1.      The Great Salt Lake, which is about 75 miles long and 35 miles, wide, covers more than a million acres.

2.      The name “Utah” comes from the Native American “Ute” tribe and means people of the mountains.

3.      Utah covers 84,900 square miles of land and is ranked 11^th largest state in the United States

4.      Utah was acquired by the United States in 1848 in the treaty ending the Mexican War

5.      The town Beaver is the birthplace of two very famous individuals of the past, Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television and Butch Cassidy, the notorious western outlaw

6.      Kanab is known as Utah’s Little Hollywood because of the large number of motion pictures that are filmed in the area.

7.      The Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City took 40 years to complete. The Mormon Temples in St. George, Manti and Logan, Utah were completed before the Salt Lake Temple.

8.      Utah is the site of the nations first department store. Zions Co-operative Mercantile Institution was established in the late 1800’s. It was referred to as ZCMI.

9.      Completion of the world’s first transcontinental railroad was celebrated at Promontory, where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met on May 10, 1869. It is now known as Golden Spike National Historic Site.

10. The Great Salt Lake covers 2,100 square miles, with an average depth of 13 feet. The deepest point is 34 feet.

11. Utah mountain peaks, on average, are the tallest in the country. The average elevation of the tallest peaks in each of Utah’s counties is 11,222 ft., which is higher than the same average in any other state.

12. Because of the state’s inland location Utah’s snow is usually dry. Earning its reputation for having the "Greatest Snow on Earth" for skiing. There are 13 alpine ski resorts that operate in Utah.