Utah

The Dominguez-Escalante Expedition was historically important because these men were the first people, not Indians, to explore much of Utah gaining information on the people that they met and the land itself. The Dominguez-Escalante Journal it the accounting of the expedition traveling thru Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. Father Dominguez and Father Escalante’s party included “twelve Spanish colonials and two Indians”. The Mexican Government enlisted a catholic priest, Francisco Dominguez to…

I am writing to you for help to keep Bears Ears a National Monument. I think it is important to protect this land. There are people out there that are destroying this area in Utah. The Natives have a lot of history on this land and I think it is important to protect it from those who are destroying historical artifacts. Native Americans to this day are still performing ceremonial traditions and to keep it sacred for them. Ranchers are becoming upset because they want to use this land for…

compelled to broaden my capacity to work in healthcare, which in turn helped guide me to public health and medicine. My graduate studies, clinical shadowing experiences, and health research have validated this ambition. Description: I volunteered for the Utah Pride Center’s annual Pride Festival…

states,” 5,013 distracted driver crashes occurred in Utah which resulted in 2,796 injured persons and 17 deaths.” I find this astonishing that there have been so many crashes due to distracted driving. It is both tragic and interesting. It should be everyone’s goal to not drive distracted knowing the dangers and accidents that can come from it. On the website” highwaysafety.utah.gov” it also states,” A 2008 study cited by the University of Utah found that drivers distracted by cell phones are…

1968, the erstwhile transit service providing company following the decreasing popularity of bus service discontinued its service. Then in 1969 the Utah State Legislature passed a new act: the Utah Public Transit District Act. The act give the residents and their communities an opportunity to form local transit districts (Arave, 2010). Eventually, the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) was established on March 3, 1970 as residents from Salt Lake City and several communities—Murray, Midvale, Sandy, and…

Memoir Excerpt Mother and son was driving from Florida to Utah to get away from a man she was afraid of and to get rich in mining. The car was in bad shape and was giving her a lot of trouble. While letting the car cool off at some point they saw a truck passing by that seem to have lost its brakes and crash. The mother was really shaken up about this. They made it to Utah but not in time for mining season and could find any available place to stay. The mother gave her trouble car away and…

Name of the Case: State of Utah v. Travis Dee Timmerman Date Case was Decided: September 4, 2009 Court Rendering the Decision: Supreme Court of Utah Background: Travis Timmerman was charged with attempted rape, forcible sexual abuse, and assault. At the first hearing, the victim, Mrs. Timmerman, cited her spousal privilege not to testify against her husband. The State then presented Mrs. Timmerman’s statements made previously to the police and to a sexual assault nurse. Because of these…

The Mountain Meadows Massacre was a killing of about 120 people that were going through Southern Utah in September of 1857. The Massacre happened on September 11, 1857. The men, women, and children were traveling from Arkansas to California, on the Baker Fancher wagon train. After they left Arkansas, the Fancher party went west through Kansas and Nebraska territories before entering Utah territory. In Utah the party went by Fort Bridger and Salt Lake City traveling south until getting to Cedar…

traveling somewhere and then you were suddenly attacked by a group of religious people? This happened to a group of emigrants in 1857, as they traveled through Utah, heading for California. This group of emigrants were massacred by a group of Mormons in a valley known as Mountain Meadows. The conflict between the Mormons and emigrants passing through Utah territory was significant because of the Mormons strong beliefs to obey their leaders, leaders also encouraged the Paiute Indians to help, and…

In the discussion of the Latter-Day Saints; Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint Movement. Founded by Joseph Smith in upstate New York in the 1820s. By 1830, the Book Of Mormon was published. Years down the road on June 27th, 1844 marked an important day for the Mormonism religion. The day Smith was attacked and killed by a mob, he was currently the mayor of a small town called Nauvoo in Illinois and was preparing to run for the President of the United States. Sources report…