caves, and indeed, we did locate the concealed entrance of one and a small air shaft about 20 south of it. I've spent a great deal of time on this hill and hiking the surrounding region and talking with locals since I first heard about the Egyptian writing many years ago. The entire hill - prior to much of it being quarried to provide material for the current temple - appears to have been man-made or altered by man in great antiquity. In fact, I believe now that the hill is the burried remains of the actual structure complex. On the east side of the hill is a long wide straight ramp built of piled earth and stone. Atop the hill itself, mostly towards the western end, appear to be the remains of an ancient stone floor. After so many years of investigating this hill I believe the caves there to be chambers and hallways built into the original structure.
While the main structure from anti-delluvian times may have formed the foundation of the current hill with some of the ancient stonework still exposed there are obvious signs that other peoples have built upon it and altered the stones in more recent times. With the quarrying for the current Temple aside, there are, of course, the the chambers whose alluvial deposit were dug out and used for burial chambers - the chambers themselves perhaps modified. There are also unique pot-holes (for lack of a better name) on the surface of the floor stones (foundation). These holes show every sign of being hollowed out by hand and the bottom smoothed. While these types of formations do occur naturally where water is in constant motion over the surface the holes on these stones - at the very least - have been modified. The most obvious modification - when one looks closely - are the 'V-shaped' channels purposely cut into the edges as if to allow some lquid to flow from one hole to the other until it spilled over the edge of the cliff. Nearly everyone of these holes have the channel cut into it. I can't begin to understand the purpose but in some ancient time - perhaps when the Aztecs still resided in Utah - they were important enough to have donated many hours to making."
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