Answer: Millard Fillmore
Fillmore is the county seat for Millard County (and former capital of Utah).
St. George is the county seat for Washington County (but Washington wasn't the 13th president). Panguich is the county seat for Garfield County.
There is no Taylor county in Utah.
From Quiz: Utah Counties
Answer: Promontory
In May of 1869 Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad met and they laid out the last spike in the rails to join them together and they called it the Golden Spike. West of Brigham City at Promontory Summit.
From Quiz: Northern Utah
Answer: Arches and Canyonlands
Bryce and Zion are National Parks in Utah, but they are on the west side of the state. Dead Horse Point is a State Park, but is equally beautiful.
From Quiz: All Things Moab
Answer: Zion National Park
Zion was first designated as Mukuntuweap National Monument by President Taft in 1909.
From Quiz: National Parks of Utah
Answer: Salt Lake City
The University Medical Center, or the UMC, is known as one of the top medical facilities in the state of Utah.
From Quiz: Major Utah Cities
Answer: Snowbasin
Snowbasin, which lies on the backside of Mt. Ogden, about 40 miles north of Salt Lake hosted the Downhill competitions.
From Quiz: This Is the Place
Answer: Ute
Meaning "people of the mountains".
From Quiz: Utah--The Beehive State
Answer: Brigham Young
Brigham Young became president of the Mormon church following the death of its founder, Joseph Smith. You may still visit Brigham Young's Salt Lake home, called the 'Lion House', situated in the downtown area. Incidentally, frontiersman Jim Bridger may have been the first Caucasian man to visit the site on which Salt Lake was built, and is also rumored to have been the first person of European descent to have viewed the Great Salt Lake.
From Quiz: Salt Lake City
Answer: Uinta Mountains
The highest point in Utah is Kings Peak at 13,528 ft. The Uintas are the highest mountains in Utah, with several peaks over 12,000 ft. It is also a very odd range, because it runs east-west.
From Quiz: So You Think You Know Utah?
Answer: Croydon
There is a professional hill that is 1000 ft, a 500 ft qualifying hill, and a 325 ft trophy hill for amateurs. Most motorcycles have longer tracks and special rear tires to dig in.
From Quiz: Northern Utah
Answer: Colorado River
The Colorado is famous for its rapids. The rapids in the Moab area are pretty tame. Many harder river trips start in Moab and they can take weeks.
From Quiz: All Things Moab
Answer: The Waterpocket Fold
The Waterpocket Fold is a 100-mile long giant step (called a "monocline" by geologists) in the plateau.
From Quiz: National Parks of Utah
Answer: Rocky Mountain Elk
The elk is prized by hunters because of its antlers. At Hardware Ranch, east of Hyrum, elk are protected and fed during the winter to keep them from foraging on farms.
From Quiz: Utah--The Beehive State
Answer: Capitol Reef National Park
The dome of the U.S. Capitol is the landmark. The 'reef' in the name of the park refers to the rocky formations resembling an obstacle to travelers like an ocean reef to seafarers.
From Quiz: Utah National Parks
Answer: The place where the Transcontinental Railroad was finished
Golden Spike National Monument is in northwest Utah, just above the Great Salt Lake. When the two train companies met to form the first transcontinental railroad in America, Utah became known as "The Crossroads of the West".
From Quiz: So You Think You Know Utah?
Answer: Lake Bonneville
Lake Bonneville covered most of northern Utah, parts of Idaho and Nevada, you can go on a lot of different mountain sides and find sea shells!
From Quiz: Northern Utah
Answer: Matrimony Spring
It is said if you take a date to the spring and you each drink the water you'll get married. That may or may not be a good thing.
From Quiz: All Things Moab
Answer: Landscape Arch
Due to erosion, a portion of this arch fell in 1991. Hikers are no longer allowed to walk under the arch.
From Quiz: National Parks of Utah
Answer: Orchestra of Southern Utah
The Orchestra of Southern Utah has been entertaining residents of Cedar City for years. One of its trademarks is its annual production of Handel's "Messiah" which is free to the public.
From Quiz: Cedar City, Utah
Answer: Bountiful
Sessions and his family were the sole occupants of Bountiful until the spring of 1848 when other settlers joined them.
From Quiz: Major Utah Cities
Answer: Quaking aspen
The state tree was changed to the quaking aspen in 2014 by Governor Gary Hebert and State Senator Ralph Okerlund, after a group of 4th graders at Monroe Elementary School petitioned to change it from the blue spruce, believing that the spruce was a "Colorado" tree and not appropriate as the Utah state tree.
From Quiz: Utah--The Beehive State
Answer: Oquirrh Mountains
The Oquirrh Mountains house the world famous Bingham Canyon copper mine, the largest open pit mine in the world. Many claim the Great Wall of China to be the only man-made object that can be seen from space, this is a myth. However, it is not a myth that the Bingham Canyon mine can be observed from well above Earth's atmosphere. The mine can be visited and it is well worth the trip. The trucks used to haul the mined materials, primarily copper ore, are fitted with the largest tires in the world...quite a sight!
From Quiz: Salt Lake City
Answer: a cow
Ebenezer Bryce was a Mormon pioneer who homesteaded near the canyon in 1875. He later moved on to Arizona for more promising land.
From Quiz: Utah National Parks
Answer: Wasatch Front
The Wasatch Front is the most populated area of the whole state. This area starts near Mount Timpanogos in Utah Valley and runs through Box Elder County.
This area is approximatly 120 miles long and on average about 5 miles wide.
From Quiz: Northern Utah
Answer: The La Sals
The tallest peak is Mt. Peale at 12,721 feet which is 7,000 feet higher than Moab.
From Quiz: All Things Moab
Answer: The Maze
The Maze is the least accessible, and least visited, district in Canyonlands.
From Quiz: National Parks of Utah
Answer: Logan
Utah State University, home of the Aggies, is located in Logan, which is situated in the beautiful Cache Valley.
From Quiz: Major Utah Cities
Answer: The arrival of the pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley
Funny enough, July 24th is Karl Malone's birthday so he would always joke that Utah held a parade every year in his honor but it is the arrival of the pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley that is commemorated by Pioneer Day.
From Quiz: This Is the Place
Answer: Delicate Arch
From Quiz: Utah National Parks
Answer: Summit
Summit County contains many of Utah's highest peaks and several ski resorts. Don't forget to check out Echo Canyon and Echo Reservoir, too.
From Quiz: Utah Counties
Answer: 1847
On July 24, 1847, Brigham Young and the Mormon pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. The largest parade in Utah is The Days of '47 Parade - held every July 24th in Salt Lake City. July 24 was also made a state holiday and is often called Pioneer Day.
From Quiz: So You Think You Know Utah?
Answer: Jeep Safari
Jeep Safari is usually covered in major 4WD magazines and doubles the population of Moab for nine days! If you want to come I suggest getting reservations at least a year in advance.
From Quiz: All Things Moab
Answer: Draper
This is the same prison in which Ted Bundy was incarcerated when he was arrested while attending Law School at the University of Utah.
From Quiz: Major Utah Cities
Answer: honeybee
The honeybee is a symbol of industry and community, and the state nickname is in reference to it.
From Quiz: Utah--The Beehive State
Answer: Deseret
The originally proposed borders of the State of Deseret would have included parts of nearly every state in the west, and would have rivaled Texas in size. The proposal was not accepted by congress, and statehood was not granted until many years later.
From Quiz: So You Think You Know Utah?
Answer: I-15
The freeway starts in San Diego, CA, and continues through Nevada, a part of Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and ends in Sweetgrass, MT on the border of the US and Canada.
From Quiz: Northern Utah
Answer: Uranium Mining
The city nearly collapsed when the uranium industry was shut down. Tourism is the main industry now.
From Quiz: All Things Moab
Answer: Moab
The population of Moab tripled in the 1950s due to uranium mining.
From Quiz: National Parks of Utah
Answer: Provo
The Brigham Young Academy, which later became Brigham Young University, was established in 1875. The old academy building has since been redone and transformed into what is currently known as The Provo City Library at Academy Square.
From Quiz: Major Utah Cities