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4 unusual facts about Provo


Ainge

Two thousand copies were printed, distributed only in Provo, Utah, United States.

Church Ball

This family-film and comedy was filmed in and around Provo, Utah and is distributed by Halestorm Entertainment.

Howard W. Hunter Law Library

The Howard W. Hunter Law Library is the library of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University (BYU), Provo, Utah.

Shot in the Heart

Shot in the Heart is a memoir written by Mikal Gilmore, then a senior contributing editor at Rolling Stone, about his tumultuous childhood in a dysfunctional family, and his brother Gary Gilmore's eventual execution by firing squad in 1977 for a convenience store murder he committed in Provo, Utah.


Analogical modeling

Analogical modeling (hereafter AM) is a formal theory of exemplar-based analogical reasoning, proposed by Royal Skousen, professor of Linguistics and English language at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Raised in North Platte, Nebraska, she graduated in April 2001 from Brigham Young University with a degree in Community Health, and went to work as a secretary, teacher, and accountant at an alternative high school in Provo.

BYU bands and ensembles

, Brigham Young University: The First 100 Years (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1975) p.

Cals cabinet

There was also social unrest ('the sixties'), which became apparent in the Provo movement, construction worker protests, riots over the marriage of princess Beatrix in Amsterdam and the rise of new parties like Boerenpartij, Pacifist Socialist Party, GPV and D'66.

Dennis Fairclough

He was originally associated with Eyring Research Institute (ERI) in Provo, Utah, and was one of the group who left that company to form Novell Data Systems, Inc. in 1979; this company was then purchased by Ray Noorda in 1983 as Novell.

Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center

The Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center is a three-story building which houses alumni association offices on the Brigham Young University (BYU) campus in Provo, Utah.

Gregory Kearney

Born in Farmington, Maine, in 1957, Gregory Kearney attended Oak Grove-Coburn School, Vassalboro, Maine, and Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, where he was the staff cartoonist for the Daily Universe.

Hartman Rector, Jr.

According to Utah County land records, Rector's home in Provo was previously owned by a company affiliated with Brad Kitchen, and later owned by a company affiliated with Rick Koerber.

Hotel Roberts

Hotel Roberts was a historic hotel, built in 1882 on University Avenue in Provo, Utah.

Investigations and prosecutions relating to the Mountain Meadows massacre

A federal judge brought into the territory after the Utah War, Judge John Cradlebaugh, in March 1859 convened a grand jury in Provo, Utah concerning the massacre, but the jury declined any indictments.

Kid Theodore

Their first show, then as simply Theodore, was a battle of the bands in November 2005 at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah in front of 2,000 people.

LDS Philanthropies

LDS Philanthropies is a department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and is responsible for facilitating donations to humanitarian and education initiatives including Brigham Young University (Provo, Idaho, and Hawaii campuses), LDS Business College, and the Perpetual Education Fund.

Massimiliano Frani

After his studies in literature and theatre at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Frani attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

Mountain West Conference

The first game was on November 13, 2009, featuring the Bradley Braves and the BYU Cougars in Provo and it concluded on December 23 with the Wyoming Cowboys visiting the Northern Iowa Panthers in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

One Man's Family

The supporting cast in the 1930s and 1940s included Bill Bouchey, Tom Collins, Virginia Gregg, Bill Herbert, Wally Maher, Helen Musselman, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Paterson, Ken Peters, Frank Provo, Jean Rouverol, Naomi Stevens, Janet Waldo and Ben Wright.

Randall Mann

He was born in Provo, Utah in 1972, the only son to Olympic Track and Field medalist, Ralph Mann.

Ridley's Family Markets

Two years later, the couple sold the Payson store and begin a partnership to build and operate a Food 4 Less store in Provo, Utah.

Roger B. Porter

Porter grew up in Utah, Iowa, and New York and attended Brigham Young High School in Provo, Utah.

Sundance, Wyoming

Robert Redford, who portrayed Longabaugh in the movie, later named the Sundance Ski Resort, near Provo, Utah, and the Sundance Film Festival after this character.

The Singles 2nd Ward

Locations included the Glenwood Apartments in Provo, the Mount Timpanogos Temple in American Fork, Fat Cats in Provo, and Mountain View High School in Orem.

Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero

In late August, UCW-Zero held three events at the Festival Latinoamericano in Provo, Utah.

It was first won by Los Mochi Paco at the Latino Americano Festival in Provo, Utah on August 31, 2007, and was defended mainly in Utah.

One of its shows at the 2008 Festival Latinoamericano in Provo, Utah set an attendance record with over 1,000 people present at opening night.

Utah Transit Authority

In addition to the 3500 South MAX, several other BRT lines are in the planning stages, including ones in Provo-Orem and Taylorsville.

William C. Conway

Those Who Would be Leaders: Offshoots of Mormonism (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University)

WLAE-TV

WLAE was one of at least two PBS members owned at least in part by a Catholic-related organization (KMBH in the Rio Grande Valley is the other), and one of at least three run by a religious organization in general (counting Provo, Utah's KBYU-TV).


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