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  • (1) Utah's state animal is the elk.
  • (2) Utah's state bird is the sea gull.
  • (3) Utah's state centennial astronomical symbol is the Beehive Cluster located in the constellation of Cancer the Crab.
  • (4) Utah's state centennial star is Dubhe, one of the seven bright stars composing the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major.
  • (5) Utah's state centennial tartan, which honors the first Scots known to have been in Utah and those Utahns of Scottish heritage, shall have a pattern or repeating-half-sett of white-2, blue-6, red-6, blue-4, red-6, green-18, red-6, and white-4 to represent the tartan worn anciently by the Logan and Skene clans, with the addition of a white stripe.
  • (6) Utah's state cooking pot is the dutch oven.
  • (7) Utah's state dinosaur is the Utahraptor.
  • (8) Utah's state emblem is the beehive.
  • (9) Utah's state emblem of service and sacrifice of lives lost by members of the military in defense of our freedom is the "Honor and Remember" flag, which consists of:
    • (a) a red field covering the top two-thirds of the flag;
    • (b) a white field covering the bottom one-third of the flag, which contains the words "honor" and "remember";
    • (c) a blue star overlaid by a gold star with a thin white border in the center of the flag spanning the red field and the white field; and
    • (d) a representation of a folded United States flag beneath the blue and gold stars with three tongues of flame emanating from its top point into the center of the gold star.
  • (10) Utah's state firearm is the John M. Browning designed M1911 automatic pistol.
  • (11) Utah's state fish is the Bonneville cutthroat trout.
  • (12) Utah's state flower is the sego lily.
  • (13) Utah's state folk dance is the square dance, the folk dance that is called, cued, or prompted to the dancers and includes squares, rounds, clogging, contra, line, and heritage dances.
  • (14) Utah's state fossil is the Allosaurus.
  • (15) Utah's state fruit is the cherry.
  • (16) Utah's state gem is topaz, as is prominently found in the Thomas Mountain Range in Juab County, Utah.
  • (17) Utah's state grass is Indian rice grass.
  • (18) Utah's state hymn is "Utah We Love Thee" by Evan Stephens.
  • (19) Utah's state insect is the honeybee.
  • (20) Utah's state military museum is the Fort Douglas Military Museum.
  • (21) Utah's state mineral is copper.
  • (22) Utah's state motto is "Industry."
  • (23) Utah's state railroad museum is Ogden Union Station.
  • (24) Utah's state reptile is the Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum), whose habitat includes Southwest Utah.
  • (25) Utah's state rock is coal.
  • (26) Utah's state song is "Utah This is the Place" by Sam and Gary Francis.
  • (27) Utah's state stone is honeycomb calcite, which originates in Duchesne County, Utah.
  • (28) Utah's state tree is the quaking aspen.
  • (29) Utah's state vegetable is the Spanish sweet onion.
  • (30) Utah's historic state vegetable is the sugar beet.
  • (31) Utah's state winter sports are skiing and snowboarding.
  • (32) Utah's state works of art are Native American rock art.
  • (33) Utah's state work of land art is the Spiral Jetty.




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