1. Utah History Maps
By Christin Figgins

2. Trails and Boundaries of Deseret Mapping

3. This map shows sites along the Mormon trail that were included in the journal of Patience Loader. You can see the distance between Martin’s Cove and Fort Bridger and the Salt Lake Valley. states/utah/Mormon_Trail.jpg.

4. Pony Express Trail
This is the entire Pony Express route. The mail route between Missouri and California.
This map shows a closer view of the Pony Express Trail as it passed through Utah. The trail passed south of Salt Lake City and north of Utah Lake near present-day Provo. The trail through Utah was 241 miles long.

5. The Old Spanish Trail

6. The Dominguez-Escalante Trail
Map of the Dominguez-Escalante route taken by the Catholic priests as they were in search of a route between Santa Fe, New Mexico and California. There route through the state of Utah is very similar to the present day I-15.
wchsutah.org/roads/dominguez-escalante-trail.php

7. The State of Deseret
The tentative state of Deseret was dissolved on March 28, The present state of Utah is less than ¼ the size of the proposed Deseret.

8. Historic Locations Maps

9. Mountain Meadows
This map shows where the massacre occurred in comparison to the cities of Cedar City and St. George.
Law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mountainmeadows/mmmmap2.jpg

10. Cove Fort Located approximately 71 miles north of Cedar City.

11. Camp Floyd
Camp Floyd, located just west of the present city of Lehi and near the town of Fairfield, was the first military post built in the state of Utah. It was built in 1858 to house federal soldiers sent to Utah during the “Mormon War”.

12. Fort Douglas
Fort Douglas was located just at the base of the mountains on the eastern bench of Salt Lake City. It is now part of the campus of the University of Utah. It was started in 1862 as a camp to guard the Overland Mail route during the Civil War.
web.utah.edu/facilities/fd/welcome/location_map.html

13. Fort Bridger
Fort started by mountainman Jim Bridger to help settlers along the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails with needed supplies. Mormon settlers left this fort shortly before nearing the end of their trail.

14. Fort Uintah
This early fort was built by a trader and his family named Robidoux. This trading post was near a cutoff used by traders along the Spanish Trail to avoid paying hefty Mexican taxes. This was the first non-native settlement and business in the state of Utah.

15. Physiographic Locations

16. Mountain Ranges in Utah (Uintah, Wasatch, and Oquirrh)
Geology.utah.gov/surveynotes/gladasked/gladglaciers.htm.

17. Lakes and Rivers
Utah Rivers Shown on the Map:   Bear River, Colorado River, Dirty Devil River, Duchesne River, East Fork Sevier River, Escalante River, Fremont River, Green River, Lake Fork River, Muddy Creek, Otter Creek, Paria River, Price River, Provo River, San Juan River, San Pitch River, San Rafael River, Sevier River, Uinta River, Virgin River, Weber River, White River and Willow Creek. Utah Lakes Shown on the Map:   Bear lake, Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Great Salt Lake, Lake Powell, Piute Reservior,Sevier Lake, Starvation Reservoir, Strawberry Reservior, and Utah Lake.
geology.com/lakes-rivers-water/utah.shmtl.

18. Lake Bonneville
During the last Ice Age, around 28,000 to 7,000 years ago, the Great Slat Lake was much bigger and was known as Lake Bonneville.
En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bonneville.

19. The Great Basin/Colorado Plateau Province Hinge Line
In this map one can see the hinge line showing all the rivers to the right of the line flowing into the Colorado River, and those to the left of the line flow into the Great Basin.
Ilivehistory.utah.gov/place/land/maps/provinces.html#map.

20. Valleys in Utah ilovehistory. utah. gov/place/land/maps/provinces
Valleys in Utah ilovehistory.utah.gov/place/land/maps/provinces.html#map
Cache Valley
Cache Valley
Salt Lake Valley
Utah Valley Ashley Valley
San Pete Valley
Sevier Valley

21. National Parks (Zions, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands)