Utah history

BYU’s Native American Curriculum Initiative asked Utah’s eight sovereign nations what they want to be taught in schools and then they listened.

The sweet, tart and mysterious desert has been attracting hungry travelers at the gateway to Zion National Park for nearly 60 years.

The Utah native and descendant of Hyrum Smith had served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles since 1985.

"It's just really a testament to the important role that women have played in Salt Lake City's west side communities and the role that they still play today," said Better Days’ Tiffany Greene.

Pleasant Grove’s Strawberry Days, now 102 years old, highlights the community’s rich past of fruit farmers.

Pipe Spring National Monument, southeast of St. George on the Utah-Arizona border, was created in 1923 by President Warren G. Harding.

A gathering of Topaz camp survivors and descendants have come to the Utah desert to remember James Wakasa and the 140 other Japanese Americans who died here.

Eighty years ago, James Hatsuaki Wakasa was killed in a Japanese American internment camp in Utah. His story is one piece of Utah’s history with internment.

Utah got a new flag this year. And it’s not alone in that pursuit. Illinois and Minnesota are thinking about it and closer to home, Ogden wants a new banner too.

On March 12, 2003, Elizabeth Smart was discovered in Sandy, Utah with her kidnappers. She now uses her own pain to help other sexual violence victims.

Sen. Dan McCay worked throughout the entire session to pass the new Utah flag. But a group of opponents believes it should have never happened.

Utah's current flag won't be relegated to mothballs, instead, it becomes the "historic flag" and will have some ceremonial duties.