Utah Miscellaneous

• Popular recreational destinations within the mountains besides the ski resorts include Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Bear Lake, and Jordanelle, Strawberry, Pineveiw Reservoir, East Canyon, and Rockport reservoirs. The mountains are popular camping, rock-climbing, skiing, snowboarding, and hiking destinations.
• The USS Utah was named in honor of this state.
• The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster is built and serviced by the Thiokol division of ATK, which has its facilities in Promontory Point. Boosters are tested periodically at a proving grounds in the Wasatch Range.
• According to a study based on prescription claims from one mail-order pharmaceutical provider[46], Utah (as of 2000) ranked first in antidepressant and narcotic painkiller use, and was in the top three for prescriptions for thyroid medications, anticonvulsants and anti-rheumatics.[47] While Utah once ranked first in personal bankruptcies per capita in the US, this is no longer true (as of 2005).[48] It ranks 47th in teen pregnancy (although at least some of these are married teenagers, which is not uncommon in the state), last in percentage of births out of wedlock, last in number of abortions per capita, and last in percentage of teen pregnancies terminated in abortion. Statistics relating to pregnancies and abortions may be artificially low from teenagers going out of state for abortions because of parental notification requirements.[49][50] Utah has the lowest child poverty rate in the country, despite its young demographics.[51]
• According to Internal Revenue Service tax returns, Utahns rank first among all U.S. states in the proportion of income given to charity by the wealthy.[51]
• Jell-O is the official snack food of Utah, giving rise to the term the Jello Belt.[52]
• Mexican President Vicente Fox visited Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 23, 2006, as the first stop on his trip to the United States, which also included stops in California and Washington state. It is unusual for a foreign head of state to visit Utah (except for the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics). However, the growing presence of Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Utah may be a reason for his visit.[citation needed] The LDS Church also has a large presence in Mexico, with 1,043,718 members as of December 31, 2005,[53], although only about 200,000 profess to be LDS [54]
• The popular subculture, Straight Edge, is an anti-drug/anti-alcohol punk music scene which had its origins in Washingtion D.C., including large numbers of Utahns, in Salt Lake City and Provo in the 1990s.[citation needed]

• Roseanne Barr - Comedian, actress, writer, talk-show host.
• Shawn Bradley - Former NBA player.
• John Moses Browning - Designer of popular firearms like the M2 .50 caliber machine gun and the Colt Model 1911 .45 semi-automatic handgun.
• Butch Cassidy - Outlaw.
• Gary Coleman - Relocated to Utah after the filming of the movie Church Ball.[26]
• Andre Dyson - NFL player
• Kevin Dyson - NFL player
• Marriner Eccles - Banker, economist, and Chairman of the Federal Reserve during Roosevelt and Truman administrations.
• Philo Farnsworth - Inventor of the electronic television.
• John D. Fitzgerald - Author of The Great Brain series of children's books.
• Brandon Flowers - Lead singer of The Killers (although born in Las Vegas he was raised in Nephi, Utah)
• Jake Garn - Former U.S. Senator and one-time astronaut.
• John Gilbert - Silent-film actor.
• John D. Lee- Early Mormon Church leader. The only man convicted in the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
• Orrin Hatch - U.S. Senator
• Jon Huntsman, Sr. - Businessperson, philanthropist.
• Jewel - Musician, author.
• Chad Lewis - NFL player
• Maddox - Internet satirist and author of The Best Page In The Universe and The Alphabet of Manliness.
• John Willard Marriott - Founder of worldwide hotel business Marriott International, Inc..
• Bert McCracken - Lead singer of The Used Raised in Utah, moved away at age 18.
• Larry H. Miller - Businessperson, philanthropist.
• Merlin Olsen - Former National Football League player and actor.
• Donny Osmond - Singer, actor, former talk-show host.
• Marie Osmond - Singer, actor, businessperson.
• The Osmonds - Show-business family, former pop-music group.
• Neil Papiano - Internationally prominent Los Angeles lawyer
• Kim Peek - The world renowned savant that the title character of "Rain Man" was modeled after.
• Robert Redford - Actor, director, movie producer, environmentalist, philanthropist
• Cael Sanderson - Four-time NCAA champion wrestler, 2004 Olympic Gold Medal winner, and current wrestling coach of his alma-mater Iowa State. Grew up in Heber City.
• Brent Scowcroft - National Security Advisor to presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush.
• SheDaisy - Country music group. All 3 members born in Utah.
• Branden Steineckert - Drummer of Rancid and ex-drummer of The Used, was raised in Utah from an early age and currently lives there, but was born in Idaho.
• Mack Swain - Vaudeville performer and silent-film actor.
• The band The Used was formed in Utah, all current members were born there.
• Mike Weir - Professional golfer.
• Scott Wolf - Actor.
• James Woods - Born in Vernal, Utah. A well renowned actor, appearing in several major motion pictures, including Casino. As well as many high profile videogames, including Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.
• Loretta Young - Actress
• Mahonri Young - Sculptor and artist.
• Steve Young - Hall of Fame quarterback for San Francisco 49ers, won NFL's Most Valuable Player award 1992 and 1994, direct descendant of Brigham Young.
• David Zabriskie cyclist, stage winner in all three grand tours,yellow jersey holder, national TT champion

• It is worth noting that the band Utah Saints are not from the state at all but from Leeds, England.

The state of Utah relies heavily on income from tourists and travelers taking advantage of the state's ski resorts and natural beauty, and thus the need to "brand" Utah and create an impression of the state throughout the world has led to several state slogans, the most famous of which being "The Greatest Snow on Earth," which has been in use in Utah officially since 1975 (although the slogan was in unofficial use as early as 1962) and now adorns nearly 50% of the state's license plates. In 2001, Utah Governor Mike Leavitt approved a new state slogan, "Utah! Where Ideas Connect," which lasted until March 10, 2006, when the Utah Travel Council and the office of Governor Jon Huntsman announced that "Life Elevated" would be the new state slogan.

Utah is the setting of or the filming location for many books, films,[55] and television series.[56] A selective list of each appears below.

• Harry Turtledove's Timeline-191, which is set in a North America where the South won the Civil War, mentions Utah several times. The state's Mormon population rebels against the United States in an attempt to create the Nation of Deseret throughout the series, which results in battles in and around Salt Lake City, Provo, and other locations.
• In Around the World in Eighty Days, the characters pass through Utah by train.
• The children's series The Great Brain is set in a fictional town that is based on Price, Utah.
• Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang is set in Southern Utah and Northern Arizona. The characters' ultimate goal is the destruction of the Glen Canyon Dam.
• In Defining Dulcie by Paul Acampora, the main character, Dulcie, ends up in Utah for one of the scenes in the book.

• SLC Punk! takes place in Salt Lake City.
• Broken Arrow was filmed in Moab.
• Some scenes in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade were filmed in Moab.
• Scenes from Dumb and Dumber were filmed in Utah.
• High School Musical was shot at East High School.
• Scene of "The Charelot" from National Treasure was filmed at Strawberry Resivoir
• Footloose was shot in Payson and Lehi.
• Three O'Clock High was shot at Ogden High School.
• Con Air
• Drive Me Crazywas shot at Ogden High School.
• Carnival of Souls
• The Cheyenne Social Club
• Harry in Your Pocket
• Head,(The Monkees)
• The World's Fastest Indian
• Jeremiah Johnson
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• The Eiger Sanction
• The Electric Horseman
• The Car
• The House of Seven Corpses
• Airport 1975
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Easy Rider
• Electra Glide in Blue
• How the West Was Won
• Stagecoach (film)
• The Trial of Billy Jack
• Windtalkers
• National Lampoon's Vacation
• Rio Grande,(John Wayne, John Ford)
• Mission: Impossible
• Octopussy
• Thelma & Louise filmed in Moab, near Arches National Park and Dead Horse Point Park
• The Sandlot was filmed in Ogden.
• Galaxy Quest
• Some parts of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End were shot at the Salt Flats
• The scenes involving the Charlotte in National Treasure were shot in Utah.
• Driven through and mentioned in "Anywhere but Here"
• Mobsters and Mormons

• In the Doctor Who episode "Dalek," Utah was the base of operations for the fictional character Henry van Statten.
• In Prison Break, D.B. Cooper buried his money under a silo in the Utah desert, somewhere near Tooele. Much of the first half of the second season involves the characters attempting to reach Utah and recovering the money.
• In the series The Visitor, the main character's spaceship was shot down and crash-landed in the mountains east of Salt Lake City.
• Everwood was filmed in Ogden and South Salt Lake.
• Regular production for Touched by an Angel was based in Salt Lake City.

The CBS series "Promised Land" was filmed in a closed set in Salt Lake City.

• Big Love, an HBO television drama about a polygamous family, is set in Utah.

Panoramic view of the salt flats of the Great Salt Lake Desert.