List of Utah state symbols

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Location of the State of Utah in the United States of America
Location of the State of Utah in the United States of America

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]
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

Route markers of Utah State quarter for Utah USS Utah (BB-31)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Utah Symbols - State Motto and Emblem from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-03-24
  2. ^ a b Utah Symbols - State Flag and Seal
  3. ^ NetState: Utah (HTML). Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
  4. ^ Utah Symbols - Rocky Mountian Elk
  5. ^ Utah Symbols - California Seagull
  6. ^ Utah State Bird. Utah State Bird California Gull Larus californicus. Netstate.
  7. ^ Utah Symbols - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout
  8. ^ Utah Symbols - Sego Lily
  9. ^ Utah Symbols - Cherry
  10. ^ Utah Symbols - Indian Ricegrass
  11. ^ Utah Symbols - Honey Bee
  12. ^ Utah Symbols - Blue Spruce
  13. ^ a b Utah Symbols - Spanish Sweet Onion and Sugar Beet
  14. ^ Utah Symbols - Allosaurus
  15. ^ Utah Symbols - Topaz
  16. ^ Utah Symbols - Copper
  17. ^ Utah Symbols - Coal
  18. ^ a b Utah Symbols - State Star and the Beehive Cluster
  19. ^ Utah Symbols - Dutch Oven
  20. ^ Utah Symbols - Square Dance
  21. ^ a b Utah Symbols - "Utah We Love Thee"
  22. ^ Utah Legislature SR0005
  23. ^ Kay, Katty. "Utah loves Jell-O - official". BBC News, 6 February 2001. Accessed 24 March 2008.
  24. ^ Utah Symbols - "Utah, This is the Place"
  25. ^ a b Utah Symbols - Centennial Tartan

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