Moving Companies and moving services Utah, UT

     You won't be in Utah long before you realize it's unlike any place you've ever been before. Carved from the sandstone bedrock, Utah's 82,000 square miles are some the most surreal and breathtaking the West. Fittingly, Utah is divvied up between dozens of national, state and local parks. In Arches National Park, near Moab, Utah towering rust-colored stone arcs, carved by millennia of erosion, seem to defy the laws of geology and gravity at the same time. At Bryce Canyon National Park visitors can ponder ancient petroglyphs scratched into the side of boulders. The skiing in Utah's Wasatch Mountains and the rafting in the alpine streams that run from them are reputed to be some of the best in the world.

     It might surprise some, then, that Utah's unparalleled natural beauty is complemented by a unique human tapestry. Most Utahans belong to the Mormon Church. In accordance with Mormon tradition, many Utah families are large and almost implausibly clean cut and traditional. But still, a certain cosmopolitanism thrives. Utah is the most urban state in the West, and Salt Lake City has evolved into an Olympic-worthy town. And as much as some may seem to be straight arrows, even in small, desert towns you'll find Mormons who have - while serving on church sponsored missions - lived and worked overseas.

     Now that you're moving to Utah, there are a couple facts you'll want to keep in mind:

• Utah's population is 2,233,169. Utah's capital is Salt Lake City.
• Utah's state symbol is a beehive. It represents the industrious, cooperative strength of Utah's residents.
• The name Utah is derived from the name of a local Native American tribe, the Utes.
• Because so much of the state is desolate and uninhabited, the Federal government owns 65% of the land in Utah.
• The Great Salt Lake in northern Utah is five times saltier than the ocean.
• Utah has the highest rate of literacy in the nation.
• In Provo, Utah throwing a snowball will get you a $50 fine.