Show utah backbone of the livia nation tion I 1 those mormons got on the backbone of the continent this was the statement of dent lincoln after the mormon people had settled salt lake val keople ley ey and fanned out into surround ing territory after a century of progress the statement of the great emancipator has proved to be fact fully scenic utah situated in the crest of the rocky mountains im bedded with a great store of na tural resources has proved to be on the backbone of the contin ent the pioneers who opened the great intermountain territory to civilization blazed the path that led to one of the great mineral regions of the earth heeding the advice of their leaders the I 1 londers took first to the settlement of land in order to preserve and perpetuate heir their existence it remained for others to come here and develop the resources naturally some of the pioneers lio I 1 lonjers joined 0 ned in and such men as uncle jes jesse s e K knight n ight will always be re as empire builders based on their pione pioneering cring in mining As the mountains of utah began to yield their minerals industrial of the state began and markets were opened to those who had settled the tend land together those who tilled the soil and those who worked the mines built a great state they have weathered many storms and and laid the dounda don for an even greater future I 1 |