Draped American Flag is the symbol of our support to the nation．
“1847”is the year the Mormon Pioneer entered the Salt Lake Valley．
“1896”is the year Utah was admitted as the 45th state（January 4，1896）．
The Utah state flag，as we know it today，was made the official flag of Utah when Gov．William Spry signed House Joint Resolution 1in 1913（Utah Code 63－13－5）．
The original state flag was presented to Gov．Heber M．Wells in 1903by the Utah State Society Daughters of the Revolution．According to the organization’s minutes，Governor Wells asked the group to make the first state flag．The flag was made of Utah silk and embroidered（刺绣）by Agnes Teudt Fernelius．Each member of the USSDR contributed one dollar to help pay for it．
On October 16，1903，it was reported at their meeting“that a mistake had been made in drawing the seal of our state on the flag which had been presented to the Governor of Utah in May last．The matter was then discussed at length after which a print of the state seal was examined to see where corrections should be made”．It was found that“the flag made by Our Society which had been presented to and accepted by the Governor and his staff was in reality on the Governor’s regimental flag．A state flag would in compliance（顺从）with an act of the State legislature have to be made under direction of or by approval（正式批准）of said legislature”．
They then took the flag to H．L．A．Culmer，an artist，“and had him correctly draw according to the proper perspective as nearly as possible to design of the State Seal on the before mentioned flag after which it had been taken to M．I．to be embroidered and further that it would be completed for inspection（检查，视察）at the March meeting．”
The governor wrote to them，“It will be my pleasure to display this flag upon every important occasion where the Governor’s flag may be required，both at the World’s Fair in St．Louis in celebration of the Louisiana Purchase and elsewhere during my incumbency（任职）．”
This flag was used until 1913．In 1912a second flag was commissioned by the Sons and Daughters of Utah Pioneers to be presented to the battleship Utah．It was made by and eastern man．When it arrived it was found to have a gold circle around the design．Through the efforts of Wells Cannon the new flag was adopted by the Utah State Legislature．
State Song州歌
Utah．．．This Is the Place
Utah！People working together
Utah！What a great place to be．
Blessed from Heaven above．
It’s the land that we love．
This is the place！
Utah！With its mountains and valleys．
Utah！With its canyons（〈美〉峡谷，溪谷）and streams．
You can go anywhere．
But there’s none that compare．
This is the place！
It was Brigham Young who led the pioneers across the plains．
They suffered with the trials they had to face．
With faith they kept on going till they reached the Great Salt Lake
Here they heard the words．．．“THIS IS THE PLACE！”
Utah！With its focus on family，
Utah！Helps each child to succeed．
People care how they live．
Each has so much to give．
This is the place！
Utah！Getting bigger and better．
Utah！Always leading the way．
New technology’s here．．．
Growing faster each year．
This is the place！
There is beauty in the snow－capped mountains，
in the lakes and streams．
There are valleys filled with farms and orchards（果园）too．
The spirit of its people shows in everything they do．
Utah is the place where dreams come true．
Utah！With its pioneer spirit．
Utah！What a great legacy！
Blessed from Heaven above．
It’s the land that we love．
This is the place
Utah！Utah！Utah！
THIS IS THE PLACE！
Facts and Trivia相关资料
1．Completion of the world’s first transcontinental railroad was celebrated at Promontory（岬，海角）where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met on May 10，1869．It is now known as Golden Spike National Historic Site
2．Levan，is“navel”spelled backwards．It is so named because it is in the middle of Utah．
3．Utah is the site of the nations first department store．Zions Co－operative Mercantile（商业的）Institution was established in the late 1800’s．It is still in operation today as ZCMI．
4．The Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City took 40years to complete．The Mormon temples in St．George，Manti and Logan Utah were completed before the Salt Lake Temple．
5．Interstate 70enters the eastern edge of the state，from Grand Junction Colorado，and ends where it intersects［（直线）相交，交叉］Interstate 15，near Cove Fort．This section of Interstate 70is one of the most deserted stretches of Interstate in the United States．
6．Rainbow Bridge，Nature’s abstract sculpture carved of solid sandstone（［地］沙岩），is the world’s largest natural－rock span．It stands 278feet wide and 309feet high．
7．The Great Salt Lake covers 2，100square miles，with an average depth of 13feet．The deepest point is 34feet．
8．The average snowfall（降雪）in the mountains near Salt Lake City is 500inches．
9．Because of the state’s inland location Utah’s snow is unusually dry．Earning it the reputation of having the world’s greatest powder．14Alpine ski resorts operate in Utah．
10．Utah mountain peaks，on average，are the tallest in the country．The average elevation of the tallest peaks in each of Utah’s counties is 11，222ft．－higher than the same average in any other state．
11．Salt Lake City was originally named Great Salt Lake City．Great was dropped from the name in 1868．
12．State symbol：The Beehive symbolizes thrift（节俭，节约）and industry（勤奋）．
13．State animal：The Rocky Mountain Elk．
14．State fish：The Rainbow Trout．
15．The Uinta mountain range is named after the Ute Indians．
16．The Wasatch mountain range is named after a Ute Indian name meaning“mountain pass”or“low place in a high mountain”
17．The name Utah comes from the Native American Ute tribe and means people of the mountains．
18．During World War II Alta ski center became involved in the war effort when paratroopers（伞兵）from the 10th Mountain Regiment trained on its slopes．
19．Annual precipitation varies from less than five inches in Utah’s arid Great Salt Lake Desert to more than 60inches in the northern mountain ranges．
20．Utah’s professional sports teams include the Utah Jazz of the NBA，the Salt Lake Buzz of Triple A baseball，the Utah Grizzlies Hockey club of the International Hockey League and the Utah Starzz of the WNBA．