Updated: 11/13/2025
Thank you for being a member of Utah History Explorers! Below are a few additional resources and materials to help enhance your experience. Please note: there are resources for both kids and adults listed. Need to download additional activity pages from the Utah History Explorer “Becoming” Adventure Kit? Click here.
For Kids:
- Watch this video on statehood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QardyBcDDN4
- Learn more about Martha Hughes Cannon here: https://ilovehistory.utah.gov/martha-hughes-cannon/
- Learn more about state government here: https://ilovehistory.utah.gov/utah-governments/
- Explore historic documents from Utah’s statehood journey: https://archives.utah.gov/get-involved/educator-resources/primary-territory/
For Adults:
- Statehood for Utah: A Different Path by Howard R. Lamar. Utah Historical Quarterly (1971) 39 (4): 307–327. https://doi.org/10.2307/45059727
- Utah’s Constitution: A Reflection of the Territorial Experience by Thomas G. Alexander. Utah Historical Quarterly (1996) 64 (3): 264–281. https://doi.org/10.2307/45062305
- “For the Advancement and Betterment of Humanity”: The Fight for Women’s Suffrage at Utah’s Constitutional Convention by Elsie Grow. Utah Historical Quarterly (2023) 91 (2): 153–159. https://doi.org/10.5406/26428652.91.2.05
- Prelude to Statehood: Coming Together in the 1890s by Jean Bickmore White. Utah Historical Quarterly (1994) 62 (4): 300–315. https://doi.org/10.2307/45062188.
- Father Escalante’s Map by J. Cecil Alter. Utah Historical Quarterly (1941) 9 (1-2): 64–72. https://doi.org/10.2307/45057567
- Woman’s Place Is in the Constitution: The Struggle for Equal Rights in Utah in 1895 by Jean Bickmore White. Utah Historical Quarterly (1974) 42 (4): 344–369. https://doi.org/10.2307/45059469
Questions? Contact Jessica Proctor, director of development and membership, at [email protected].
