History

Fun Facts

• Utah is named after the Native American tribe 'Ute' which means 'people of the mountains'.

• The Great Salt Lake is the largest lake west of the Mississippi River.

• Utah hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics.

• The mountains near Salt Lake City, Utah average 500 inches of snowfall per year.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a religious group, settled in Utah in 1847.

• It is called the Beehive State as this was an important LDS symbol standing for industry, thrift, and perseverance.

• Utah has the highest literacy rate of any state in the US.

• Utah is one of the Four Corners states. It meets up with Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico at a single point.

• The US Transcontinental Railroad was completed at Promontory, Utah. The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroads met there and completed the track from one end of the country to the other.

• Salt Lake City was called Great Salt Lake City up until 1968 when the Great was dropped.