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Brief History. This region was first explored for Spain by Franciscan friars Escalante and Dominguez in 1776. The Grat Salt Lake was discovered by famous American frontiersman Jim Bridger, and the Salt Lake City was built by the Mormons which arrived in 1847. The U.S. acquired the Utah region in the treaty ending the Mexican War in 1848. Today, Utah is now a great mining products and oil procucer.Among the many tourist attractions are Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion National Parks; Cedar Breaks, Dinosaur, Hovenweep, Natural Bridges, Rainbow Bridge, Timpanogos Cave, and Grand Staircase (Escalante) National Monuments; the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City; and Monument Valley.

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More About This State

Nickname: The Beehive State

Capital: Salt Lake City

Date entered union: Jan. 4, 1896

Population: 2,469,585

State Flower: Sego lily

State Bird: The Common American Gull

Land area: 82,144 sq mi.

Topography: High Colorado plateau cut by brilliantly colored canyons in the southeast; broad, flat, desert like Great Basin of the west; the Great Salt Lake anad Bonneville Salt Flats in the northwest; Middle Rockies in the northeast running east-west; valleys and plateaus of the Wasatch Front.

Major Industries: Educational, health and social services; Retail trade; Manufacturing

More About The People

Folks are called: Utahan, Utahn

Ethnicities: White: 1,992,975 (89.2%); Black: 17,657 (0.8%); American Indian: 29,684 (1.3%); Asian: 37,108 (1.7%); Other race: 93,405 (4.2%); Two or more races: 47,195 (2.1%); Hispanic/Latino: 201,559 (9.0%)

Male/Female stats: Male: 1,119,031 (50.1%); Female: 1,114,138 (49.9%)

Median household income ($): 45,726

College Grads: 17.9%

Home Owners: 71.5%

Famous people: Butch Cassidy, James Woods

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