AUTHOR'S NOTES

I have had a love of Logan and its temple since I was a child. My grandparents, August and Frieda Miller Luthy, raised their family of eleven children in Logan, and my grandfather worked as a temple groundskeeper for several years. My parents were married in the Logan temple, as were my husband and I.

Several years ago my parents' copy of Nolan P. Olsen's book, Logan Temple: The First 100 Years caught my eye. Because of our family connection with the temple, I borrowed the book and read it, enthralled with the rich stories and heritage of the temple and the people who worked on it. I couldn't get the images out of my mind. Later I reread the book, this time taking meticulous notes and creating a master chronology. Soon characters and a story began forming, demanding to be told. This book is the result.

In my research for House on the Hill, I uncovered an intriguing detail about the Logan Temple, something not discovered until the huge renovations in 1976. House on the Hill provides one possible explanation for what it means and why it was there. You won't know about that element of the temple until you read the epilogue—or its significance until you read the Author's Notes at the very end of the book—so don't skip either of those parts!