HISTORY


American Indian Ancestry


UTAH WAS NAMED AFTER THE UTES, whose ancestors – along with those of four other distinct Indian cultures in the State (Paiutes, Goshutes, Shoshone and Navajos) – hunted and roamed. Keep an eye open for their rock art, pueblos and the archaeological remains of their dwellings, which are scattered across Utah for travellers to explore and experience. Hovenweep National Monument, near


Monticello, is the largest of these sites. Its designation protects six prehistoric Puebloan- era villages, spread over a 20-mile (32-km) expanse of mesa tops and canyons along the Utah-Colorado border. Multi-storeyed towers perched on canyon rims and balanced on boulders testify to the skill of their builders – their use is still unknown. At Newspaper Rock State Historic


Monument, hundreds of Ancestral Puebloan and Ute Indian petroglyph figures have been


Hovenweep National Monument


chiselled and carved into a large stone at this site. It is located on the road into the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. Rock walls carved with images from


American Indian prehistory dot the canyons and mesas around Moab and throughout the region to the north. In Blanding, the Edge of the Cedars State


Park Museum houses a superb Federal Reserve collection of Ancestral Puebloan pottery and artefacts next to an excavated pueblo. Near Boulder in southern Utah, one of the largest Ancestral Puebloan communities west of the Colorado River can be found at the Anasazi State Park Museum. The site is believed to have been occupied from AD1050 to AD1200. While the village remains largely unexcavated, many artefacts have been uncovered and are on display in the museum.


Monument Valley


HOLLYWOOD IN UTAH


HOLLYWOOD AND UTAH ARE NO strangers. Utah is a destination for anyone who appreciates the truly dynamic beauty and features of an unparalleled spectrum of scenery. People from all over the world come to Utah to experience the unique, red-rock terrain of southern Utah and the majestic peaks of the Wasatch Range of the Rocky Mountains. Filmmakers are no exception. Travel around Utah and some things may look familiar. Whether you have been there or not, you have seen a lot of the state. Utah has been featured in more than 900


Newspaper Rock State Historic Park


films for cinema and television. Beginning in the 1920s with classic westerns such as The Covered Wagon (1923), The Deadwood Coach (1924), and The Vanishing (1925), Western moviemakers flocked to the southern region of the state. So many Westerns were filmed over the years in southern Utah that Kanab became known as Little Hollywood. Today, many of the movie backdrops filmed in Kanab have been preserved at the Little Hollywood Movie Museum. These sets include The Outlaw Josie Wales, John Carter, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Maverick among others. In the 50s, Monument Valley became a home away from home for the likes of actor, John Wayne and the director, John Ford. Soon after the 60s, filmmakers began


reaching out across the state for backdrops with magnificent scenery or stark vistas. Arches and Canyonlands National Parks have been featured in many, as have the Wasatch Mountains and Bonneville Salt Flats. In 1981, Robert Redford founded the


SOME OF THE MANY MOVIES FILMED IN UTAH INCLUDE: 127 Hours 2011  2001: A Space Odyssey 1968  Austin Powers In Goldmember 2002  Back To The Future Part III 1990  Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid 1969  City Slickers II: The Legend Of Curly’s Gold 1994  Con Air 1997  Easy Rider 1969  The Electric Horseman 1979  Footloose 1984  Forrest Gump 1994  High School Musical 1, 2 & 3 2006, 2007 & 2008  How The West Was Won 1962  Independence Day 1996  Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade 1989  John Carter 2012  Lone Ranger 2013  The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976  Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End 2007  Planet Of The Apes 1968  Romancing The Stone 1984  The Sandlot 1993  The Searchers 1956  Stagecoach 1939  Thelma & Louise 1991


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Sundance Institute at what is now Sundance Resort. He created an environment for the development of independent film projects and an event, the Sundance Film Festival, which celebrates them. Today, the Sundance Film Festival hosts more than 50,000 film professionals each January.


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