Salt Lake City hosted the Winter Olympics. Utah is also host to the internationally known Sundance Film Festival. Held every January, Sundance is one of the largest independent film festivals in the United States. In , there were 46, attendees. In , a record 12, films were submitted and the festival had 1, volunteers. All U. Governor: Spencer J. Cox, R to Jan. Representatives: 4 Historical biographies of Congressional members Organized as territory: Sept. Utah, We Love Thee? Map of Utah. See also:.
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State Flag. State Seal. American FactFinder U. Texts are abridged from U. What kind of information materials are available? Some birds that fly through the state include red-tailed hawks , American kestrels, golden eagles, red-winged blackbirds, and green-tailed towhees. The sego lily is the state flower. Its bulbs were used as food by early settlers. Other wildflowers include Utah honeysuckle, Utah serviceberry, and smallflower woodland-star, which looks like a snowflake.
Manmade ponds in Moab, Utah, produce potassium chloride, which is used in fertilizer, medicines, and foods. The state also mines uintaite also called gilsonite , a shiny black rock used in making cement, asphalt, and paint. Rock hounds can visit Utah for its semi-precious stones including rare red beryl, the purple bertrandite, and topaz, the state gem.
Marriott, and early television inventor Philo T. Farnsworth were all born in Utah. The striped layers of hardened, windblown sand sweep into giant curves that look like waves. All rights reserved. Personality Quizzes. Funny Fill-In.
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