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Utah (/ˈjuːtɑː/ YOO-tah, /ˈjuːtɔː/ ^ⓘ YOO-taw) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to its northeast, Idaho to its north, and Nevada to its west. In comparison to all the U.S. states and territories, Utah, with a population of just over three million, is the 13th largest by area, the 30th most populous, and the 11th least densely populated. Urban development is mostly concentrated in two regions: the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the state, which includes the state capital, Salt Lake City, and is home to roughly two-thirds of the population; and Washington County in the southwest, which has somewhat more than 180,000 residents. Most of the western half of Utah lies in the Great Basin.

Utah has been inhabited for thousands of years by various indigenous groups, such as the ancient Puebloans, the Navajo, and the Ute. The first Europeans to arrive - in the mid-16th century - were the Spanish. Because of the region's challenging geography and harsh climate, it only became a peripheral part of New Spain (and later of Mexico). Even while it was Mexican territory, many of the Utah region’s earliest European settlers were from the United States; notable among these were Mormons who were fleeing marginalization and persecution in the United States and arrived via the so-called Mormon Trail. In 1848, after the Mexican–American War, the region was annexed by the U.S., becoming part of the Utah Territory, which included what later became Colorado and Nevada. Disputes between the dominant Mormon community and the federal government delayed Utah's admission as a state: in 1896, after it agreed to outlaw polygamy, it was admitted as the 45th state.

People from Utah are known as Utahns. Slightly over half of all Utahns are Mormons, the vast majority of whom are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which has its world headquarters in Salt Lake City; Utah is the only state where a majority of the population belongs to a single church. The LDS Church greatly influences Utahn culture, politics, and daily life, though since the 1990s the state has become more religiously diverse as well as secular. (Full article...)

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There are 29 counties in the U.S. state of Utah.

In 1849, the provisional State of Deseret established seven counties: Davis, Iron, Sanpete, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah, and Weber. After the Territory of Utah was created in 1851, the first territorial legislature (1851–1852) acknowledged those seven and created three more: Juab, Millard, and Washington. Over a 40-year period (1854–1894), the Utah Territorial Legislature established most of the counties that exist today. In the early 20th century, after Utah had become a state, the final two counties were created: Duchesne by gubernatorial proclamation (1913) and Daggett by popular vote (1917). Present-day Duchesne County encompassed an Indian reservation that was created in 1861. The reservation was opened to homesteaders in 1905 and the county was created in 1913. Due to dangerous roads, mountainous terrain, and bad weather preventing travel via a direct route, 19th-century residents in present-day Daggett County had to travel 400 to 800 miles (640 to 1,290 km) on both stage and rail to conduct business in Vernal, the county seat for Uintah County a mere 50 miles (80 km) away. In 1917, all Uintah County residents voted to create Daggett County. (Full article...)

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November 11, 1965 - United Airlines Flight 227 crashed while attempting to land at Salt Lake City Municipal Airport.
November 19, 1915 - Joe Hill, a radical songwriter, labor activist and member of the Industrial Workers of the World, is executed by firing squad for murder.

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George Alexander Sutherland (March 25, 1862 – July 18, 1942) was an English-born American jurist and politician. He served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court between 1922 and 1938. As a member of the Republican Party, he also represented Utah in both houses of Congress.

Born in Buckinghamshire, England, Sutherland and his family moved to the Utah Territory in the 1860s. After attending the University of Michigan Law School, Sutherland established a legal practice in Provo, Utah, and won election to the Utah State Senate. Sutherland won election to the United States House of Representatives in 1900 and to the United States Senate in 1905. In Congress, Sutherland supported several progressive policies but generally aligned with the party's conservative wing. He won re-election in 1911 but was defeated in the 1916 election by Democrat William H. King. (Full article...)

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The historical buildings and structures of Zion National Park represent a variety of buildings, interpretive structures, signs and infrastructure associated with the National Park Service's operations in Zion National Park, Utah. Structures vary in size and scale from the Zion Lodge to road culverts and curbs, nearly all of which were designed using native materials and regional construction techniques in an adapted version of the National Park Service Rustic style. A number of the larger structures were designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood, while many of the smaller structures were designed or coordinated with the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Designs. The bulk of the historic structures date to the 1920s and 1930s. Most of the structures of the 1930s were built using Civilian Conservation Corps labor.

The version of the National Park Service Rustic style that was adopted at Zion was less extreme in its rustic character than that employed at other parks. Compared with the Bryce Canyon Lodge, the Zion Park Lodge used smaller elements of timber and stonework, and employed milled lumber in place of rough log elements. This reflected the more settled character of the Zion area, which retained farms and irrigation systems at the time the first visitor facilities were built. (Full article...)

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...that George Dern (pictured), the 6th Governor of Utah and 54th War Secretary, is the grandfather of actor Bruce Dern and the great-grandfather of actress Laura Dern?
...that the fifth-worst mining accident in American history, the Winter Quarters Mine disaster, occurred in Scofield, Utah on May 1, 1900 when at least 200 workers died as the result of a coal dust explosion?
...that the Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation operates the Bingham Canyon Mine, the largest open-pit copper mine in the world near Copperton, Utah?

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Moab, Utah, from the northern canyon walls that surround it.

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Image 1Robbie Russell playing for Real Salt Lake (from Utah)
Image 2The Scott Matheson Courthouse is the seat of the Utah Supreme Court. (from Utah)
Image 3Sri Sri Radha Krishna (Hindu) Temple (from Utah)
Image 4The LDS Salt Lake Temple, the primary attraction in the city's Temple Square (from Utah)
Image 5Pariette Wetlands (from Utah)
Image 6The Eyring Science Center on the campus of Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah (from Utah)
Image 7Deseret Village recreates Utah pioneer life for tourists. (from Utah)
Image 8The Golden Spike where the First transcontinental railroad was completed in the U.S. on May 10, 1869, in Promontory, Utah (from Utah)
Image 9Map showing Utah in 1838 when it was part of Mexico, Britannica 7th edition (from Utah)
Image 10A sketch of Salt Lake City in 1860 (from Utah)
Image 11Köppen climate types of Utah, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Utah)
Image 12Bryce Canyon National Park Amphitheater (winter view) (from Utah)
Image 13Utah population density map (from Utah)
Image 14Joshua trees, yuccas, and cholla cactus occupy the far southwest corner of the state in the Mojave Desert (from Utah)
Image 15Zion National Park in southern Utah is one of five national parks in the state. (from Utah)
Image 16Location where the Mormons entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, now the This is the Place Monument and Deseret Village (from History of Utah)
Image 17Little Cottonwood Canyon (from Utah)
Image 18FrontRunner commuter rail runs between Ogden and Provo via Salt Lake City (from Utah)
Image 19"Welcome to Utah" sign (from Utah)
Image 20Salt Lake International Airport is the largest airport in Utah (from Utah)
Image 21Navajo homeland in Monument Valley (from History of Utah)
Image 22Utah State Route 12 through Red Canyon in Dixie National Forest (from Utah)
Image 23Mining has been a large industry in Utah since it was first settled. The Bingham Canyon Mine in Salt Lake County is one of the largest open pit mines in the world. (from Utah)
Image 24Pando, considered one of the heaviest and oldest organisms on Earth. (from Utah)
Image 25The Huntsman Cancer Institute on the campus of the University of Utah (U of U) in Salt Lake City (from Utah)
Image 26Zion National Park (from History of Utah)
Image 27Hovenweep Castle, San Juan River basin (from History of Utah)
Image 28Children reading in Santa Clara, Utah, in 1940 (from Utah)
Image 29First Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City (from Utah)
Image 30The Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City (from Utah)
Image 31Snow in Rose Park, Salt Lake City (from Utah)
Image 32American Fork Canyon (from Utah)
Image 33Kolob Canyons at Zion National Park (from Utah)
Image 34Map showing Utah in 1838 when it was part of Mexico. From Britannica 7th edition. (from History of Utah)
Image 35TRAX light rail serves Salt Lake County (from Utah)
Image 36One out of every 14 flash memory chips in the world is produced in Lehi, Utah. (from Utah)
Image 37Utah county boundaries (from Utah)
Image 38Bonneville Salt Flats (from History of Utah)

Map of counties in Utah by racial plurality, per the 2020 US Census

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Image 40Jake Garn (top-right), former Senator of Utah (1974–1993), and astronaut on Space Shuttle flight STS-51-D (from Utah)
Image 41The Utah Jazz playing against the Houston Rockets (from Utah)
Image 42Fremont petroglyph, Dinosaur National Monument (from History of Utah)
Image 43The boundaries of the provisional State of Deseret—as proposed in 1849—are shown with a dotted line. The Utah Territory as organized in 1850, is shown in blue with black outline. (from History of Utah)
Image 44Downtown Salt Lake City in the early 20th century. (from History of Utah)
Image 45The Olympic cauldron is lit by the 'Miracle on Ice' 1980 U.S. men's ice hockey team at the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City (from Utah)
Image 46Brigham Young led the first Mormon pioneers to the Great Salt Lake. (from Utah)
Image 47The California gull is the Utah state bird. (from Utah)
Image 48Western black widow spider (from Utah)
Image 49Farms and ranches (from Utah)
Image 50The Rocky Mountain elk is the Utah state mammal. (from Utah)
Image 51Deer Creek Reservoir (from Utah)
Image 52The Wasatch Front region has seen large growth and development despite the economic downturn. Shown is the City Creek Center project, a development in downtown Salt Lake City with a price tag of $1.5–2.5 billion. (from Utah)
Image 53Arches National Park (from Utah)

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Nickname: The Beehive State
Capital and largest city: Salt Lake City
Total area: 219,887 km² (84,899 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census): 2,736,424
Date admitted to the Union: January 4, 1896

State symbols:

Animal: Rocky Mountain elk
Bird: California seagull
Fish: Bonneville cutthroat trout
Flower: Sego lily
Grass: Indian ricegrass
Insect: European honey bee
Tree: Quaking aspen
Fossil: Allosaurus
Gemstone: Topaz
Mineral: Copper
Motto: Industry
Rock: Coal
Snackfood: Green Jell-O
Song: "Utah, This Is the Place"

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