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The earliest inhabitants of Utah were the Native American people living around the Great Basin. They lived off of the fish, birds, and small game of this area.
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The Spanish explorer Coronado may have crossed into Utah during one of his expeditions. Fun fact: Provo was named after Etienne Provost, a fur trapper that came over in 1825.
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Mormon pioneers trekked across hundreds of thousands of miles to settle "Zion", a land prepared to host the foundation of Church headquarters.
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The Utah Territory was created with the Compromise of 1850, after a previous state proposal as "Deseret".
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Utah was finally granted statehood! Read more: Statehood
