Place details
Place nameUtah
Other namesUT
CountryUnited States
Latitude40
Longitude-110
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Inhabited by 10,000 BC; Anasazi culture arrived from SW ca. AD 400; Shoshoni (including Southern Paiute, Gosiute & Ute) lived here when Spanish arrived 16-18th cen.; European-Americans arrived in 19th cen.; went USA in 1848 after the Mexican War.