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The name Utah is from the language of the Native American Utes. The Piute nation also inhabit a portion of the state. |
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The name Utah is from the language of the Native American Utes. The Paiute nation also inhabit a portion of the state. |
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Utah's bid for statehood was accepted in 1896 over forty years after its initial request, largely due to disputes between the Mormon inhabitants who had settled in the area in 1847 and were pushing for the establishment of the state of Deseret? and the US Government, who were reluctant to admit a state the size of the proposed Deseret? into the union, differed with Mormon over the subject of polygamy and observed that the region lacked the necessary 60,000 voters required for statehood. |
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Utah's bid for statehood was accepted in 1896, over forty years after the initial request. The delay was largely due to disputes between the Mormon inhabitants who had settled in the area in 1847 and were pushing for the establishment of the state of Deseret? and the US Government, who were reluctant to admit a state the size of the proposed Deseret? into the union, differed with the Mormon church over the subject of polygamy, and observed that the region lacked the necessary 60,000 voters required for statehood. |
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One of Utah's most defining characteristics is the variety of its terrain. From the [Uinta Mountain]? range in the north (being the only east west running mountain range in North America) to the beautiful desert landscapes of Bryce Canyon and [Zion National Parks]?. |
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One of Utah's defining characteristics is the variety of its terrain, from the [Uinta Mountain]? range in the north (the only east-west running mountain range in North America) to the beautiful desert landscapes of Bryce Canyon and [Zion National Parks]?. |
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