List of Utah state symbols
Official State symbols

List of Utah state symbols

Section Title: Official State symbols
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Type	Symbol	Description	Adopted	Image	Source

Animal	Rocky Mountain elk Cervus canadensis nelsoni	Once found over most of the United States and Canada, elk herds have been decimated by hunting and habitat loss. Now, elk are only found in the Rocky Mountains.	1971	-

Astronomical symbol	Beehive Cluster	The Beehive Cluster is an open cluster of about 1,000 stars and is located in the constellation Cancer. It was named the state's astronomical symbol due to having the same name as the state's emblem and nickname.	1996	-

Bird	California gull Larus californicus	Named the state bird in commemoration of the "miracle of the gulls". In 1848, the pioneers where tending to their first harvest since they arrived in Utah, when Mormon cricket swarmed in and started to devour the crops.	1955	-

Emblem	Beehive	The beehive symbolizes industry, which is the state's motto. Before the state of Utah, the provisional government of the State of Deseret also had the beehive as its emblem.	1959	-

Cooking Pot	Dutch Oven	Dutch ovens were the primary cooking vessels of pioneers. The World Championship Dutch Oven Cookoff is held every summer near Logan, Utah.	1997	-

Fish	Bonneville Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarki Utah	In 1997, the state fish became the Bonneville Cutthroat Trout replacing the Rainbow Trout, which had been the state fish since 1971.	1997	-

Flag	The Flag of Utah	The state flag contains a beehive in the middle, the word "industry" above the beehive and Sego Lilies growing on either side of the beehive.	1913	Utah State Flag

Flower	Sego Lily Calochortus nuttallii	The bulbs of the Sego Lily were used as food for the Native Americans and for the Mormon pioneers when food became scarce.	1911	-

Dance	Square dance	Andrew Love Neff, in his book History of Utah 1847-1869, says "The Mormons love dancing... almost every third man is a fiddler, and every one must learn to dance...	1994	A group of dancers in colorful Western clothing promenading in a circle, with a man speaking into a microphone on a stage in the background.

Firearm	Browning M1911	Named due to inventor John Browning's ties to Utah.	2011	-

Fossil	Allosaurus	A meat eater and the most common Theropod that lived during the late Jurassic period. Utah's Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry contains the densest concentration of Jurassic period fossils ever found and has more Allosaurus fossils have been found at the Quarry than any where else.	1988	-

Fruit	Cherry Prunus avium	Cherries are a major fruit crop in the state of Utah. Cherry trees, given by Japan just after World War II, line the Utah State Capitol grounds.	1997	Rainier Cherries.JPG

Gem	Topaz	The semiprecious crystal is made from silicon, aluminium and fluorine. Utah topaz can be yellow, gold, red and pink in color.	1969	-

Grass	Indian Ricegrass Achnatherum hymenoides	Indian ricegrass is a perennial bunchgrass. The ricegrass is a vital food source for animals as it starts to produces green shoots in late winter and into spring, before other food sources start to grow.	1990	-

Hymn	Utah, We Love Thee	Utah's original state song from 1936 to 2003. The song was written in 1895 by Evan Stephens for celebrations held in 1896, when Utah became a state.	2003	-

Insect	Honey Bee Apis mellifera	Utah's nickname is the beehive state. Utah was first called the State of Deseret with Deseret meaning honeybee in the Book of Mormon.	1983	-

Language	English	Utah voters approved Initiative A on the 2000 ballot to make English become the official language.	2000	—

Mineral	Copper	Utah is home to the Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine, which has produced copper since 1906. The mine has produced more copper than any other mine in history.	1994	-

Motto	Industry	The beehive symbolizes industry. Industry appears on the state flag and the Great Seal of the State of Utah.	1959	—

Rock	Coal	Coal mines in Carbon and Emery counties have been operating since 1881.	1991	-

Seal	The Great Seal of the State of Utah	The state seal contains a beehive in the middle, the word "industry" above the beehive and Sego Lilies growing on either side of the beehive.	1896	Seal of Utah

Song	Utah…This Is The Place	Written in 1996 for Utah's centennial celebration, it became the state song because school children "didn't like the current state song, Utah We Love Thee...	2003	—

Star	Dubhe Alpha Ursae Majoris	One of the stars composing the Big Dipper. Dubhe was chosen in 1996, the state's centennial, as it was supposedly 100 light years away.	1996	—

Tartan	Utah State Centennial Tartan	The Utah State Centennial Tartan represents the tartans worn by the Logan and Skene Scottish clans. Fur traders Ephraim Logan and Peter Skene Ogden explored Utah in the 1820s.	1996	—

Tree	Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides	The 80,000-year-old Pando aspen grove in central Utah is also considered to be among the Earth's largest and oldest living organisms.	2014	-

Vegetable	Spanish sweet onion Allium cepa	The onion is a major crop in Box Elder and Weber counties.	2002	—

Vegetable, Historic	Sugar Beet Beta vulgaris	Sugar production in Utah was a huge enterprise from 1891 till 1920 and was dominated by the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company. A blight, caused by the beet curly top virus, severely dampened production until 1934.	2002	-

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Beehive has become one of the State symbols of Utah.

final_sentence: Beehive has become one of the State symbols of Utah.