Utah Essays

  • Utah

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    Utah Are you thinking about a place to travel with not a lot of time in a plane? How about bundles of fun attractions? Is shopping what you do best? Maybe you’re more of a nature person. If any of these describe you than you would have a blast in Utah! I think that the history of Utah is really interesting. In the 1600’s Indians had come in the area. 224 years later Jim Bridger discovered the Great Salt Lake. After that in 1847 the Mormon pioneers came to Utah and only 3 years later it became part

  • The Great State of Utah

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    Utah is the 45th state in the USA. It became a state on January 4, 1896. The abbreviation of the state Utah is UT. Salt Lake City is the capital of Utah. Salt Lake City is also the largest city in Utah. Utah is the 13th largest state in the USA. Utah’s total population is 2,223,169. Utah is the 34th most populated state in the US. Utah’s major industries are oil, natural gases, mining coal, copper, iron ore, silver, gold, steelmaking, farming cattle, sheep, dairy products, and tourism. Utah’s major

  • Utah and the Mormon Culture

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    Utah and the Mormon Culture In 1820, Joseph Smith had a vision in Palmyra, New York, of God and his son, Jesus Christ telling him to reorganize the church of Jesus Christ. During the next 10 years, Joseph was visited by other heavenly messengers, translated the Book of Mormon and established the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints. Many years thereafter, the Mormons relocated from Nauvoo, Illinois because of religious persecution (PBS Online). In Illinois, Joseph Smith had succeeded in establishing

  • The Effects of Pollution in Utah

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    which includes large industrial companies, commercial companies and household pollution. Utah is known to have the best snow on earth, we have beautiful scenery, relaxation and recreation all within minutes of our front door. But what about that dirty air that seems to last for months? Utah has four of the nations 100 largest oil fields, which produces 1.2% of the nation’s output, with 3,600 active wells. Utah ranks 11th in the nation of oil production, and we have five refineries in the Salt Lake

  • Southern Utah Community and History

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    The formation of Southern Utah is one of fascination. The Virgin River Anasazi were St. George’s earliest residents, occupying the area for over twelve hundred years. They left behind rock art and ruins of their dwellings. There vanishing from the area and leaving behind their dwellings and art is still a mystery to this day. The Paiute people arrived shortly after and have lived there ever since, utilizing the area as a hunting ground for deer, rabbits and other animals. The Paiutes also grew crops

  • American Attack on Omaha and Utah Beaches During D Day

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    American Attack on Omaha and Utah Beaches During D Day It was 1944, and the United States had now been an active participant in the war against Nazi Germany for almost three and a half years, nearly six years for the British. During that period occurred a string of engagements fought with ferocious determination and intensity on both sides. There is however, one day which stands out in the minds of many American servicemen more often than others. June 6, 1944, D-Day, was a day in which thousands

  • Utah Symphony and Utah Opera Merger

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    1. Bill Bailey, chairman of the board of the Utah Opera Organization, could use McClelland’s need theory to support the merger with the Utah symphony based on the three principles that are entailed in the theory; need for achievement, need for affiliation, and need for power (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2010, p. 215). Firstly, the need for achievement is met by understanding that people strive to master difficult situations, endeavors or challenges. This idea works on both an organizational level, as

  • An Essay On Utah's Geography

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    Utah is an amazing state. Utah is home to the Blue Spruce, California Gull, and the Sego Lily. Utah has so many explorers, settlers, famous people, and events, as well as the beautiful geography, important cities, and interesting facts. It is so famous for it’s snow. The state nickname is a state that has something for everyone. Famous Explorers were determined to inhabit Utah. In 1776, Dominique and Escalante, spanish missionaries, were the first to record the exploration of Utah. Then in

  • Variation of Personal Dialect Analysis

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    spinning maneuver preformed while driving a vehicle. Three is the normality of the question, “Do you have fry sauce?” in different states. Even distances as short as Utah to Idaho can have differences in how they pronounce certain words. The word “ketchup”, for instance, is pronounced regularly with a short “e” sound here in Idaho. But down in Utah, which is where I am from,...

  • Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place by Terry Tempest Williams

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    thought-provoking, sentimental book that explores both the unnatural and the natural events that take place in her life. The deception and lies of the reports presented by the United States government, which lead to the fall out of atomic bomb testing in Utah in the 1950's and the rise of the Great Salt Lake and its effect on bird’s serve as the backdrop of this book. As Williams struggles to deal with the ramifications of her mother’s terminal cancer, she seeks sanctuary at the Bear River Migratory Bird

  • Joseph Smith or Brigham Young's Contributions to the Mormon Movement

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    Joseph Smith or Brigham Young's Contributions to the Mormon Movement Many settlers travelled east, but the most important religious group to travel east was the Mormons. The Mormon religion was started by a person called Joseph Smith. A Smith grew up on his farm, angles appeared telling him there was a book (written upon golden plates) on a hillside near Manchester, New York. Once dug up, the plates were published in a translated version, which contained statements of his father and brothers

  • Nevada, Nevada And The Early History Of Nevada

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    became a part of the New Mexico territory and the rest was a part of the Utah territory governed under Brigham Young, the leader of the Mormon religion at the time. After the murder of the founder of the Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints, or Mormons, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young decided to move the religion further west in 1846, eventually settling a year later in what is now Utah. After Nevada became a part of the Utah territory and was under the power of Brigham Young, the governor sent a

  • Prostitution in Utah

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    past centuries had more positive perception about prostitution because it was considerate as unavoidable evil. Then, the posture that the United State of America has about prostitution is important influence in the majority states. This is the case of Utah that the 20th century has implemented a prohibit policy in prostitution which affect in many ways the life of the sex workers who are vulnerable situation because they are persecuted and marginalize for their profession. The panoramic about how sex

  • Going Out West

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    got there, I was in for a big surprise. One of the worst parts of the trip was that my family and I had to wake up at 3:00 AM to catch the plane in Manchester. We flew from Manchester to Cleveland Ohio, and then from Cleveland to Salt Lake City, Utah. I had a lot of fun on the plane. They served me a lot of drinks and food because I was hungry. I couldn't wait to get to the airport because airports are fun. When we arrived in Cleveland I went to some stores and got more to eat. Then we got on the

  • Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith

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    o... ... middle of paper ... ... 18 6 Helen Z. Papanikolas, ed., The Peoples of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Historical Society, 1976), 119. 7 Saints, Slaves, and Blacks. 99. 8 Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, Mormonism: Shadow or Reality (Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm Company, 1972), 277 9 Saints, Slaves and Blacks. 99 10 Pearl of Great Price. 31. 11 Mormonism: Shadow or Reality 12 The Peoples of Utah. 137. 13 Saints, Slaves and Blacks. 182. 14 Kendall White Jr. and Daryl White, “Abandoning

  • History Of Lake Bonneville Flooding

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    Schumacher College of Western Idaho Introduction The world has been shaped by many events. Like a sculpture each piece was a result of an event that made it that way. The Snake River Canyon is no different, most of upper Utah and part southern Idaho show the scars of an event that rocked the landscape into what it is today. When researching and digging in the region you can find remnants of an old marine environment, from sediment deposits to river terraces hundreds of

  • Early American Settlers

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    This is the first time the white America begin to settle west of the Mississippi in the early 1800s. There three reasons for them to settle in that particular area, the first was religious reasons, the second is they wanted social freedom and last they wanted wealth. This would be the beginning of westward migration of Americans. There were two phases, in the first phase the Americans moved without any kind of government’s consent they just packed and move out for personal reasons. The second reason

  • The First Artificial Heart Transplant

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    an artificial heart transplant, which was performed by the medical staff at the University of Utah Medical Center. Although Barney Clark was the center of attention, there were many events that led up to this historical moment. The development of the artificial heart began in the early 1950’s. The initial prototype, developed in 1970’s by the artificial developmental staff at the University of Utah, allowed 50 hours of sustained life in a sheep. Although this was called a success, the implantation

  • The Massacre of Captain John Gunnison and his Explorers in 1853

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    Two events took place in the mid-19th century in the United States that set the stage for a third which became an historic turning point in American history. The settlement of Mormons in Utah and their pursuit to establish their own government coupled with explorations to develop the transcontinental railroad laid the groundwork for the massacre of Captain John Gunnison and his explorers in 1853 which took eight lives. As massacres go, the loss of eight people was not numerically remarkable. What

  • Funeral for a Father I Never Knew

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    "He looks just like me. Mom, I should have tried to see him." These were my words as I looked at my biological father lying in his coffin. His name was Larry James, and he lived in Utah. I hadn't seen him in years. It was during the spring of last year. The evening was quiet, and I was trying to concentrate on my chemistry homework, which was becoming incredibly tedious. The sudden ring of the phone broke the calm. Nobody yelled downstairs, so I knew it wasn't for me. However, after a few minutes