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• Utah

  Utah is the 45th state admitted to the United States. Located in the West, it is bordered by Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada.

• Fast Facts

  1. Capital: Salt Lake City
  2. Governor: Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.Utah.gov: Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
  3. Population: 2,550,063 (2006 Estimate)U.S. Census Bureau: Utah
  4. Admitted: January 4, 1896
  5. Time Zones: Mountain Time Zone (Coordinated Universal Time -7 / -6)
  6. Major Cities: Salt Lake City, UT, Provo, UT
  7. State Motto: Industry
  8. Nickname: Beehive StateState Symbols USA: Utah State Nickname
  9. Land area, 2000 (square miles): 82,143.65US Census Bureau: Utah State & County QuickFacts
  10. Area Code: 385, 435, 801

• Official State Items

  1. Animal: Rocky Mountain Elk
  2. Bird: California Seagull
  3. Cooking Pot: Dutch Oven
  4. Emblem: Beehive
  5. Fish: Bonneville Cutthroat Trout
  6. Flower: Sego Lily
  7. Folk Dance: Square Dance
  8. Fossil: Allosaurus
  9. Fruit: Cherry
  10. Gem: Topaz
  11. Grass: Indian Rice Grass
  12. Insect: Honey Bee
  13. Mineral: Copper
  14. Rock: Coal
  15. Song: Utah, This Is The Place
  16. Hymn: Utah We Love Thee
  17. Star: Dubhe
  18. Tree: Blue Spruce
  19. Vegetable: Spanish Sweet Onion
  20. Historic Vegetable: Sugar Beet

• Fast Facts

  1. Capital: Salt Lake City
  2. Joined the Union: January 4, 1896
  3. Population: 2.55 million people
  4. Annual Birth rates: 50,670 people per year
  5. Median Household income: $47,224 Low wage median verses cost of living
  6. Number of businesses: 193,003
  7. Bankrupties filed in 2008: 9,256 bankruptcies http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn...
  8. Largest University: University of Utah http://education-portal.com/articles/Uni...
  9. Theme Parks: Lagoon http://www.lagoonpark.com/
  10. Home Prices in Draper: $354,000.00 http://extras.sltrib.com/homeprices/
  11. Dominate Political Party: Republican

• National Parks and Sites of Interest

  • Golden Spike National Historic Site
  • Timpanogos Cave
  • Arches National Park
  • Dinosaur National Monument
  • Bryce Canyon National Park
  • Eccles Museum
  • Natural Bridges National Monument
  • Canyonlands National Park
  • Temple Square
  • Rainbow Bridge National Monument
  • Capitol Reef National Park
  • Cedar Breaks National Monument
  • Zion National Park
  • This is the Place Monument

• Colleges and Universities

  • Brigham Young University
  • College of Eastern Utah
  • University of Utah
  • Dixie College
  • Mountain West College
  • Snow College
  • Southern Utah University
  • Utah State University
  • Weber State University
  • Westminster College of Salt Lake City

• Utah Dinosaurs (Eccles Dinosaur Park)

  • Utah Raptor
  • Ornithician
  • Saurischian
  • Allosaurus
  • Apatosaurus
  • Barosaurus
  • Brachiosaurus
  • Camarasaurus
  • Camptosaurus
  • Ceratosaurus
  • Diplodocus,
  • Dystrophaeus
  • Stegosaurus
  • Marshosaurus
  • Ankylosaur
  • Stokesosaurus
  • Torvosaurus
  • Acrocanthosaurus
  • Animantarx
  • Deinonychus
  • Eolambia
  • Gastonia
  • Iguanodon
  • Nedcolbertia
  • Pleurocoelus
  • Sauropelta
  • Tenontosaurus
  • Torosaurus
  • Tyrannosaurus
  • Parasaurolophus
  • Struthiomimus
  • Troodon

• The LDS In Utah

  Following the Mormon Succession Crisis of the followers of the assassinated Joseph Smith Jr., Brigham Young led the first of 70,000 pioneers across the desert from Carthage, Illinois. Today, approximately 62% of Utah residents are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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