Early Mormon pioneers placed this historic bell in the bell tower of the first Wallsburg church in 1877. Its tolling reminded people of church meetings, school, and special events, brought instant help during emergencies, and on the day of a funeral marked the age of the person who had died. Wallsburg was built by the faith and determination of sturdy pioneers including William Madison Wall, the first Presiding Elder in Round Valley, as Wallsburg was then called. In 1858, Brigham Young put William Wall in charge of constructing a wagon road through Provo Canyon to the Heber Valley. He was among the first settlers to move into the Heber Valley, and in 1860 he moved his family to Round Valley. William Madison Wall lived as a church and community leader, pioneer, soldier, peace officer, missionary, bishop, legislater, Indian peacemaker, settler, construction engineer, and lawyer. After his death, the town of Round Valley changed its name to Wallsburg in his honor.