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Show IN T R O D U C T IO N XXI T he la s t canyon in the g r e a t s e m i- c ir c le is L ittle C ottonw ood—a g la c ie r-g o u g e d g o rg e w hich is even m o re ru g g ed and w ild th an its s i s t e r to th e n o rth . H e re on the g r e a t g ra n ite b o u ld e rs , big a s a h o u se , m ay be se e n th e s c r a tc h e s m ad e by the m oving r iv e r of ice w hich in th e long ago c a rv e d th is U -sh a p e d d e file . W o rld fam o u s A lta, w ith its e x c e lle n t sk i s lo p e s , is lo c a te d in L ittle C ottonw ood C anyon. B r ie f F a c t s A b o u t U ta h UTA H —O rig in a lly nam ed “ D e s e r e t,” w hich m e a n s land of th e “ h o n e y -b e e ,” nam e changed to U tah in 1850 d e riv e d fro m U te, one of th e Shoshone Indian tr ib e s . FIR ST W HITE MAN TO VISIT THIS T E R R IT O R Y —C aptain G a rc ia L opez de C a rd e n a s , an o ffic e r u n d e r C o ro n ad o , w an d ered into th e a r e a now o ccu p ied by San Ju a n C ounty, in 1540. FIR ST EX PLO R A TIO N —In 1775, F r s . S ilv e r s tr e de E s c a la n te and F r a n c is c o A tan asio D om iniguez led a p a rty on an ex p ed itio n fro m th e s o u th e a s t p o rtio n of U tah to U tah L ake. FIR ST S E T T L E M E N T —A tra d in g p o st e s ta b lis h e d by G e n e ra l W. H. A sh ley on the s h o re of U tah Lake in 1825. FIR ST COLONIZATION—S alt L ake C ity, founded Ju ly 24, 1847, by B rig h am Young and p a rty of 148 M o r m on p io n e e rs , in cluding 143 m en , th r e e w om en and two c h ild re n . UTAH P O P U L A T IO N -1 ,060,700 (1970). HIGHEST POINT ON A HIGHWAY—10,500 fe e t e lev atio n , n e a r C e d a r B re a k s. LOWEST POINT ON A HIGHWAY—2,597 fe e t e le v a tio n , on U. S. Highway 91 a t A riz o n a lin e . (P h o to C o u r te s y S a lt L a k e A r e a C h a m b e r O f C o m m e r c e ) U T A H S T A T E C A P IT O L B U IL D IN G (S a lt L a k e C ity , U ta h ). U ta h ’s S ta te C a p ito l G r o u n d s a r e c o n s id e r e d to b e o n e o f th e m o s t b e a u tifu l s e a t s o f s t a t e g o v e r n m e n t in th e n a tio n . T h e c o p p e r - d o m e d s tr u c t u r e r e s e m b l e s th e n a tio n a l c a p it o l b u ild in g in W a sh in g to n , D . C . B u ilt in 1 9 1 2 , th e U tah C a p ito l w a s e x t e n s iv e ly r e m o d e le d in 1 9 6 5 -1 9 6 6 . S t a t is t ic a l R e v ie w (S a lt L a k e C ity ) FORM O F G O V E R N M E N T -C o m m issio n . PO PU LA TIO N —176,79? (1970). M e tro p o lita n A re a , 565,759 (1970). A m e ric a n -b o rn , 90O/o. A R E A —55 sq u a re m ile s . C L IM A T E —M ean annual te m p e r a tu r e , 51.3 d e g re e s F .; a v e ra g e an n u al r a in f a ll, 14.7 in c h e s. PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS—37, w ith to ta l of o v e r 7,000 a c r e s . TAX RATE —$100.65 p e r $1,000 a s s e s s e d v alu atio n . S tate s ta tu te s r e q u ir e r e a l p ro p e rty to be a s s e s s e d a t 30°/o of c u r r e n t m a r k e t v alu e, h o w ev er, in a c tu a l p ra c tic e the a s s e s s m e n t le v e l is being eq u a liz e d at 20°/o. BONDED D E B T —$21,859,000 (June 30, 1964); $20,413,000 (June 30, 1965); $19,325,000 (June 30, 1966); $18,210,000 (June 30, 1967); $16,475,000 (June, 1969). FINANCIAL DATA—S alt L ake C ity h a s 4 n a tio n a l b an k s. 19 o th e r b an k s, w ith n u m e ro u s b ra n c h e s . |
