UTAH

Beehive State

Origin of state's name: Taken from the name of the Ute Indians, whose name means "people of the mountains"

On a blue field, appears the state seal. In the center of the seal is a beehive, the state emblem, with a sego lily growing on either side. The sego lily stands for peace. The state motto "Industry" means steady effort. A national flag shows that Utah supports the United States. The eagle stands for protection in peace and war. The date 1847 represents the year that Brigham Young led a group of people to the Salt Lake Valley to reestablish in Utah, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, also know as The Mormons. The date 1896 represents the year that Utah gained admission to the Union of the United States.

Entered Union: January 4, 1896; 45th State
Capital: Salt Lake City
Motto: Industry
Flower: Sego lily
Bird: Seagull
Tree: Blue spruce
Song: Utah, We Love Thee

A LITTLE HISTORY
Spanish Franciscans visted the area in 1776, the first white men to do so. American fur traders followed. Permanent settlement began with the arrival of the Mormons in 1847. They made the arid land bloom and created a prosperous economy, organized the State of Deseret in 1849 and asked admission to the Union. This was not achieved until 1896, after a long period of controversy over the Mormon Church's doctrine of polygomany, which it discontinued in 1890.

FACTS AND TRIVIA ABOUT UTAH
Salt Lake City, Utah will be the site of the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Utah was acquired by the United States in 1848 in the treaty ending the Mexican War..

Mormons, fleeing religious prosecution in the east, settled in Utah and started building Salt Lake City in 1847.

Utah has 11,000 miles of fishing streams and 147,000 acres of lakes and reservoirs.

Utah has a thriving computer industry, and is home to large, well known computer software companies such as Novell and Word Perfect.

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