Portal talk:Utah/archive1

Um, I'm pretty sure that the acre of land sold to UTA in Layton was for the commuter rail system, not TRAX. bob rulz 04:54, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Jello[edit]

Are you sure that green jello is the official snackfood of Utah? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.250.72.152 (talk • contribs) 23:49, 28 September 2005 (UTC).[reply]

Yes, Green Jell-O is, according to the Utah State legislature, the official snackfood. There was a ceremony in I believe 2001 with Bill Cosby. This is due to its popularity among LDS church members"

About the Green Jello ceremony

[[User:JonMoore|— —Jo nMo ore 20:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)]] 01:16, 29 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Government[edit]

I added a section on the government of Utah that needs more work for brevity and clarity. Please let me know how this section can be edited to be better. Edward Lalone 20:05, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I like the edition of the Government section. I moved it down the page a bit - see below. Now we need to work on the red links. — Zaui (talk) 17:00, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

arrangement[edit]

I moved some stuff around - the Government and Attractions are pretty big so I moved them down. Portals are supposed to be the main page of a topic so I moved up the things that are more 'main pagey' to show the breadth of Utah-related stuff on WP. I may still tweak it some. — Zaui (talk) 16:58, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Anniversary list?[edit]

Anyone have any other anniversaries to add to the list? See here for what's there now. I've try to expand where I can, but it's a little sparse from now to the end of the year. — Zaui (talk) 22:07, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Did the Mormon Pioneers found Salt Lake City on July 24, or just enter the valley? Also, I believe the original name was Great Salt Lake City. --Lethargy 22:21, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the July 24 entry to closer match the language at July 24. I suppose I could go through each of the 'on this day' entries to see if any Utah entries pop up. — Zaui (talk) 16:24, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've tried to think of some other major events that happened in Utah, and the only other one I can think of is April 14, 1983, the day of the Thistle mudslide. bob rulz 23:37, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the Thistle disaster to the anniversary list. We still need some for October and November. — Zaui (talk) 16:21, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know the date of the first Utah Jazz game in 1979? — Zaui (talk) 16:37, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The dates when they were in the Finals would also be good. --Lethargy 16:53, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

November 9 and November 30 the Willie and Martin handcart companies arrived in Salt Lake City. See: Mormon handcart pioneers.
John W. Gunnison was killed at Sevier Lake on 1853 October 26. Gunnison and the eleven men in his party were attacked by a band of Pahvants. Gunnison and seven of his men were killed. At least in the John W. Gunnison article, it is called the Gunnison Massacre.

Others which I don't know specific dates for are:

The Stansbury and Fremont expeditions to Great Salt Lake.
Events from the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition.

--Lethargy 16:53, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another one: 1863 January 29, Bear River massacre --Lethargy 01:19, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Selected article[edit]

Anyone have an idea for a new selected article? Zion NP has been there since April. — Zaui (talk) 17:15, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would probably rework the lead a bit, (to post here, not the actual article) but Great Salt Lake is pretty good IMO. It's a GA if that counts for anything. --Lethargy 17:42, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Being at least a GA should be a prerequisite. We should compile a list of Utah-related GAs for listing on the portal. I'll look at the GSL article. — Zaui (talk) 21:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think it might look better with Image:Great Salt Lake Utah USA2.jpg. Also, I'll post at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Utah about digging up good and featured articles. --Lethargy 22:20, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That photo isn't even in the GSL article, plus I like the unique look to the evaporation ponds. Thanks for starting the featured content list. — Zaui (talk) 16:23, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mormon handcart pioneers would be a good one for October, aka this month :). BRMo has already created a lead section for use on WP's front page. --Lethargy 02:35, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]