How Utah Got Its Shape

WARNING: this post contains a run-on sentence!!!  (actually, there is probably more than one but I just really wanted to write about this and I don't have a lot of time so I'm just kind of writing like I talk which apparently is with a lot of run on sentences. Sorry!!)

So I was sitting in the living room eating lunch when I noticed that some show called How States Got Their Shapes is on and this guy is talking about how Utah became a state and rattling off all sorts of historical facts, and interviewing people and such... well the dude went shopping with a BYU student for food storage, and talked to some U of U guy in Salt Lake, and of course he just had to visit BYU and ask about "dating rituals" (thats really the term he used).  Some girl had to explain DTR and NCMO to the host of the show, oh and don't forget the MRS. Degree.  The guy asking about it seemed like he felt so awkward, but the students were perfectly happy talking about dating (of course). Silly TV show host, thats what happens when you visit the bubble.....

I realize I didn't actually say anything about how Utah got its shape so here is what I got: The Mormons (LATTER DAY SAINTS) moved out there when it was still part of Mexico, and then we won that war against Mexico and the U.S. owned all of that land, so the Mormons tried to form a huge state called Deseret but the government was like "NO" so they drew all of these lines on the map dividing the west and gave all of the silver mines to Nevada and all of the gold mines to Colorado and Utah was left with the space in between them. Thats the short version and if that isn't good enough for you then you can go look it up yourself.

BONUS: While I was writing this an episode about Montana came on. In case you were wondering, guns and gold got them the shape that they have (don't they kind of look like they took a giant bite out of Idaho? because they totally did).