Every Lake
Utah
The only state where a major mountain range runs east and west — the Uintas, above the canyon country.
Utah in relief
The land itself, cut in six steps of birch from the lowlands to the high ground — the cities starred, the summit and rise on the title block. No counties, no roads: just the shape of Utah.
About Utah
Utah is a rectangle with a notch cut from its northeast corner, all of its borders surveyed rather than natural. The Wasatch Range runs north-south down the middle, with nearly the whole population strung along its western foot; the Uinta Mountains branch off to the east and run the wrong way, the only major range in the country oriented east-west, topped by Kings Peak at 13,528 feet. West of the Wasatch lies the Great Salt Lake, the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere, and the Bonneville Salt Flats. The southeast is redrock plateau and canyon. Twenty-nine counties.
Utah entered on January 4, 1896 as the 45th state, after nearly fifty years as a territory. Salt Lake City was founded in 1847 by Mormon pioneers who came down through Emigration Canyon and laid the town out on a wide grid squared to Temple Square, which is still the origin of every address in the valley. The board carries five national parks — Zion, Bryce, Arches, Canyonlands and Capitol Reef — and I-15 and I-70 crossing the state.
- Six layers of birch — the land in elevation steps
- The summit and total rise on the title block
- The major cities, starred and named
- Title block with the admission date and capital
- A double rule engraved around the edge
- Every county line and the state border
- The interstates with their shields — 9 on this board
- The major cities, starred and named
- Title block with the admission date and capital
- A mile ruler engraved around the frame
