Utah is a very special state in many respects. Everybody knows the Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere, but how many know that Utah has five national parks—Arches, Canyonlands, Zion, Bryce and Capitol Reef, as well as six national forests—Ashley, Dixie, Fishlake, Manti-LaSal, Uinta, and Wasatch-Cache? Utah is actually the only state in the country where every county contains some national forest. The beehive was chosen as the emblem for the provisional State of Deseret in 1848 and was maintained on the seal of the State of Utah when it became a state in 1896. Utahans relate the beehive symbol to industry and the pioneer virtues of thrift and perseverance. Utah has the highest birth rate as well as the youngest population of any U.S. state. It also has the highest literacy rate among the states in the United States (...