State No 45, State Date January 4, 1896, Capital Salt
Lake City, Population 2,233,169; 34th, 12/00, Area Codes 435 -
801, Nickname The Beehive State, Motto Industry, Origin
Taken from the name of the Ute Indians, whose name means "people of the
mountains", Bird The Common American Gull, Flower Sego lily,
Tree Blue Spruce, Area 84904 sq.mi., 13th Land 82168 sq.mi.,
12th Water 2736 sq.mi., 16th, Colleges Universities University of
Utah. Utah State University. Westminster College., Agriculture
Cattle, dairy products, hay, turkeys., Industry Machinery, aerospace,
mining, food processing, electric equipment, tourism., Tourism
Skiing, golf, white water rafting, grand canyon, National Forests
Ashley National Forest. Dixie National Forest. Fishlake National Forest.
Manti-LaSal National Forest. Uinta National Forest. Wasatch-Cache National
Forest., Song Utah, We Love Thee, State Parks Arches National
Park. Arches National Park Visitor Center. Ashley National Forest. Bear Lake
State Park. Big Sand State Park. Bonneville Salt Flats State Park. Browns
Park National Wildlife Refuge Dam. Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge
Reservoir. Bryce Canyon National Park. Cache National Forest. Canyonlands
National Park. Canyonlands National Park Airport. Capitol Reef National
Park. Capitol Reef National Park Visitor Center. Caribou National Forest.
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Reserve. Dead Horse Point State Park. Dead Horse
Point State Park Visitor Center. Deer Creek State Park. Dixie National
Forest. East Canyon State Park. Edge of the Cedars State Park. Ephraim
Canyon State Wildlife Management Area. Escalante Petrified Forest State
Park. Fish Creek National Recreation Trail. Fish Springs National Wildlife
Refuge. Fishlake National Forest. Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area Headquarters. Fort Buenaventura State
Park. Fort Deseret State Park. Fremont Indian State Park. Glen Canyon
National Recreation Area. Goblin Valley State Park. Golden Spike National
Historic Site. Goosenecks State Park. Goosenecks of the San Juan River State
Park. Great Salt Lake State Park. Great Salt Lake State Park - Saltair
Beach. Green River State Park. Gunlock State Park. [more...]
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Gunnison Island State
Wildlife Management Area. Hat Island State Wildlife Management Area.
Horseshoe Canyon Unit- Canyonlands National Park. Huntington State Park.
Hyrum Reservoir State Park. Iron Mission State Park. Jordan River State
Park. Kodachrome Basin State Park. Little Sahara National Recreation Area.
Lost Creek State Park. Manti-La Sal National Forest - La Sal Division.
Manti-La Sal National Forest - Manti Division. Millsite State Park.
Minersville State Park. Monument Valley State Park. National Park Service
Headquarters. Ninemile State Wildlife Management Area. Otter Creek State
Park. Ouray National Wildlife Refuge. Pioneer Monument State Park. Piute
Lake State Park. Quail Creek State Park. Rendezvous Beach State Park.
Rockport State Park. Sawtooth National Forest - Raft River Division.
Scofield State Park. Skyline National Recreation Trail. Snow Canyon State
Park. Starvation State Park. Steinaker State Park. Sweet Ranch National
Historic Site. Uinta National Forest. Utah Lake State Park. Wasatch Mountain
State Park. Wasatch National Forest. Wasatch National Forest-Vernon
Division. Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Willard Bay State Park. Zion
National Park., Topography High Colorado plateau cut by brilliantly
colored canyons in the southeast; broad, flat, desert like Great Basin of
the west; the Great Salt Lake anad Bonneville Salt Flats in the northwest,
Highest Point Kings Peak; 13,528 feet, 7th, Lowest Point
Beaverdam Creek; 2000 feet, Media,Sports Utah Jazz (NBA) -
Salt Lake City. Utah Starzz (WNBA) - Salt Lake City., Facts
Completion of the world's first transcontinental railroad was celebrated at
Promontory where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met on May
10, 1869. It is now known as Golden Spike National Historic Site Levan, is
"navel" spelled backwards. It is so named because it is in the middle of
Utah. Utah is the site of the nations first department store. Zions
Co-operative Mercantile Institution was established in the late 1800's. It
is still in operation today as ZCMI. The Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City
took 40 years to complete. The Mormon temples in St. George, Manti and Logan
Utah were completed before the Salt Lake Temple. Interstate 70 enters the
eastern edge of the state, from Grand Junction Colorado, and ends where it
intersects Interstate 15, near Cove Fort. This section of Interstate 70 is
one of the most deserted stretches of Interstate in the United States.,
Biographies Maude Adams actress, Salt Lake City. Frank Borzage film
director, producer, Salt Lake City. John M. Browning inventor, Ogden. Butch
Cassidy outlaw, Circleville. Barney Clark heart patient, Provo., Link
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