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What is the Utah State Animal?

Rocky Mountain Elk


The Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis) became the official State animal of Utah in 1971. All Mammal Symbols

Called 'wapiti' by the Shawnee Indians, elk are members of the deer family and associate closely with the deer and moose of Utah. Elk once inhabited most of the USA, but are now found only west of the Rocky Mountains (elk are plentiful in the mountain ranges of Utah).

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Where did the name "Cache" come from?

French verb cacher that means “to hide” because early fur trappers hid their pelts and supplies in the area for safe-keeping.  

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What is the Utah State Flower

Sego Lily

Utah designated the sego lily (Calochortus nuttalli) as the official state flower in 1911. 

Blooming in early summer, the sego lily has white, lilac, or yellow flowers and grows on open grass and sage rangelands in the Great Basin of Utah. The sego lily was chosen as the flower symbol of Utah because of its natural beauty and historic significance (the soft, bulbous root of the sego lily was collected and eaten in the mid 1800's during a crop-devouring plague of crickets in Utah).

Also called mariposa lily, the bulb of the sego lily was roasted, boiled, or made into a porridge by native Americans before the Mormon pioneers. The sego lily is native to a number of western states (including Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico).

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What is the estimated population in Cache Valley in 2025?

A) 100,421

B) 146, 889

C) 152,759

B) Cache County's estimated 2025 population is 146,889

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What is the Utah State Insect

The Bumble Bee


Utah designated the honeybee as official state insect in 1983 due to the lobbying efforts of a fifth grade class.

The honeybee is recognized as an official state symbol in 17 states, primarily because honeybees play such an important role in agriculture

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Lowest Temperature every recorded in Cache Valley took place in what location, and what was the temperature?

A) 69.3*F at Peter Sinks

B) 69.7*F at Middle Sink

C) 69.1*F at Beaver Mountain

A) The lowest temperature ever recorded in Cache County was -69.3°F on February 1, 1985, at Peter Sinks. This temperature makes it the second-coldest ever recorded in the lower 48 states.


 The coldest temperature in the lower 48 is -69.7°F at Roger's Pass, Montana

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What is the Utah State Fruit?

Cherries - 

Utah designated the cherry as official state fruit in 1997. 

The 2nd graders of Millville Elementary School championed the cause for a state fruit. After researching the subject and gathering information on the economic impact of apples, peaches, and cherries upon Utah (and polling other elementary schools across the state), the cherry came out the strong leader. The children gathered the following information to support their choice:

  • Both sweet and tart cherries are grown in Utah. Utah is the second largest tart cherry producing state in the nation, and fifth in the nation in the production of sweet cherries (no other state ranks in the top five in both categories).
  • About 2 billion cherries are harvested yearly and about 4,800 acres of agricultural land is used for cherry production.
  • The cherries are sold as fresh fruit, to canneries to make pies, brined as maraschino cherries, or dried
  • Cherry trees also surround the capitol building in Salt Lake City, sent to Utah as a gift by the Japanese after WWII as a symbol of friendship.
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What is the Utah State Fossil?

Allosaurus

Utah designated allosaurus as the official state fossil in 1988. 

Living 145 to 150 million years ago in Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Oklahoma, allosaurus was the most common large carnivore of the Late Jurassic period in North America (a predecessor of the larger Tyrannosaurus of the Cretaceous).

Weighing 1.5 - 2 tons as an adult and measuring 30 - 40 feet long, allosaurus possibly hunted in packs to bring down large prey. Many Allosaurus fossils have been found in the Rocky Mountain west.