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Utah is bounded on the north by [[Idaho]] and [[Wyoming]], on the east by [[Colorado]], on the south by [[Arizona]], and on the west by [[Nevada]]. The country is crossed mostly from the north to south by mountains ranges, the principle one being the Wasatch Mountains (with peaks towering from 7,000 to over 12,000 feet in height), which might be termed the backbone of the state. This variation in attitude and consequent climate conditions permits the cultivation of a large variety of vegetables and cereals. <ref>Jenson, Andrew. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City, Utah: Printed by Deseret News Pub. Co, 1941. {{WorldCat|615171272}}</ref> | Utah is bounded on the north by [[Idaho]] and [[Wyoming]], on the east by [[Colorado]], on the south by [[Arizona]], and on the west by [[Nevada]]. The country is crossed mostly from the north to south by mountains ranges, the principle one being the Wasatch Mountains (with peaks towering from 7,000 to over 12,000 feet in height), which might be termed the backbone of the state. This variation in attitude and consequent climate conditions permits the cultivation of a large variety of vegetables and cereals. <ref>Jenson, Andrew. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City, Utah: Printed by Deseret News Pub. Co, 1941. {{WorldCat|615171272}}</ref> | ||
Utah is a leading producer of copper, gold, silver, lead, zinc, and molybdenum. Oil has also become a major product. Utah shares rich oil shale deposits with Colorado and Wyoming. Utah also has large deposits of low sulfur coal. <ref>Read more: Utah: History, Geography, Population, and State Facts — [http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108279.html#ixzz1d8CanBNx Infoplease.com]</ref> | Utah is a leading producer of copper, gold, silver, lead, zinc, and molybdenum. Oil has also become a major product. Utah shares rich oil shale deposits with Colorado and Wyoming. Utah also has large deposits of low sulfur coal. <ref>Read more: Utah: History, Geography, Population, and State Facts — [http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108279.html#ixzz1d8CanBNx Infoplease.com]</ref> | ||
The state's top agricultural commodities include cattle and calves, dairy products, hay, greenhouse and nursery products, and hogs. Agriculture and cattle raising are largely carried on, and in the Great Basin area large sections of apparently irreclaimable desert have responded generously to irrigation. In the north central part of the state is the Great Salt Lake—the Dead Sea of America—a body of salt water, 80 miles long by 30 miles wide, remnant of the gigantic Lake Bonneville of the prehistoric days. | The state's top agricultural commodities include cattle and calves, dairy products, hay, greenhouse and nursery products, and hogs. Agriculture and cattle raising are largely carried on, and in the Great Basin area large sections of apparently irreclaimable desert have responded generously to irrigation. In the north central part of the state is the Great Salt Lake—the Dead Sea of America—a body of salt water, 80 miles long by 30 miles wide, remnant of the gigantic Lake Bonneville of the prehistoric days.<ref>Jenson, Andrew. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City, Utah: Printed by Deseret News Pub. Co, 1941. {{WorldCat|615171272]</ref> | ||
== Settlement during the Mid-to-late 1800s == | == Settlement during the Mid-to-late 1800s == | ||