Silicon Slopes and Brigham Young's Capital — Utah Valley's largest city is home to BYU, the tech startup corridor that has made Utah Valley the fastest-growing tech hub in the US, and is 45 minutes from two world-class ski resorts and the Sundance Film Festival
Provo is the third-largest city in Utah — a city of 115,000 in Utah Valley, anchored by Brigham Young University (35,000 students, owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) and positioned at the centre of what has been called 'Silicon Slopes' — the strip of technology companies (Adobe, Novell, Qualtrics, Domo, and 2,500+ startups) that runs from Salt Lake City south through Provo and Orem, making Utah Valley one of the fastest-growing tech economies in the US. Provo sits in a dramatic mountain setting — the Wasatch Range rises directly behind the city to 11,000+ feet, and Utah…
Provo was settled by Mormon pioneers in 1849, one of the earliest Utah Territory settlements. It was named after Étienne Provost, a French-Canadian fur trapper who explored the area in the 1820s. The city was the site of the Walker War (1853–54), a conflict between Mormon settlers and Ute bands led by Chief Walkara over land, slave trade (the Ute traded captive Paiute children to New Mexico), and settler encroachment. Brigham Young Academy (founded 1875, later Brigham Young University) established Provo as an educational centre from its earliest decades. The LDS Church's central role in Provo…