Welcome to Utah! (Continued below)
Nicknames & Slogans | |||
Nicknames | The Beehive State, Mormon State, Salt Lake State, Land of the Saints | ||
Symbols of State | |||
Motto | Industry | 1959 | > |
Song | Utah, This is the Place | 2003 | > |
Emblem | beehive | 1959 | > |
EcoSymbols | |||
Flower | Sego lily (Calochortus nuttallii) | 1911 | > |
Tree | quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) | 2014 | > |
(former) | Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens) | 1933 | |
Grass | Indian ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides) | 1990 | > |
Fruit | cherry (Prunus) | 1997 | > |
Vegetable | Spanish sweet onion (Allium cepa) | 2002 | > |
Historic Vegetable | sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) | 2002 | > |
Bird | California gull (Larus californicus) | 1955 | > |
Animal | Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus) | 1971 | > |
Lizard | Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) | 2019 | > |
Fish | Bonneville cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii utah) | 1997 | > |
(former) | rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | 1971 | |
Insect | honeybee (Apis mellifera) ![]() |
1983 | > |
Mineral | copper | 1994 | > |
Rock | coal | 1991 | > |
Gem | topaz | 1969 | > |
Fossil † | Allosaurus | 1988 | > |
Dinosaur † | Utahraptor | 2018 | > |
Soil | Mivida (unofficial) ![]() |
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Centennial Star | Dubhe | 1996 | |
Astronomical Symbol | The Beehive Cluster located in the constellation Cancer the Crab | 1996 | |
Cultural Symbols | |||
Snack Food | Jell-O | 2001 | > |
Cooking Pot | Dutch oven | 1997 | > |
Winter Sports | skiing and snowboarding | 2012 | > |
Railroad Museum | Ogden Union Station | 1988 | > |
Tartan | Centennial Tartan | 1996 | > |
Folk Dance | square dance ![]() |
1994 | > |
Hymn | Utah, We Love Thee | 2003 | > |
Work of Land Art | Spiral Jetty | 2017 | > |
Work of Art | Native American rock art | 2017 | > |
Language | English ![]() |
2000 | > |
Firearm | John M. Browning designed M1911 automatic pistol | 2011 | > |
Utah …

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