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Provo (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 40 14 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.2333 decimal degrees |
Long: 111 39 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -111.6500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in N central Utah on Provo river; Spanish explorers reached here ca. 1776; Mormons were first settlers; city survived "Indian War" of 1865-1868; developed as a mining center after arrival of railroad. |
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Provo (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for French-Canadian trapper Etienne Provost in 1850 |
Ft. Utah (H,V)
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............ | established as a defense against Ute Indian attacks, name changed to Provo in 1850 |
Provo City (C,V)
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Utah (state) (P) |
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Utah (county) (P) |
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Provo (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by a Mormon colonizing mission sent by Brigham Young in 1849, incorporated 1851 |
city (C) |
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county seat (C) |
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industrial center (C) |
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for cast iron, steel & steel products |
manufacturing center (C) |
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for electronic components, canning & textiles |
transportation center (C) |
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for rail from 1870s, spurred city's industrial development |
mining center (C) |
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for silver, copper, lead & gold |
educational center (C) |
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for Brigham Young University (1875) which contributed to growth of city & for Utah Technical Center (1941) |
tourist center (C) |
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for headquarters of Uinta National Forest, Timpanogos Cave National Monument, bird refuge & fish hatchery |
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