Utah is named after the Utes.
The Utes lived in what is now Colorado, and as usual, they, over a period of decades were herded by the American government into reservations of ever decreasing size, until there was not enough of them to resist a forced removal to what is now called Utah.
Utah is desert. The land the Utes lived on was called the Shining Mountains, which had an Alpine meadow climate, rich in wildlife and plants to live off.
But the white man came seeking gold.
So the Utes were removed from the Alpine meadows of Colorado to the deserts of Utah. Hundreds died of starvation.
But at least they got a state named after them!
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