Utah has been inhabited for thousands of years by variousindigenous groups, such as theancient Puebloans, the Navajo, and the Ute. The first Europeans to arrive – in the mid-16th century – were the Spanish. Because of the region's challenging geography and harsh climate, it only became a peripheral part ofNew Spain (and later of Mexico). Even while it was Mexican territory, many of the Utah region's earliest European settlers were from the United States; notable among these were Mormons who were fleeing marginalization and persecution in the United States and arrived via the so-calledMormon Trail. In 1848, after theMexican–American War, the region wasannexed by the U.S., becoming part of theUtah Territory, which included what later became Colorado and Nevada. Disputes between the dominant Mormon community and the federal government delayed Utah's admission as a state: in 1896, after it agreed to outlaw polygamy, it was admitted as the45th state.
People from Utah are known as Utahns. Slightly over half of all Utahns areMormons, the vast majority of whom are members ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which hasits world headquarters in Salt Lake City; Utah is the only state where a majority of the population belongs to a single church. The LDS Church greatly influences Utah's culture, politics, and daily life. However, since the 1990s, Utah has become both more religiously diverse and more secular. (Full article...)
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Catriona Le May Doan of Canada won her final Olympic medal in Salt Lake City. Eight years later, she was one of the final torch-bearers when the Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver.
New events were contested in these Games;skeleton (introduced for the first time at the1928 Winter Olympics and not contested since1948) was re-introduced with events for both men and women, while women's bobsleigh was added to the program. The 78 events in Salt Lake City were an increase from 68 in Nagano at the1998 Winter Olympics. Both men and women competed at these Games. (Full article...)
Robert Foster Bennett (September 18, 1933 – May 4, 2016) was an American politician and businessman who served as aUnited States Senator fromUtah from 1993 to 2011. A member of theRepublican Party, Bennett held chairmanships and senior positions on various key Senate committees, including the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee; Appropriations Committee; Rules and Administration Committee; Energy and Natural Resources Committee; and Joint Economic Committee.
Bennett was a popular and reliablyconservative senator for most of his tenure, earning high ratings from conservative activist groups such as theNRA Political Victory Fund, theU.S. Chamber of Commerce, and theAmerican Conservative Union. However, in 2010, Bennett became one of the most prominent targets of theTea Party Movement, which criticized his support of theBush Administration'sbank bailout and argued that Bennett was insufficiently conservative. Despite an enthusiastic endorsement fromMitt Romney, Bennett was denied a place on the primary ballot by the 2010 Utah State Republican Convention, placing third behind two Tea-Party-backed candidates. (Full article...)
The2034 Winter Olympics, officially theXXVII Olympic Winter Games, and branded asUtah 2034, is an upcoming internationalmulti-sport event scheduled to take place in the U.S. state ofUtah, United States, from February 10–26, 2034.
The Future Host Commission of theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) nominated Salt Lake City–Utah as its preferred candidate on November 29, 2023. The Salt Lake City–Utah bid was approved on July 24, 2024, during the142nd IOC Session in Paris. They will be the fifth Winter Olympics, and tenth overall, to be hosted by the United States; having previously hosted the2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City will joinSt. Moritz,Lake Placid,Innsbruck, andCortina d'Ampezzo as the fifth city to have hosted or co-hosted multiple Winter Olympic Games. The 2034 Winter Olympics will have a sub national unit like a state to be a host as opposed to a host city, which will differentiate from 2002. (Full article...)
The following are images from various Utah-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1The boundaries of the provisional State of Deseret—as proposed in 1849—are shown with a dotted line. The Utah Territory as organized in 1850, is shown in blue with black outline. (fromHistory of Utah)
Image 4Zion National Park in southern Utah is one of five national parks in the state. (fromUtah)
Image 5Mining has been a large industry in Utah since it was first settled. TheBingham Canyon Mine in Salt Lake County is one of the largest open pit mines in the world. (fromUtah)
Image 30TheWasatch Front region has seen large growth and development despite the economic downturn. Shown is theCity Creek Center project, a development in downtown Salt Lake City with a price tag of $1.5–2.5 billion. (fromUtah)
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