Quick Facts
Capital Salt Lake City Population 3,161,105 Area 84904.0 square miles (219901.0 square kilometers) |
Motto
The state's motto is: Industry It became the motto March 4, 1959 The beehive also became the official emblem that day. Industry is associated with the symbol of the beehive. |
Website Resources
Utah's Online Library
http://onlinelibrary.uen.org/
Ask your teacher or the librarian for the username and password
Click on Culturegrams
Click on States
Utah government website
www.utah.gov
Tourism:
www.utah.com
Netstate:
http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ut_intro.htm
Enchanted Learning:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/utah/
State Parks:
http://stateparks.utah.gov/
Maps:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/utah.html
State Symbols:
http://www.utah.gov/about/symbols.html
Utah History Encylclopedia
https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/
http://onlinelibrary.uen.org/
Ask your teacher or the librarian for the username and password
Click on Culturegrams
Click on States
Utah government website
www.utah.gov
Tourism:
www.utah.com
Netstate:
http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ut_intro.htm
Enchanted Learning:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/utah/
State Parks:
http://stateparks.utah.gov/
Maps:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/utah.html
State Symbols:
http://www.utah.gov/about/symbols.html
Utah History Encylclopedia
https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/
Did you know? The first transcontinental U.S. railroad was joined together at Promontory Point on 10 May 1869.
Did You Know?
Utah
Click on Utah to go the the State's information page
The Beehive State
Established 1896, 45th State
From: Culturegrams
You can access Culturegrams for more State Information by going to Utah's Online Library
Ask the librarian or your teacher for the home access information.
Utah
Click on Utah to go the the State's information page
The Beehive State
Established 1896, 45th State
- Utah’s name comes from the name of the Ute Native American tribe.
- Utah women won the right to vote in 1870. The U.S. Congress rescinded (canceled) it in 1887, but granted it again in 1896. A Utah woman was the first woman in the United States to cast a vote in a municipal (local) election.
- Butch Cassidy, one of America's most famous outlaws, was born in Beaver and escaped capture for years by hiding in Utah's rugged canyons and mountains.
- Utah has living bristlecone pines that are more than four thousand years old.
- The federal government owns about 65 percent of Utah. Federally owned land includes mountains, deserts, forests, rangeland, and national parks.
- The first transcontinental U.S. railroad was joined together at Promontory Point on 10 May 1869.
- Brigham Young University has one of the largest late-Jurassic dinosaur collections in the world.
- During World War II, the U.S. government interned about eight thousand Japanese Americans at Topaz, a camp near Delta.
- Arches National Park has over 2,000 natural sandstone arches.
From: Culturegrams
You can access Culturegrams for more State Information by going to Utah's Online Library
Ask the librarian or your teacher for the home access information.
Famous Utahans/Utahns
One famous Utahn Robert Redford playing another: Butch Cassidy
Stephen Covey Motivational speaker Philo T. Farnsworth Television inventor Jake Garn U.S. senator and astronaut Shannon Hale Author |
Ted Ligety
Olympic and World Champion skier J. Willard Marriott Hotel chain founder Peter Skeen Ogden Explorer Donny Osmond Entertainer |
Marie Osmond
Singer and actress Robert Redford Actor Brigham Young Early prophet and leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Ancient Peoples of Utah
Anasazi
Anasazi:
https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/a/Anasazi.shtml Riddles of the Anasazi www.smithsonianmag.com/history/riddles-of-the-anasazi-85274508/ |
The Fremont
Fremont
https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/f/FREMONT_THE.shtml National State Parks: Fremont www.nps.gov/care/learn/historyculture/upload/Fremont-2.pdf |
Indigenous Peoples of Utah
Check the Art website for Mythology links for each tribe:
Art Marchesano |
Utes
Utah History Encyclopedia
https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/u/UTES_NORTHERN.shtml Ute Tribe www.utetribe.com/ |
Paiute
Utah History Encyclopedia: Paiutes
www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/p/PAIUTES.shtml Pauite Tribe www.utahpaiutes.org/ |
Goshute
Utah History Encyclopedia: Goshutes
www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/g/GOSHUTE_INDIANS.shtml Goshutes: utahindians.org/archives/ctgr.html |
Shoshoni
Shoshoni
utahindians.org/archives/shoshone/history.html Utah History Encyclopedia: Shoshoni https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/s/SHOSHONI_INDIANS.shtml |
Navajo
Utah History Encyclopedia: Navajo
www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/n/NAVAJO_INDIANS.shtml Navajo Nation site www.navajo-nsn.gov/ Navajo Code Talkers ttps://americanindian.si.edu/static/education/codetalkers/html/chapter4.html |