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Using maps is a great way to understand what the state looks like, and helps us understand better how the people throughout Utah's history interacted with the land.
Here is a blank map of Utah to use as a base for the rest of the maps.
Here are some maps that they can make for themselves, or overlap onto one another
Source: 2019 Gibbs Smith Education | The Utah Journey
I usually have the students make a series of maps with different locations on them. Here are some of the locations I have them find:
Cities around the state:
Logan
Brigham City
Ogden
Layton
Bountiful
Salt Lake City
West Valley
Tooele
Provo
Nephi
Delta
Vernal
Park City
Moab
Green River
St. George
Cedar City
Mt. Pleasant
Kanab
Monticello
Fillmore
Mining Communities (use with map above):
Bingham Canyon
Stockton
Ophir
Mercur
Eureka
Alta
Park City
Helper
Price
Huntington
Castle Dale
Ferron
Frisco
Silver Reef
Some immigrant settlements:
Huntsville
The Cotton Mission of 1861
Richfield
Hole-in-the-Rock
Bluff
Iosepa
Military Installations:
Fort Douglas
Hill Field
Ogden Ordinance Depot
Geneva Steel Mill in Vineyard, Utah
Salt Lake City
Clearfield
Tooele
Wendover
Dugway
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