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Utah state flag For more than a century the flag of Utah featured the state seal at its center. In 2024, however, the state adopted an entirely new design. The new flag features a dark blue band at the top, symbolizing Utah's skies and lakes. The white band in the middle, with its jagged top, represents the state's snowcapped mountains. The red band at the bottom symbolizes the red-rock canyons in the southern part of the state. At the center of the flag is a gold beehive representing the state's early history as well as the state motto, “Industry.” Below that is a white five-pointed star, representing the star that was added to the U.S. flag when Utah became a state in 1896.

Utah

state, United States
Also known as: Beehive State
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Leonard James Arrington
Lemuel H. Redd Professor of Western American History, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. Author of Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-day Saints and others.
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Utah, constituent state of the United States of America. Mountains, high plateaus, and deserts form most of its landscape. The capital, Salt Lake City, is located in the north-central region of the state. The state lies in the heart of the West and is bounded by Idaho to the north, Wyoming to the northeast, Colorado to the east, Arizona to the south, and Nevada to the west. At Four Corners, in the southeast, Utah meets...

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