UTAH

Descriptive Facts:

• State capitol is Salt Lake City
• State tree is the Aspen
• State flower is a Sego Lily
• State bird is the California Gull
• Utah became a state on January 4th, 1896
• State motto "INDUSTRY"

UTAH

The Beehive State

History

Climate

Economy

Mormon Battalion soldiers came a long way in hopes of finding a new home for their families. Once the Mormon pioneers came to the Salt Lake Valley, they called it home. The Ute settlers weren't too happy with the new residents but decided to draw up a treaty that will allow them to live in peace. Eventually the Utes broke the treaty and started a war called the "Walker War".

The "Utah War" was a political war that had no bloodshed..not shots fired. no one hurt.

Utah's economy is very steady with resources such as copper, gold, silver, lead, zinc, potassium, salt and molybdenum. it's major farm products are barely, wheat, beans, potatoes, onions, and lot of corn! Utah exports mainly food, gold, aircraft engine parts , copper parts, and airbags. Some of Utah's long time professions are coal mining, cattle ranching, salt production and petroleum/gas mining.

• Summer...hot and humid reaching highs of 103 degrees.
• Fall...cool temperatures ranging from 55 degrees to 77 degrees. Very beautiful.
• Winter...It snows a lot in the winters with temperatures as low as 10 degrees.
• Spring...This season tends to be more humid then the rest with temperatures averaging 70 to 80 degrees.

Famous People/Places

Attractions

Some people who are well known from Utah are Brigham Young, a prophet of the Mormon church when the pioneers settled there. Joseph F. Smith, who was the first President of the church in the generation. The Osmonds, Donnie and Marie. and the current President of the Mormon church, Thomas S. Monson. The Salt Lake Temple is well known world wide.

• Arches National Park
• Zion National Park
• Brianhead Ski Resort
• Park City Ski Resort
• Many...many other ski attractions!with the best snow in the country.

Conclusion

Sports Teams

Geography

Utah is a very amazing state with lots of things to do and places to visit. From the colorful history to the sights to see, Utah is one of this countries best states to live and visit!

• Utah Jazz...Basketball
• Real Salt Lake...Soccer
• All Sports...BYU (Brigham Young University)
• All Sports...University of Utah

Utah is located in the mid-western part of the United States. It borders six states; Colorado, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona, and New Mexico. Utah's terrain has mountains, rivers, quarries, lots of rock, valley's, lakes and sand dunes. Some of the great lakes of Utah are Lake Powell, The Flaming Gorge and The Great Salt Lake. These places are awesome destinations for fishing, swimming and boating.