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Utah's Centennial Star - Dubhe

  • Utah's state centennial astronomical symbol is the Beehive Cluster located in the constellation of Cancer the Crab.
  • Utah's state centennial star is Dubhe, one of the seven bright stars composing the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major.

Beehive

  • Utah state emblem is the Beehive
  • Utah state motto is "Industry"

Allosaurus

Honeybee

Tartan

  • Utah's state centennial tartan, which honors the first Scots known to have been in Utah and those Utahns of Scottish heritage, shall have a pattern or repeating-half-sett of white-2, blue-6, red-6, blue-4, red-6, green-18, red-6, and white-4 to represent the tartan worn anciently by the Logan and Skene clans, with the addition of a white stripe

Califgull

Dutch oven

Elk

  • Utah's state animal is the elk

Cherry

  • Utah's state fruit is the cherry

Bonneville Cutthroat Fish

Spanish Sweet Onion

Blue Spruce

Sugar Beet

  • Utah's historic state vegetable is the sugar beet

Sego Lily

Indian Ricegrass

Topaz

  • Utah's state gem is topaz, as is prominently found in the Thomas Mountain Range in Juab County, Utah.

Square Dancing

  • Utah's state folk dance is the square dance, the folk dance that is called, cued, or prompted to the dancers and includes squares, rounds, clogging, contra, line and heritage dancers.

Kennecott Pit

  • Utah's state mineral is copper

Utah Hymn

Coal

  • Utah's state rock is coal

Utah Song Photo