Utah history

Today, the sego lily is prominent in Salt Lake City’s efforts towards a sense of belonging and acceptance for its diverse residents. But 150 years ago, it was Latter-day Saints fighting for acceptance in a unified “garland” of states.

Smoot represented Utah in the senate from 1903-1933 and was a central architect of the United States’ tariff policies leading up to and during the Great Depression.

Students at the Indian boarding school, which operated in Brigham City until 1984, shared their cultures by painting on the walls. Now their work is public.

In early May, St. George will build an electrical substation in a lot bursting with pieces of prehistoric fish, plants and dinosaurs. Paleontologists and volunteers are trying to salvage the fossils while they can.

“We can't post policemen at every rock art or rock writing site,” said Southern Utah University's Samantha Kirkley. So the key is helping kids develop a link to the past.

More than 200,000 black Utah license plates have been issued, raising millions for the Utah Historical Society. One lawmaker wants to set a limit on those funds.

The proposal drew pushback from Garfield County residents, who valued the historic name for the trail road going through Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

For two decades, Heidi Posnien owned a burger bar in Huntsville, Utah. But she wasn’t born there. The story of her childhood years is told in a new book “A Child in Berlin.”

Police Chief Jake Sube credits collaboration and community involvement for the city’s 50% reduction in serious crime.

More than 200,000 minimalist black and white plates have been issued. Intentionally or not, drivers are supporting the new Museum of Utah.

The simple mayonnaise and ketchup-based dipping sauce can be found throughout the state as an accoutrement to french fries and has become one of Utah’s most famous foods.

The 11-foot-tall, 27-foot-long dinosaur is one of the most complete stegosaurus fossils ever identified. It was found over the Utah border near Dinosaur, Colorado.