On this day in 1896, the United States added its 45th state. Do you know which state it is?
Hints:
The state capital is Salt Lake City (where the average snowfall in the mountains nearby is 500 inches a year).
This state has five national parks: Arches, Canyonlands, Zion, Bryce and Capitol Reef.
The Jazz basketball team plays there.
This is the only states whose capital has three words in its name.
The federal government owns 65% of the land in this state.
This state has the highest literacy rate in the nation (meaning more people can read there than in any other state).
The middle of the first transcontinental railroad (the first railroad to go from one side of our country to the other) is located there.
The Great Salt Lake is located there. It is has no outlets for its water except evaporation and it is saltier than the ocean.
Jell-o is the official snack food of this state.
The book series The Great Brain is set in this state.
The answer: Utah
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