The Rocky Mountain Elk was the state animal officially in 1971. It usually eats grass or twigs.
It was Utah's official Emblem when Utah was a real state in 1896. The beehive has been our state emblem for over one hundred years.
It became the state flower in March 18,1911. Between 1840 and 1851 that was the only thing pioneers could eat.
About two million cherries are harvested each year. Cherry trees were sent to Utah from the Japanese during World War two.
It wasn't the first state fish. It became the state fish in 1997.
Became state motto on March 4,1959.Industry appears on the state flag and state seal.
It was not the first song. The song was made in 1996 and made state song in 2003.
Topaz became state gem in 1969. Topaz is a very hard gem.
Named state vegetable in 2002. They grow about 100 million pounds of them each year.
Wasn't the state tree first. Became state tree in 2014.
There has been more than one state flag before. The state flag was made in 1896.
Made state fossil in 1988. The word in Latin means strange reptile and strange lizard.
Became state bird in 1955. Two sculptured seagull statues were unveiled in 1913.
Became state mineral in 1994. Most of the copper comes from Kennecot Utah copper mine.
Credits:
Created with images by skeeze - "sunset candlestick tower landscape" • AER Wilmington DE - "Elk in Rocky Mountain National Park" • USFWS Mountain Prairie - "Sego Lily" • candoyi - "cherry cherries fruit" • USFWS Mountain Prairie - "Bonneville Cutthroat Trout" • TheHormans - "A huge topaz at the gem room in the natrual history museum" • Jenn Durfey - "Onion Macro" • Catherine Soehner - "Quaking Aspens" • aqua.mech - "Flag Of Utah" • James St. John - "Nanotyrannus lancensis theropod dinosaur (Hell Creek Formation, Late Cretaceous; Carter County, southeastern Montana, USA) 1" • K_Dafalias - "Seagull" • Arenamontanus - "Copper"