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Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA



 


Notizen:
Wikipedia 2015:

Provo is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about 43 miles (69 km) south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the largest city and county seat of Utah County. It lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south. With a population at the 2010 census of 112,488, Provo is the principal city in the Provo-Orem metropolitan area, which had a population of 526,810 residents at the 2010 census. It is the third-largest metro area in the state behind Salt Lake City and Ogden-Clearfield.

The city is home to Brigham Young University, a private higher education institution, which is operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Provo is also home to the largest Missionary Training Center for the LDS Church. The city is a key operational center for Novell and has been a focus area for technology development in Utah. The city is also home to the Peaks Ice Arena, which served as a venue for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002. Sundance Resort is located 13 miles (21 km) northeast at Provo Canyon.

In 2009, Provo was listed in Where to Retire magazine as an "enticing city for new careers." Provo was also listed in National Geographic Adventure magazine's "where to live and play" as a cultural hub. In 2010, Forbes rated Provo one of the top 10 places to raise a family. Additionally, in 2013, Forbes ranked Provo the No. 2 city on its list of Best Places for Business and Careers.

On April 17, 2013, Provo announced that it would be the second metropolitan area in the United States to have Google Fiber by Google's purchase of an existing city-owned fiberoptic network.

History:

Father Silvestre Velez de Escalante, a Spanish Franciscan missionary-explorer, is considered the first European explorer to have visited the area, in 1776. Escalante chronicled this first European exploration across the Great Basin desert.

Provo was originally called Fort Utah when it was settled in 1849 by 33 Mormon families from Salt Lake City, but was renamed Provo in 1850 for Étienne Provost, an early French-Canadian trapper who arrived in the region in 1825. The Battle of Fort Utah was fought at Provo in 1850.

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Geburt

Treffer 1 bis 4 von 4

   Nachname, Taufnamen    Geburt    Personen-Kennung 
1 Brenchley, Wayne Clark  3 Dez 1970Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA I122616
2 Keeler, Kathleen  23 Aug 1937Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA I10521
3 Woolsey, Cynthia  1857Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA I171439
4 Woolsey, Peter  11 Apr 1858Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA I171435

Tod

Treffer 1 bis 4 von 4

   Nachname, Taufnamen    Tod    Personen-Kennung 
1 Brenchley, Wayne Clark  3 Dez 1970Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA I122616
2 Burrell, Mary  1858Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA I171273
3 Hieb, George  2 Jan 2002Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA I84763
4 Tabert, Herbert Henry  9 Mrz 1988Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA I260642