Across
- 3. Spanish explorer who led an expedition into southern Utah in 1540
- 8. Region of Utah initially mistaken for the Pacific Ocean by Jim Bridger
- 9. Conflict between Mormon settlers and federal authorities in 1857
- 10. Indigenous groups that lived in Utah before European settlers
- 11. Group of Native American people who lived in Utah alongside later settlers
- 13. Dark chapter in Utah's history involving the Mountain Meadows massacre
- 14. Leader of the Mormon pioneers who settled in the Great Salt Lake Valley
Down
- 1. Ancestral Puebloans' architectural marvels
- 2. American explorer who first sighted the Great Salt Lake in 1824
- 4. Indigenous people who settled in Utah around the 18th century
- 5. The practice banned by the LDS Church in 1890 to pursue statehood
- 6. Location where the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed in Utah
- 7. Language group spoken by some tribes in Utah
- 11. The 45th state of the United States, admitted in 1896
- 12. Notable American and Canadian fur trader in Utah's history
