UTAH 



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UTAH 



Research Questions on 

 Utah 



\n outline Hiiitnhi.- for I tab will 

 I..- found with the article "Stated) 



What does the word Deaeret mean, 

 and what part has it played in the his- 

 tory of Utah? 



is there a natural pulpit, and 

 wlu-n did it figure in history? 



What people made Utah what it is? 

 Trace their history up to the time they 

 arrived in the territory. 



Describe the most important building 

 which these people have erected in the 

 capital city. 



What connection is there between the 

 motto of the state of Utah and its sym- 

 bol? 



What is the state flower and why was 

 it chosen? 



How many states are larger than 

 Utah? How many of these larger states 

 have a larger population? 



How many states have a larger popu- 

 lation? (See table in article UNITED 

 STATES.) 



In how many states are there fewer 

 inhabitants to the square mile? 



If the entire country had the same 

 density of population as has Utah, how 

 many inhabitants would it have? 



What per cent of the inhabitants are 

 Indians? How does the state compare 

 in this respect with New Mexico? With 

 Oklahoma'.' With South Dakota? 



What and where is the Great Ameri- 

 can Desert? 



What is a mesa? What does the 

 name mean, and why is it applied? 



What is the highest natural bridge in 

 the world ? How high is it ? (See NATU- 

 KAL BRIDGE.) 



What and where is the great organ 

 rock? What are its dimensions? 



is Utah's chief river noted for 

 after it leaves the state? 



Where was there once a lake almost 

 as large as Lake Michigan which no 

 longer exists? 



What and where is the largest salt- 

 water lake in the United States? Since 

 all the rivers that empty into it bear 

 water, how do you account for its 



salt ness? 



If you wanted to obtain four barrels 

 of salt from the waters of this lake, how 

 much water would you need? 



re so little rainfall in the 

 state of Ut 



What la "dry farming," and how has 

 It changed agricultural conditions in 

 this state? 



What pa it of thf cultivated land la 

 Irrigated? Who flrnt introduced irriga- 

 tion into this ?: 



Where is the Valley of Death, and 

 why is it o called? 



Who said "we cannot eat gold and 

 silver." and what was his reason for 

 the stateni* 



When was tho state second In silver 

 production, and why? 



What resources has the state which 

 make possible a prosperous Industrial 

 future? 



i has Utah In regard 

 to its improved roads? 



What attitude has the state taken on 

 tin- question of woman suffrage? On 

 iuor question? 



ithin it; no bird ever flies over it. This 

 depression is called the Valley of Death, be- 

 cause, in 1850, a train of immigrants, eighty- 

 seven families in all, perished in an attempt to 

 cross it. Many years later the wagon- 

 found, surrounded by the skeletons of people 

 and of animals, half buried in the sand. 



In Echo Canyon in Utah is a famous rock 

 which closely resembles in shape a pulpit. 

 Here, it is supposed, Brigham Young preached 

 his first sermon within the chosen territory to 

 his Mormon followers when they entered Utah 

 in 1847. 



An excellent beach on Great Salt Lake is 

 Garfield Beach. Here the sand grains are pe- 

 culiarly rounded, instead of being sharp-cor- 

 nered like ordinary sand, and as a result thr 

 sand has an especially grateful, soft feeling to 

 the bare feet. 



Utah has adopted the indeterminate sentence 

 for persons convicted of crime. That is, a 

 criminal is sentenced to prison not for a certain 

 specified term of years, but for an indefinite 

 period, until he seems fit to mingle again with 

 his fellow men. E.B.P. 



Consult Whitney's Making of a Slate; Can- 

 non's Under the Prophet in Utah. 



Related Subjects. The reader may consult 

 the following articles In these volumes for In- 

 formation that will be of interest in connection 

 with this discussion of Utah: 



Logan 

 Ogden 



CITIES 

 Provo 

 Salt Lake City 



LEADING PRODUCTS 



Asphalt Coffee 



Beet, subhead Sugar L.M < ! 



Beets Salt 



Bismuth Silver 

 Coal 



PHYSICAL FKATfRBS 



Colorado River I'inta Mountah 



Great Salt Lake Utah Lake 



UNCLASSIFIED 



Polygamy 

 Young, Hrlglmm 



I >ry Farming 



Irrigation 



Mormons 



UTAH, UNIVERSITY or, a state institution lo- 

 cated at Salt Lake City, first organised in 1850 

 as the University of the State of Deserrt I 

 a number of years it continued existence was 

 uncertain, for it was far from a railroad, and 

 funds and students were lacking, but later it 

 entered upon a period of successful develop- 

 ment. The power to confer degrees was 

 granted by the legislature in 1884, anl thr 

 inmr was rh.-inp 1'niversity of Utah in 



1892. Two years later the institution r< 



