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The city of Provo, Utah, was named for one Étienne Provost, who visited the area in 1825. The city of Ogden, Utah, was named after Peter Skene Ogden, a Canadian explorer who traded furs in the Weber Valley. In late 1824, Jim Bridger became the first known English-speaking person to sight the Great Salt Lake.
Named for the Virgin River (el Rio de la Virgen [59]), a 160-mile-long (260 km) tributary of the Colorado River located in southern Utah and Nevada [60] Washington County, Nevada and Arizona: St. Mary's County: January 5, 1856 January 17, 1862 Named after the Mary's River, which was later renamed to the Humboldt River [61] Nevada: Shambip County
According to John W. Van Cott in his 1990 work Utah Place Names, the Mormons named more places in Utah than any other group or individual in the state. [1] Salt Lake City Tribune author Davidson noted, in 2018, that "Utah cities and towns were named for at least five church presidents , 10 apostles , 11 stake presidents , nine bishops , two ...
After the Duke of York (later King James II of England). Named by King Charles II of England, James II's brother. [77] The name "York" is derived from its Latin name Eboracum (via Old English Eoforwic and then Old Norse Jórvík), apparently borrowed from Brythonic Celtic *eborakon, which probably meant 'Yew-Tree Estate'. [78
The settlement was named after George A. Smith, an LDS Church apostle. [10] In April 1877, the LDS Church completed the St. George Utah Temple. It was the church's third temple and is the oldest still in active use. [11]
Ogden in 1874. Originally named Fort Buenaventura, Ogden was the first permanent settlement by people of European descent in what is now Utah.It was established by the trapper Miles Goodyear [11] in 1846 about a mile west of where downtown Ogden sits today.
A Utah woman died of a rare heart condition called peripartum cardiomyopathy just nine days after ... Sam Hughes, also 23, named the twins Hudson and Georgia and visited them in the NICU, eager to ...
Named for a local resort on the Great Salt Lake which was named after Syracuse, New York: Tabiona: Duchesne: Town 143 0.10 sq mi (0.26 km 2) 6,516 feet (1,986 m) 1860 $46,250 Originally called Tabby and Tabbyville referring to Ute tribe leader Tava whose nickname was Tabby: Taylorsville: Salt Lake: City 60,448 10.85 sq mi (28.1 km 2) 4,295 feet ...