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Utah History
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state known as Utah began when Brigham Young led a group of
Mormon pilgrims seeking freedom from religious persecution into
the Great Salt Lake Valley, where they established a settlement
in 1847. The state gets its name from the Ute, an Indian tribe
who lived there before the pioneers arrived. The golden spike
completing the first transcontinental railroad line was driven
at Promontory, Utah, in 1869, leading to a further influx of
settlers. Utah was admitted as the 45th state in 1896. The
capital, Salt Lake City, is also the world headquarters for the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and Mormons make up
70 percent of the population. The sego lily is the state flower
of the "Beehive State." |
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