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- Utah | Capital, Map, Facts, Points of Interest | Britannica
Utah is a constituent state of the United States of America; it became the 45th member of the union on January 4, 1896 It is bordered by Idaho to the north, Wyoming to the northeast, Colorado to the east, Arizona to the south, and Nevada to the west The capital is Salt Lake City
- Gary Ridgway | Biography, Mother, Childhood, Murders | Britannica
Gary Ridgway (born February 18, 1949, Salt Lake City, Utah, U S ) is an American criminal who was the country’s deadliest convicted serial killer He claimed to have killed as many as 80 women—many of whom were prostitutes—in Washington during the 1980s and ’90s, although he pled guilty (2003) to only 48 murders
- Rocky Mountains | Location, Map, History, Facts | Britannica
Rocky Mountains, mountain range forming the cordilleran backbone of the great upland system that dominates the western North American continent Generally, the ranges included in the Rockies stretch from northern Alberta and British Columbia southward to New Mexico, a distance of some 3,000 miles (4,800 km) In places the system is 300 or more miles wide
- Pony Express | U. S. Mail Delivery, History, Map | Britannica
The Pony Express was a system of U S mail delivery that operated from April 3, 1860, until October 1861 It consisted of continuous horse-and-rider relays between St Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, with steamers covering the final leg from Sacramento to San Francisco
- Philo Farnsworth | Biography, Inventions, Facts | Britannica
Philo Farnsworth (born August 19, 1906, Beaver, Utah, U S —died March 11, 1971, Salt Lake City, Utah) was an American inventor who developed the first all-electronic television system Farnsworth was a technical prodigy from an early age An avid reader of science magazines as a teenager, he became interested in the problem of television and was convinced that mechanical systems that used
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Encyclopedia Britannica
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), church that traces its origins to a religion founded by Joseph Smith in the United States in 1830 The term Mormon, often used to refer to members of this church, comes from the Book of Mormon, which was published by Smith in 1830; use of the term is discouraged by the church Now an international movement, the church is characterized by a
- Lynyrd Skynyrd | History, Members, Songs, Music, Plane Crash, Facts . . .
Lynyrd Skynyrd, American rock band that rose to prominence during the Southern rock boom of the 1970s on the strength of its triple-guitar attack and gritty working-class attitude The principal members were Ronnie Van Zant (b January 15, 1949, Jacksonville, Florida, U S —d October 20, 1977, Gillsburg, Mississippi), Gary Rossington (b December 4, 1951, Jacksonville—d
- Sierra Nevada | U. S. Mountain Range, Physical Features History . . .
Sierra Nevada, major mountain range of western North America, running along the eastern edge of the U S state of California Its great mass lies between the large Central Valley depression to the west and the Basin and Range Province to the east Extending more than 250 miles (400 kilometres) northward from the Mojave Desert to the Cascade Range of northern California and Oregon, the Sierra
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