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Utah is the eleventh largest state in the United States of America in area, is located between 37 and 42 degrees north latitude and 109 and 114 degrees west longitude and has 84,900 square miles.<ref>[http://www.utah.gov/about/quickfacts.html Quick Facts about Utah, Utah.gov]</ref> | Utah is the eleventh largest state in the United States of America in area, is located between 37 and 42 degrees north latitude and 109 and 114 degrees west longitude and has 84,900 square miles.<ref>[http://www.utah.gov/about/quickfacts.html Quick Facts about Utah, Utah.gov]</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 15,000 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. | 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 15,000 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> | ||
The state leads in the production of silver and copper. Coal, lead and zinc are also mined extensively, and Utah holds second place in the [[United States]] in production of ores of the rare metals uranium and vanadium. | The state leads in the production of silver and copper. Coal, lead and zinc are also mined extensively, and Utah holds second place in the [[United States]] in production of ores of the rare metals uranium and vanadium. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
== Settlement during the Mid-to-late 1800s == | == Settlement during the Mid-to-late 1800s == | ||