Utah entered the union on January 4,1896 as state number 45. Utah has an area of 84,904
square miles. Utah is called the beehive state. Famous explorer Francisco
de Coronado may have reached Utah as early as 1540. After the American Civil War
the grand opening of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 led more people to the
territory.
Do you need a project for your school report? Here are some ideas from Challenge
magazine, Issue 81, which you can use to show what you have learned about Utah.
 | Research the Great Salt Lake. What have archeologists found about its
origin and evolution? |
| Compose a song about the state flower, bird, and tree of Utah. |
| Using clay or some other such material, make a replica of an aerial view of
Kennecott's Bingham Canyon copper mine. |
| What is the current Land Speed record? Who holds this record? What is
its significance to Utah? |
| Who was the leader of the Mormon religion, and why did Mormons move to the Utah
area? |
| Skiing is a popular sport in Utah. Design a sculpture of a skier. |
| Collect pictures from magazines and travel brochures of Utah. Create a
scrapbook of your pictures as though you just returned from a vacation to Utah. |
| Utah is named after the Ute Indians. Research their customs and build a Ute
village showing how they dressed, ate, and lived. |
| Jebediah Strong Smith was a famous mountain man from Utah. Design and make
a costume that he would have worn. Tell a story as if you were Jebediah Strong
Smith. |
| On a map, record the distance from Salt Lake City to ten other cities in Utah.
Use "Yahoo Map"
to find the amount of time it takes to get to each of the ten cities. |
| One-third of Utah is desert. Paint a scene from a desert in Utah. |
