Show e Kt W UT H i I By ALBERT F P. P PHILIPS J m m. m m J Where did the name Utah originate There Is a diversity of opinion as to It its origin Fremont in his first Journey across the continent at attributed at- at the thc name to the Spaniards and arid that the word Utah originated with the people who Inhabited what Is Ls now known as Utah that early In the seventeenth seventeenth seven seven- century when New Mexico was WIlS first much talked c cf by the Spaniards the principal l nations of frequent mention as inhabiting Ung the several sides of the locality about that time were the Navajos the Utes the Apaches and the 0 C S C COf Of the Utah nation which belongs to the Shoshone valley alley there were many tribes There were the Pah- Pah Utes or the Pie Edes the Gosh Utes or r the Uinta Ut tiles Utes s the Yam Pah Utes and many others The Pah U Pah-U lived about water The early orthography of the word Is 18 varied Escalante Esca- Esca lante prior to his hia Journey to Utah lake found the Inhabiting the region north of the This was a common spelling by the early Spaniards and therefore might be called the proper one Others are rc Eutaw and Utah C C The name of ot Deseret was Voas first given to the provincial provincial pro pro- state Many people have hare believed that the word Deseret came cune from what w was designated as the Great American desert but this Is erroneous The name comes from the Book of Mormon In the Book of Ether Is an account of the people who crossed cro d over the thc water from the old world to the new and It Is' Is written And they did also carry with them which by Interpretation Is Honey B Bee e. e 9 u S C C I However when congress passed the act ct provIding for a territorial government go which was approved September Sep Sep- 9 1850 the old Indian tribal name was adopted adopt adopt- ed ed and on January 4 1896 the state of Utah was admitted into the Union and the beehive as represented upon the great seal of the state Is to remind the people of the state that the name had hod been se selected sc- sc by the people for their proposed state before congress created the territory of or Utah C S C I The Railroad Gateway to the West Wm Is the name given to the cit city of Ogden the name being given by a committee headed by Brigham Young Heber C. C Kimball Kim Kim- ball baU Orson Hyde and others after the site for tor the city had been selected North Ogden at nt one time had the name of Ogden Hole the name coming from that of a noted desperado who had once In 1851 resided there The people resented the title and a 11 committee was appointed t to designate a site and the name of I the City of Ogden was finally determined upon |