The largest Utah city named after a religious figure is St. George
Some utah cities are referred to alone, and other with the "city suffix" for example: Salt Lake City, Brigham City. Lehi, Ogden
Utah leads the nation in ACT scores and AP tests, but is the lowest in education spending
though 70% of utahans are Mormon, the largest city, Salt Lake, is only 50% LDS
Born again "Christians" picket our conferences, but Mormons never picket Born Again conferences.
according to the year 2000 census, there are more Men in Utah than Woman (unlike any state in the Union)
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the Great Salt Lake, which is about 75 miles long and 35 miles wide, covers more than a million acres.
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fry sauce! This wonderful concoction is a combination of ketchup, mayonnaise and various other ingredients, depending on where you get it. Local burger chain Arctic Circle claims to have invented fry sauce, but any Utah burger joint worth visiting has its own version. As a matter of fact, you can go to a McDonald's in Utah and actually purchase, for 10 cents, McDonald's fry sauce in a container similar to the ones they have syrup in.
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Examining the Census Bureau's 1998 population estimate, one finds that there are not enough black Utahns to fill the Delta Center, home of the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City. Here are the numbers: Total black population: 18,677; Delta Center top capacity: 20,400.
Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Mine is an open-pit copper mine located west of Salt Lake City. At two-and-a-half miles wide and half a mile deep, it is the largest man-made excavation on earth. Supposedly, it is one of two man-made landmarks on earth that can be seen from space (the other is the Great Wall of China).
According to an article in the Ogden Standard-Examiner, the manufacturer of Prozac, Eli Lilly & Co., released the data for state-by-state sales figures for 1998. The company said that during that year, pharmacists gave 136 Prozac prescriptions per 1,000 Utah residents.
That's almost 14 percent. Once all the calculations were done, that came out to be 62 percent higher than the national rate (84 per 1000). The numbers the company had for antidepressant prescriptions from all drug companies also showed Utahns filling more of these prescriptions than the national average (23 percent higher, to be exact).
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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
Levan, is "navel" spelled backwards. It is so named because it is in the middle of Utah.
Utah is the site of the nations first department store. Zions Co-operative Mercantile Institution was established in the late 1800's. It is still in operation today as ZCMI.
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.
Interstate 70 enters the eastern edge of the state, from Grand Junction Colorado, and ends where it intersects Interstate 15, near Cove Fort. This section of Interstate 70 is one of the most deserted stretches of Interstate in the United States.
Rainbow Bridge, Nature's abstract sculpture carved of solid sandstone, is the world's largest natural-rock span. It stands 278 feet wide and 309 feet high.
The Great Salt Lake covers 2,100 square miles, with an average depth of 13 feet. The deepest point is 34 feet.
The average snowfall in the mountains near Salt Lake City is 500 inches.
Because of the state's inland location Utah's snow is unusually dry. Earning it the reputation of having the world's greatest powder. 14 Alpine ski resorts operate in Utah.
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.-higher than the same average in any other state.
Salt Lake City was originally named Great Salt Lake City. Great was dropped from the name in 1868.
State symbol: The Beehive symbolizes thrift and industry.
State animal: The Rocky Mountain Elk.
State fish: The Rainbow Trout.
The Uinta mountain range is named after the Ute Indians.
The Wasatch mountain range is named after a Ute Indian name meaning "mountain pass" or "low place in a high mountain"
The name Utah comes from the Native American Ute tribe and means people of the mountains.
During World War II Alta ski center became involved in the war effort when paratroopers from the 10th Mountain Regiment trained on its slopes.
Annual precipitation varies from less than five inches in Utah's arid Great Salt Lake Desert to more than 60 inches in the northern mountain ranges.
Utah's professional sports teams include the Utah Jazz of the NBA, the Salt Lake Buzz of Triple A baseball, the Utah Grizzlies Hockey club of the International Hockey League and the Utah Starzz of the WNBA.
Utah has five national parks: Arches, Canyonlands, Zion, Bryce and Capitol Reef.
Utah has seven national monuments: Cedar Breaks, Natural Bridges, Dinosaur, Rainbow Bridge, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Timpanogos Cave and Hovenweep.