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 Utah is known as the "Crossroads of the West" because of its pivotal location in the Intermountain West. There are three primary geographical sections in its geography: the Rocky Mountains, the Basin and Ridge Area, and the Colorado Plateau.[([[https://travel.earth/interesting-fun-facts-about-utah-that-every-travel-enthusiast-should-know/|travel.earth]])] Utah is known as the "Crossroads of the West" because of its pivotal location in the Intermountain West. There are three primary geographical sections in its geography: the Rocky Mountains, the Basin and Ridge Area, and the Colorado Plateau.[([[https://travel.earth/interesting-fun-facts-about-utah-that-every-travel-enthusiast-should-know/|travel.earth]])]
  
-===== Jim Bridger =====+===== James Bridger =====
  
 James Bridger was the first Caucasian to glimpse the Great Salt Lake in 1824. He assumed he'd found the Pacific Ocean since it was so salty, but it turned out to be a massive salt lake.[([[https://issuu.com/utah10/docs/uhq_volume56_1988_number2/s/157396|issuu]])] James Bridger was the first Caucasian to glimpse the Great Salt Lake in 1824. He assumed he'd found the Pacific Ocean since it was so salty, but it turned out to be a massive salt lake.[([[https://issuu.com/utah10/docs/uhq_volume56_1988_number2/s/157396|issuu]])]
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 Many of people traveling from the east stopped at the Great Salt Lake region in the 1830s.[([[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/mormon-migration/|pbs]])] Many of people traveling from the east stopped at the Great Salt Lake region in the 1830s.[([[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/mormon-migration/|pbs]])]
 +
 +===== Filmore =====
 +
 +Fillmore, Utah, was originally selected as the state capital and was named after President Millard Fillmore. In 1856, Salt Lake City took over as the territory capital.[([[https://historytogo.utah.gov/uhg-building-kingdom-fillmore/|historytogo]])]
 +
 +===== Salt Lake City =====
 +
 +Until 1868, Salt Lake City was known as Great Salt Lake City.[([[https://www.britannica.com/place/Salt-Lake-City|britannica]])]
 +
 +===== Bankruptcy In 2012 =====
 +
 +Utah had the fourth highest bankruptcy filing rate in the US in 2012, with 5.99 applications for every 1,000 persons. The national average per capita filing rate was 3.97 petitions per 1,000 individuals.[([[https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=55092511&itype=cmsid|sltrib]])]
 +
 +===== Utah War =====
 +
 +During the Utah War (1857-1858), a gang of Mormon militiamen slaughtered around 120 defenseless settlers, including women and children. The militia first claimed that the settlers were murdered by Native Americans. The massacre's motivations are unknown, while historians attribute it to war hysteria and a distrust of strangers. Historians are still debating whether the massacre was organized by Mormon leader Brigham Young or by local officials in southern Utah.[([[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-brink-of-war-48447228/|smithsonianmag]])]
 +
 +===== Beehive State =====
 +
 +Utah is known as the "Beehive State" because the majority of the state's early white immigrants were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which adheres to the Book of Mormon. They worked hard and imagined themselves as a "hive of industry." They decided to name their new state "Deseret," which is the Book of Mormon term for "honey bee".[([[https://keep.lib.asu.edu/_flysystem/fedora/c7/144751/Andersen_asu_0010E_15454.pdf|lib]])]
 +
 +===== Plastic Surgeries =====
 +
 +Salt Lake City, Utah, takes the 2nd place for the most plastic surgeons per capita in the United States.[([[https://www.saltzplasticsurgery.com/who-knew-salt-lake-has-second-most-plastic-surgeons-in-u-s/|saltzplasticsurgery]])]
 +
 +===== Size =====
 +
 +Utah could fit inside California twice and still have enough to spare. Virginia could only fit half of Utah.[([[https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/USA/utah_map.htm|nationsonline]])]
 +
 +===== Brigham Canyon =====
 +
 +Brigham Canyon, the world's largest open-pit mine, is located in Utah.[([[https://www.mining-technology.com/projects/bingham/|mining-technology]])]
 +
 +===== Population =====
 +
 +Utah has one of the lowest population densities in the US, with only 32 people per square mile. The majority of Utah residents live in towns and communities along the Wasatch Front, which runs along the western side of the Wasatch Mountains (which is a range of the Rocky Mountains).[([[https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Utah|newworldencyclopedia]])]
 +
 +===== Size And Population =====
 +
 +Utah is the 13th biggest state in the United States, the 33rd most populous, and the 10th least densely inhabited.[([[https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Utah|newworldencyclopedia]])]
 +
 +===== Cooking Pot =====
 +
 +Utah is the only state with a cooking pot as a state symbol. In 1997, the Assembly designated the Dutch oven as a state symbol.[([[https://onlinelibrary.utah.gov/utah/symbols/cooking-pot/|onlinelibrary]])]
 +
 +===== Largest Employer In State =====
 +
 +Hill Air Force Base, outside Ogden, Utah, is the state's largest employer.[([[https://installations.militaryonesource.mil/in-depth-overview/hill-afb|militaryonesource]])]
 +
 +===== Famous People =====
 +
 +David Archuleta, Butch Cassidy, Shannon Hale, Karl Malone, Donny and Marie Osmond, Robert Redford, Julianne and Derek Houghs, Roseanne Barr, Loretta Young, James Woods, Chrissy Teigen, Orson Scott Card, Terry Tempest Williams, and Steve Young are among the well-known Utahans.[([[https://biosidmartin.com/what-is-special-about-utah/|biosidmartin]])]
 +
 +===== Laven =====
 +
 +There is a town in Utah called "Levan". Levan means "navel" backwards—and Levan is at the middle of Utah, or the "navel".[([[https://levantown.org/|levantown]])]
 +
 +===== Marriage Statistics =====
 +
 +Utah has the highest percentage of married people of any state in the country. According to the 2012 American Community Survey, 57% of Utah's women (15 and above) are married, a decrease from 69% in 1950.[([[https://uwhr.utah.edu/utah-and-u-s-womens-general-demographics/|uwhr]])]
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