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List of Utah state symbols
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This is a list of symbols of the U.S. State of Utah. The majority of the items in the list are officially recognized symbols created by an act of the Utah State Legislature, signed into law by the governor, and listed in Utah Code, Title 63, Chapter 13, Section 5.5, "State symbols."
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[edit] Insignia
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emblem | Beehive | 1959[1] | |
| Flag | The flag of Utah | 1913[2] |  |
| Motto | Industry | 1959[1] | |
| Nickname | The Beehive State | Unofficial[3] | |
| Seal | The seal of Utah | 1896[2] |  |
[edit] Species
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal | Rocky Mountain Elk Cervus canadensis nelsoni |
1971[4] |  |
| Bird | California Gull Larus californicus |
1955[5][6] |  |
| Fish | Bonneville Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarki utah |
1997[7] |  |
| Flower | Sego Lily Calochortus nuttallii |
1911[8] |  |
| Fruit | Cherry Prunus avium |
1997[9] |  |
| Grass | Indian Rice Grass Oryzopsis hymenoides |
1990[10] | |
| Insect | Western honey bee Apis mellifera |
1983[11] |  |
| Tree | Blue Spruce Picea pungens |
1933[12] |  |
| Vegetable | Spanish sweet onion Allium cepa |
2002[13] | |
| Vegetable, Historic |
Sugar Beet Beta vulgaris |
2002[13] |  |
[edit] Geology
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fossil | Allosaurus | 1988[14] |  |
| Gem | Topaz | 1969[15] |  |
| Mineral | Copper | 1994[16] |  |
| Rock | Coal | 1991[17] |  |
[edit] Culture
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomical symbol |
Beehive Cluster an open cluster in the constellation Cancer |
1996[18] |  |
| Cooking Pot | Dutch Oven | 1997[19] |  |
| Folk Dance | Square dance | 1994[20] |  |
| Hymn | Utah, We Love Thee was State Song 1937-2003[21] |
2003[21] |  |
| Snack Food | Jell-O | 2001[22][23] | .jpg.html) |
| Song | Utah, This is the Place | 2003[24] | |
| Star | Dubhe Alpha Ursae Majoris the second-brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Major |
1996[18] | |
| Tartan | Utah Centennial Tartan Thread count: W2 B6 R6 B4 R6 G18 R6 W4[25] |
1996[25] |  |
[edit] Other
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[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Utah Symbols - State Motto and Emblem from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08
- ^ a b Utah Symbols - State Flag and Seal
- ^ "NetState: Utah" (HTML). Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
- ^ Utah Symbols - Rocky Mountain Elk
- ^ Utah Symbols - California Seagull
- ^ "Utah State Bird". Utah State Bird California Gull Larus californicus. Netstate.
- ^ Utah Symbols - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout
- ^ Utah Symbols - Sego Lily
- ^ Utah Symbols - Cherry
- ^ Utah Symbols - Indian Ricegrass
- ^ Utah Symbols - Honey Bee
- ^ Utah Symbols - Blue Spruce
- ^ a b Utah Symbols - Spanish Sweet Onion and Sugar Beet
- ^ Utah Symbols - Allosaurus
- ^ Utah Symbols - Topaz
- ^ Utah Symbols - Copper
- ^ Utah Symbols - Coal
- ^ a b Utah Symbols - State Star and the Beehive Cluster
- ^ Utah Symbols - Dutch Oven
- ^ Utah Symbols - Square Dance
- ^ a b Utah Symbols - "Utah We Love Thee"
- ^ Utah Legislature SR0005
- ^ Kay, Katty. "Utah loves Jell-O - official". BBC News, 6 February 2001. Accessed 24 March 2008.
- ^ Utah Symbols - "Utah, This is the Place"
- ^ a b Utah Symbols - Centennial Tartan
[edit] References
- Utah State Symbols from utah.gov (Official Web Site for the State of Utah). Accessed 24 March 2008.
- Symbols of Utah from pioneer.utah.gov (Pioneer: Utah's Online Library). Accessed 2008-9-8.
- Utah Code, 63G-1-601, "State symbols." Accessed 2008-9-8.
[edit] External links
- Utah State Symbols - from the Utah Office of Tourism's utah.com site. Accessed 2008-3-24.
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