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Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Logan, Utah. [14] [15] Founded in 1888 under the Morrill Land-Grant Acts as Utah's federal land-grant institution, Utah State serves as one of Utah's two flagship universities.
May, Dean L. Utah: A people's history (U of Utah Press, 1987). Peterson, Charles S. and Brian Q. Cannon. The Awkward State of Utah: Coming of Age in the Nation, 1896–1945. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2015. ISBN 978-1-60781-421-4, scholarly survey; Peterson, Charles S. Utah: A history (WW Norton & Company, 1984), popular survey.
The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, [2] until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, [3] the 45th state.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
The state of Utah relies heavily on income from tourists and travelers visiting the state's parks and ski resorts, and thus the need to "brand" Utah and create an impression of the state throughout the world has led to several state slogans, the most famous of which is "The Greatest Snow on Earth", which has been in use in Utah officially since ...
U.S. President Richard Nixon signs An Act To establish the Arches National Park in the State of Utah, created from Arches National Monument. [1] [2] 1970: April 1: The 1970 United States Census enumerates the population of the State of Utah, later determined to be 1,059,273, an increase of 18.9% since the 1960 United States Census.
The State of Deseret (modern pronunciation / ˌ d ɛ z ə ˈ r ɛ t / ⓘ DEZ-ə-RET, [1] contemporaneously / d ɛ s iː r ɛ t / dess-ee-ret, [dubious – discuss] as recorded in the Deseret alphabet spelling 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻) [2] was a proposed state of the United States, promoted by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who had founded ...
The following have served as presidents of Utah State University.USU is located in Logan, Utah, and was founded in 1888 as the Agricultural College of Utah. This list does not contain names of alumni or faculty of the university, unless such persons have also served as president.