1.The Great Salt Lake, which is about 75 miles long and 35 miles, wide,
covers more than a million acres.
2.The name “Utah” comes from the Native American “Ute” tribe and
means people of the mountains.
3.Utah covers 84,900 square miles of land and is ranked 11th
largest state in the United States
4.Utah was acquired by the United States in 1848 in the treaty ending the
Mexican War
5.The
town Beaver is the birthplace of two very famous individuals of the
past, Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television and Butch Cassidy, the
notorious western outlaw
6.Kanab is known as Utah’s Little Hollywood because of the large number
of motion pictures that are filmed in the area.
7.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.
8.Utah is the site of the nations first department store. Zions
Co-operative Mercantile Institution was established in the late 1800’s. It was
referred to as ZCMI.
9.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.
10.The
Great Salt Lake covers 2,100 square miles, with an average depth of 13 feet. The
deepest point is 34 feet.
11.Utah
mountain peaks, on average, are the tallest in the country. The average
elevation of the tallest peaks in each of Utah’s counties is 11,222 ft., which
is higher than the same average in any other state.
12.Because
of the state’s inland location Utah’s snow is usually dry. Earning its
reputation for having the "Greatest Snow on Earth" for skiing. There
are 13 alpine ski resorts that operate in Utah.
