Road to Statehood
Utah's official symbol that emphasizes its motto of "industry."
Beehive
Utah gains its name from this historic tribe.
Ute
This practice among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints contributed to the federal government denying statehood to Utah.
Polygamy
Also known as the Diné, meaning "the people," this tribe has historically lived in the Four-Corners region.
The Navajo
The belief that the United States was divinely destined to expand its borders from coast to coast.
Manifest Destiny
Seraph Young, a schoolteacher, became the first woman in the U.S. to do this:
Vote in a U.S. election
The event Salt Lake City hosted in 2002 and placed the city on the global stage.
Winter Olympics
This religious leader led Mormon Pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847.
Brigham Young
The names of the five historic tribes of Utah
Ute, Paiute, Shoshone, Goshute, and Navajo
Promontory Point was the location where the east and west lines of this railroad track met with the driving in of the golden spike.
The Transcontinental Railroad
Utah was among the states that helped push forward the eventual ratification of this Constitutional amendment
19th
The amount of times Utah applied for statehood before succeeding.
7
Also known as "Mattie," this woman was the first female state senator from Utah after a successful campaign against her own husband, as well as a physician, Utah women's rights advocate, suffragist, and a founder and member of Utah's first State Board of Health.
Martha Hughes Cannon