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Did Spain own Utah

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YES, technically (de jure power but not de facto). Utah was part of the Spanish region of Alta California. While Spain did have legal ownership of the territory of Alta California as that was understood by other European powers, it never truly extended its functional authority as far north as Utah (preferring to remain in the current states of Arizona and New Mexico). So, while Utah was officially under Spanish control throughout the 1600s and 1700s, the Spanish never really ruled over it in any meaningful way for the native and ethnic-European inhabitants.

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The area that is today encompassed by the State of Utah was never colonized by Spain. However, a number of Spanish explorers did venture around southern Utah before becoming disinterested by the vast deserts there.

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