Indian tribes in Sanpete county

This is an Ute Indian Chief

The Ute Indian tribe is located in Sanpete county. Sanpete is located around the center of Utah and is where the Utes are from. They make things out of deer hide and glass beads. Every Spring the Utes hold a traditional bear dance. The Ute tribe have a religious aversion to handling thunderwood (wood from a tree struck by lightning) and believe that the thunder beings would strike down any Ute Indian that touched or handled the thunderwood.The Ute tribe is where Utah got its name.

Sanpete got it's name from the San pitch river. San pitch Indians got their name from a leader, one Chief San pitch, who led the tribe in the late 1700s.

Trying something new

For Thanksgiving dinner I tried chicken noodle soup on my mashed potatoes.Thats what my great grandma Haffen did before she died.It tasted really good.It was packed with flavor!I tried this because my grandma ate chicken noodle soup every Thanksgiving and this year we made it again.    

Water ways

In Sanpete county the Colorado river flows into Grand county.  The Colorado river is natural not man made.  
 The San Pitch River, runs from north to south through Sanpete and empties into the Sevier River in southwestern Sanpete.  It is the San Pitch river that gave Sanpete it's name!

Resources

http://www.ask.com/wiki/County_seat?qsrc=3044

http://www.ask.com/wiki/Sanpete_County,_Utah?o=2800&qsrc=999&ad=doubleDown&an=apn&ap=ask.com

http://sanpete.com/pages/map

http://www.city-data.com/picfilesv/picv38403.php

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/manti/

Coat of Arms

My coat of arms has four squares.  In the first square  there is a yellow square with gymnastics equipment because I 'm a gymnast.  In the second square there is a jar of pickles in a blue square.  In the third square there is math items because math is my favorite subject.In the fourth square there is a boogie board because I love boogie boarding!

Map of Sanpete County

Major cities in Sanpete

Main cities and towns: Ephraim, Mount Pleasant, Manti.


 This is a picture of Ephraim Utah.  Ephraim is the largest city in Sanpete County.  There are only 7 full service restaurants in Ephraim.





Mount Pleasant is another one of the largest cities in Sanpete County.  This is a picture of Mount Pleasant.  It is known for its 19th century main street buildings.

The last of the larger cities in Sanpete County is Manti.  Manti is the county seat.  Brigham Young named the site "Manti" in the summer of 1850, at the request of the local patriarch Isaac Morley. The name was derived from that section of the "Book of Mormon" called Alma. Jesse W. Fox surveyed the plat for the "city" in the same summer, and Manti was incorporated in February 1851.  This is a picture of the Manti LDS temple.

Sanpete's climate

Sanpete County, UT, gets 10 inches of rain per year. The US average is 37. Snowfall is 34 inches. The average US city gets 25 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 64.

 
The winter months in Sanpete can be cold, however, the average temperature during December, January, and February is between 35 and 40 degrees. The average precipitation is between 1.2 and 2.3 inches. The mountains that surround Sanpete County help protect the county from extreme weather.  Temperatures during March, April, and May average between 48 and 69 degrees with precipitation between .03 and 1.8 inches.   Summer is beautiful in Sanpete. Average temperatures during June, July, and August range from 80 to 88 degrees, but it is not uncommon to see some days top 100. Precipitation averages between .08 and 1.1 inches.   Average temperatures during September, October, and November range from 77 to 48 degrees. Precipitation increases from 1.0 to 2.8 inches.

Sanpete's rocks

Maple Canyon is one of Utah's most unique rock climbing areas.  Climbers from around the world come to climb on the unique cliffs.  On any given day people of all abilities can be seen testing their skills in Maple Canyon. 

Maple Canyon is made up a sedimentary rock called conglomerate.  Conglomerate is formed when rocks or pieces of rocks are transported by water or gravity to a depression where the lower layers are cemented by lime or iron.  In Maple Canyon erosion strips away the upper layers giving us the beautiful conglomerate.  Many of the rocks appear to be smooth as if in a stream bed.