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Arizona is a right-to-work state. The law states no person shall be denied
the opportunity to obtain or retain employment because of non-membership in
a labor organization.
The Arizona trout is found only in Arizona.
The saguaro cactus blossom is the official state flower. The white flower
blooms on the tips of the saguaro cactus during May and June. The saguaro is
the largest American cactus.
Arizona leads the nation in copper production.
Petrified wood is the official state fossil. Most petrified wood comes from
the Petrified Forest in northeastern Arizona.
The bola tie is the official state neckwear.
The Palo Verde is the official state tree. Its name means green stick and it
blooms a brilliant yellow-gold in April or May.
The cactus wren is the official state bird. It grows seven to eight inches
long and likes to build nests in the protection of thorny desert plants like
the arms of the giant saguaro cactus.
Turquoise is the official state gemstone. The blue-green stone has a
somewhat waxy surface and can be found throughout the state.
Arizona is home of the Grand Canyon National Park.
The ringtail is the official state mammal. The ringtail is a small fox-like
animal about two and one-half feet long and is a shy, nocturnal creature.
The amount of copper on the roof of the Capitol building is equivalent to 4,
800,000 pennies.
Arizona observes Mountain Standard Time on a year-round basis. The one
exception is the Navajo Nation, in the northeast corner of the state, which
observes the daylight savings time.
The battleship USS Arizona was named in honor of the state. It was
commissioned in 1913 and launched in 1915 from the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
World War II brought many military personnel to train at Luke and
Thunderbird fields in Glendale.
The Castilian and Burgundian flags of Spain, the Mexican flag, the
Confederate flag, and the flag of the United States have all flown over the
land area that has become Arizona.
In 1926, the Southern Pacific Railroad connected Arizona with the eastern
states.
The geographic center of Arizona is 55 miles (89 kilometers) southeast of
Prescott.
Arizona's most abundant mineral is copper.
Bisbee, located in Tombstone Canyon, is known as the Queen of the Copper
Mines. During its mining history the town was the largest city between Saint
Louis and San Francisco.
The state's most popular natural wonders include the Grand Canyon, Havasu
Canyon, Grand Canyon Caves, Lake Powell/Rainbow Bridge, Petrified Forest/
Painted Desert, Monument Valley, Sunset Crater, Meteor Crater, Sedona Oak
Creek Canyon, Salt River Canyon, Superstition Mountains, Picacho Peak State
Park, Saguaro National Park, Chiricahua National Monument, and the Colorado
River.
The Arizona tree frog is the state official amphibian. The frog is actually
between three-quarter to two inches long.
Once a rowdy copper mining town, Jerome's population dwindled to as few as
50 people after the mines closed in 1953.
The original London Bridge was shipped stone-by-stone and reconstructed in
Lake Havasu City.
The capitol of the Navajo Nation is Window Rock.
The state's precipitation varies. At Flagstaff the annual average is 18.31
inches; Phoenix averages 7.64 inches; and Yuma's annual average is 3.27
inches.
Crops include 2%; pastureland 57%; forests 24%; and other uses are 17% in
land-use designation.
The Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake is perhaps the most beautiful of all
eleven species of rattlesnakes found in Arizona.
The colors blue and gold are the official state colors.
Located in Fountain Hills is a fountain believed to be the tallest in the
world.
Four Corners is noted as the spot in the United States where a person can
stand in four states at the same time.
The age of a saguaro cactus is determined by its height.
The Apache trout is considered a threatened species under the federal
Endangered Species Act.
Arizona, among all the states, has the largest percentage of its land set
aside and designated as Indian lands.
Rising to a height of 12,643 feet, Mount Humphreys north of Flagstaff is the
state's highest mountain.
The Hopi Indians of Arizona are noted for growing their multicolored corn.
Barry Goldwater, a famous public official, senator, and presidential
candidate was born in Phoenix.
In 1939 architect Frank Lloyd Wright's studio, Taliesin West, was built near
Phoenix.
Oraibi is the oldest Indian settlement in the United States. The Hopis
Indians founded it.
Grand Canyon's Flaming Gorge got its name for its blazing red and orange
colored, twelve-hundred-foot-high walls.
Grand Canyon's Disaster Falls was named to commemorate the site of a
previous explorer's wreck.
Grand Canyon's Marble Canyon got its name from its thousand-foot-thick seam
of marble and for its walls eroded to a polished glass finish.
Arizona became the 48th state on February 14, 1912.
The world's largest solar telescope isat Kitts Peak National Observatory in
Sells.
At one time camels were used to transport goods across Arizona.
Between the years 1692 and 1711 Father Eusebio Kino focused on area
missionary work. During the time many grain and stock farms began.
A person from Arizona is called an Arizonan.
Phoenix originated in 1866 as a hay camp to supply Camp McDowell.
The famous labor leader, Ceasar Estrada Chavez, was born in Yuma.
Tombstone, Ruby, Gillette, and Gunsight are among the ghost towns scattered
throughout the state
Thanks to: http://www.50states.com/facts/arizona.htm
Did you know……
Grand Canyon:
Grand Canyon is at Latitude 36° North, Longitude -112°
Time Zone: Mountain (never changes to Daylight Savings Time, so much of the
year the time is the same as in California).
Grand Canyon established as a forest preserve in 1892
Became a national monument in 1908
Designated a national park in 1919
National park enlarged in 1975
Length in air miles: 190
Length in river miles: 277
Total acreage: 1,215,375
Maximum width: 18 miles
Minimum width: 600 feet at Marble Canyon
Average width: 10 miles
Minimum width of Colorado River: 76 feet
Average width of Colorado River: 300 feet
Maximum depth of river: 85 feet
Average depth of river: 40 feet
Number of rapids: 160
River average gradient: 8 feet per mile
Total miles of trails in the park: 400
Total number of those trail miles that are maintained: 30.7
Number of miles of roads: 355
Number of bird species in park: 287
Number of mammal species: 88
Number of reptile and amphibians species: 58
Number of plant species: 1,500
Number of fish species: 26
Number of biotic life zones in the park: 5 (the same as traveling from
Mexico to Canada)
Endangered wildlife species: 3 (bald eagle, peregrine falcon, humpback chub)
Endangered plant species: 2 (Brady pincushion cactus and sentry milkvetch)
Number of known archaeological sites within the park: 2,700
Number of Indian reservations in the park: 1 (Havasupai)
Number of buildings listed as National Landmarks: 120
Number of structures on National Register of Historic Places: 136
Thanks to: www.hitthetrail.com/trivia.php
Did you know….
Phoenix:
Phoenix is not only a city in Arizona, it is also a city in New York,
Maryland, Oregon and many other states.
It is illegal to hunt camels in the State of Arizona.
Arizona once had a navy consisting of two boats on the Colorado River. They
were used to prevent California from encroaching on Arizona territory.
The name Arizona comes from the Indian “Arizonac” which means “little
spring”.
Phoenix averages 211 days of sunshine per year. An additional 85 days per
year are only partly cloudy, leaving an average of 69 days of cloudy or
rainy days.
The Phoenix airport, Sky Harbor International Airport, is the sixth busiest
airport in the country.
South Mountain Park covers more than 20,000 acres, making it the largest
city park in the world.
A Saguaro Cactus will take between 50 and 100 years to grow an arm. The
Saguaro cactus flower is the official state flower of Arizona.
There are 11.2 million acres of National Forest in Arizona and one fourth of
the state is forested. The largest forest is comprised of Ponderosa Pine.
In the City of Glendale it is illegal for a car to back up.
Thanks to: http://phoenix.about.com/cs/living/a/phxtrivia01.htm
And a couple more….
In Arizona, it is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water
When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself
with the same weapon that the other person possesses.
No one is permitted to ride their horse up the stairs of the county court
house in Prescott, Arizona.
Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony
In Globe, Arizona, Cards may not be played in the street with a Native
American.
Arizona became the 48th state on February 14, 1912.
One must be 18 years old to buy spray paint in Tempe, Arizona.
There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus.
Arizona is roughly the size of Italy.
Arizona has more parks and national monuments than any other state, more
mountains than Switzerland, and more golf courses than Scotland.
The famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral only lasted about thirty seconds.
The hottest recorded day in Phoenix was June 26, 1990, when the temperature
hit 122 degrees.
It is illegal in Tucson for women to wear pants.
In Tombstone it is illegal for men and women over the age of 18 to have more
than one missing tooth visible when smiling
Don't believe everything you hear. Legend has it that the barrel cactus is a
good source of water in the desert. Well, you can try it, but you won't
like it. The pulp can be crushed to create a liquid, but the juice would
peel the hide off a Gila Monster
An ordinance prohibits the wearing of suspenders in Nogales, Arizona.
Thanks to: http://www.legendsofamerica.com/AZ-ArizonaFacts2.html
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