To transfer public lands into private hands efficiently, Congress passed a series of laws: the Homestead Act, the General Mining Act, the Desert Land Act and the Timber and Stone Act, for example.

They unveiled Utah Mammoth as the franchise’s permanent, full-time name Wednesday, with a profiled logo of the ice age creature featuring nods to the shape of the state, its mountain range and ...

The Utah Hockey Club is no more. Going forward, Utah will have a new name for its NHL franchise, the Mammoth. The club made the announcement earlier this morning, ending a very long search process.

Team owner Ryan Smith announced last year that the mascot would be chosen through an eight-name bracket, which included the Mammoth, Blizzard, Fury, Venom, Yeti, Outlaws, Ice and Utah Hockey Club.

An initial list of 20 possible names was narrowed by fan vote last June to what the team announced as six finalists: Utah Blizzard, Utah Hockey Club (Utah HC), Utah Mammoth, Utah Outlaws ...

Then Utah Blizzard, Utah HC (Hockey Club), Utah Mammoth, Utah Outlaws, Utah Venom and Utah Yeti were put up for another vote. Yeti was ruled out in January because the team couldn't reach a ...