Beaver, Utah

Beaver is a city in Beaver County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,112 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Beaver County.

History

Beaver County has a number of identified prehistoric sites, dating to the Archaic and Sevier Fremont periods. A prehistoric obsidian quarry site has been identified in the nearby Mineral Mountains. Southern Paiutes inhabited the region at the time of the first European explorers, the 1776 Dominguez–Escalante Expedition.

In 1847-1848, a trade route was pioneered through the Beaver River valley between the new Mormon settlements at Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. The original route crossed the river 3 miles down stream from Beaver at the site that later became Greenville. This route became known during the California Gold Rush as the Southern Route of the California Trail, (later called the Mormon Road or California Road), which passed over the Black Mountains between the crossing and Muley Point.

In 1855, as part of an improvement to the road the Mormon Road was realigned eastward from this old route over the Black Mountains to one from a crossing at what became Beaver, Utah to Muley Point through more wagon friendly terrain in Nevershine Hollow and over Beaver Ridge into the canyon of Fremont Wash that rejoined the original road above Muley Point. This road became a winter commercial wagon road known as the Los Angeles - Salt Lake Road in California and the California Road in Mormon settlements of Utah and Arizona Territory (now southern Nevada).

Utah

Utah (/ˈjuːtɔː/ or ⁱ/ˈjuːtɑː/; Navajo: Áshįįh bi Tó Hahoodzo; Arapaho: Wo'tééneihí ) is a state in the western United States. It became the 45th state admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896. Utah is the 13th-largest, the 31st-most populous, and the 10th-least-densely populated of the 50 United States. Utah has a population of nearly 3 million (Census estimate for July 1, 2015), approximately 80% of whom live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. Utah is bordered by Colorado to the east, Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, Arizona to the south, and Nevada to the west. It also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast.

Approximately 62% of Utahns are reported to be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or LDS (Mormons), which greatly influences Utah culture and daily life. The world headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is located in Utah's state capital, Salt Lake City. Utah is the most religiously homogeneous state in the United States, the only state with a Mormon majority, and the only state with a majority population belonging to a single church.

Utah (disambiguation)

Utah is a state in the United States.

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Utah (film)

Utah is a 1945 American Western film directed by John English.

Plot

Misunderstanding what her ranch is worth, Dorothy Bryant sells the land for far less than its value, so it's up to Roy to somehow get it back.

Cast

Soundtrack