1. Arizona has 3,928
mountain peaks and summits, more mountains than any one of the other Mountain
States (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming).
2. All New England, plus
the state of Pennsylvania would fit inside Arizona.
3. Arizona became the
48th state and last of the contiguous states on February 14, 1912.
4. Arizona's disparate
climate can yield both the highest temperature across the nation and the lowest
temperature across the nation in the same day.
5. There are more
wilderness areas in Arizona than in the entire Midwest. Arizona alone has 90
wilderness areas, while the Midwest has 50.
6. Arizona has 26 peaks
that are more than 10,000 feet in elevation.
7. Arizona has the
largest contiguous stand of Ponderosa pines in the world stretching from near
Flagstaff along the Mogollon Rim to the White Mountains region.
8. Yuma, Arizona is the
country's highest producer of winter vegetables, especially lettuce.
9. Arizona is the 6th
largest state in the nation, covering 113,909 square miles.
10. Out of all the
states in the U.S., Arizona has the largest percentage of its land designated
as Indian lands.
11. The Five C's of
Arizona's economy are: Cattle, Copper, Citrus, Cotton, and Climate.
12. More copper is mined
in Arizona than all the other states combined, and the Morenci Mine is the
largest copper producer in all of North America.
13. Clark Gable and
Carole Lombard, two of the most prominent movie stars of Hollywood's Golden
Age, were married on March 18, 1939, in Kingman, Arizona.
14. Covering 18,608 sq.
miles, Coconino County is the second largest county by land area in the 48
contiguous United States.
15. The world's largest
solar telescope is located at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Sells, Arizona..
16. Bisbee, Arizona is
known as the Queen of the Copper Mines because during its mining heyday it
produced nearly 25 percent of the world's copper and was the largest city in
the Southwest between Saint Louis and San Francisco.
17. Billy the Kid killed
his first man, Windy Cahill, in Bonita, Arizona.
18. Arizona grows enough
cotton each year to make more than one pair of jeans for every person in the
United States.
19. Famous labor leader
and activist Cesar Chavez was born in Yuma.
20. In 1912, President
William Howard Taft was ready to make Arizona a state on February 12, but it
was Lincoln's birthday. The next day, the 13th, was considered bad luck so they
waited until the following day. That' how Arizona became known as the Valentine
State.
21. When England's
famous London Bridge was replaced in the 1960s, the original was purchased,
dismantled, shipped stone by stone and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City,
Arizona, where it still stands today.
22. Mount Lemmon, in the
Santa Catalina Mountains, is the southernmost ski resort in the United States.
23. Rooster Cogburn
Ostrich Ranch in Picacho, Arizona is the largest privately-owned ostrich ranch
in the world outside South Africa.
24. If you cut down a
protected species of cactus in Arizona, you could spend more than a year in
prison.
25. The world's largest
to-scale collection of miniature airplane models is housed at the library at
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona.
26. The only place in
the country where mail is delivered by mule is the village of Supai, located at
the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
27. Located on Arizona's
western border, Parker Dam is the deepest dam in the world at 320 feet.
28. South Mountain
Park/Preserve in Phoenix is the largest municipal park in the country.
29. Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station, located about 55 miles west of Phoenix, generates more
electricity than any other U.S. power plant.
30. Oraibi, a Hopi
village located in Navajo County, Arizona, dates back to before A.D. 1200 and
is reputed to be the oldest continuously inhabited community in America.
31. Built by Del Webb in
1960, Sun City, Arizona was the first 55-plus active adult retirement community
in the country.
32. Petrified wood is
the official state fossil. The Petrified Forest in northeastern Arizona
contains America's largest deposits of petrified wood.
33. Many of the founders
of San Francisco in 1776 were Spanish colonists from Tubac, Arizona.
34. Phoenix originated
in 1866 as a hay camp to supply military post Camp McDowell.
35. Rainfall averages
for Arizona range from less than three inches in the deserts to more than 30
inches per year in the mountains.
36. Rising to a height
of 12,643 feet, Mount Humphreys north of Flagstaff is the state's highest
mountain.
37. Roadrunners are not
just in cartoons! In Arizona, you'll see them running up to 17-mph away from
their enemies.
38. The Saguaro cactus
is the largest cactus found in the U.S. It can grow as high as a five-story
building and is native to the Sonoran Desert, which stretches across southern
Arizona.
39. Sandra Day O'Connor,
the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, grew up on a large family
ranch near Duncan, Arizona.
40. The best-preserved
meteor crater in the world is located near Winslow, Arizona.
41. The average state
elevation is 4,000 feet.
42. The Navajo Nation
spans 27,000 square miles across the states of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico,
but its capital is seated in Window Rock, Arizona.
43. The amount of copper
utilized to make the copper dome atop Arizona's Capitol building is equivalent
to the amount used in 4.8 million pennies.
44. Near Yuma, the
Colorado River's elevation dips to 70 feet above sea level, making it the
lowest point in the state.
45. The geographic
center of Arizona is 55 miles southeast of Prescott near the community of
Mayer.
46. You could pile four
1,300-foot skyscrapers on top of each other and they still would not reach the
rim of the Grand Canyon.
47. The hottest
temperature recorded in Arizona was 128 degrees at Lake Havasu City on June 29,
1994
48. The coldest
temperature recorded in Arizona was 40 degrees below zero at Hawley Lake on
January 7, 1971.
49. A saguaro cactus can
store up to nine tons of water.
50. The state of
Massachusetts could fit inside Maricopa County (9,922 sq. miles).
51. The westernmost
battle of the Civil War was fought at Picacho Pass on April 15, 1862 near
Picacho Peak in Pinal County
52. There are 11.2
million acres of National Forest in Arizona, and one-fourth of the state
forested.
53. Wyatt Earp was
neither the town marshal nor the sheriff in Tombstone at the time of the
shoot-out at the O..K. Corral. His brother Virgil was the town marshal.
54. On June 6, 1936, the
first barrel of tequila produced in the United States rolled off the production
line in Nogales, Arizona.
55. The Sonoran Desert
is the most biologically diverse desert in North America.
56. Bisbee is the
Nation'southernmost mile-high city.
57. The two largest
man-made lakes in the U.S. are Lake Mead and Lake Powell, both located in
Arizona.
58. The longest
remaining intact section of Route 66 can be found in Arizona and runs from
Seligman to Topock, a total of 157 unbroken miles.
59. The 13 stripes on
the Arizona flag represent the 13 original colonies of the United States.
60. The negotiations for
Geronimo's final surrender took place in Skeleton Canyon, near present day
Douglas, Arizona, in 1886.
61. Prescott, Arizona is
home to the world's oldest rodeo, and Payson, Arizona is home to the world's
oldest continuous rodeo, both of which date back to the 1880's.
62. Kartchner Caverns,
near Benson, Arizona, is a massive limestone cave with 13,000 feet of passages,
two rooms as long as football fields, and one of the world's longest soda straw
stalactites: measuring 21 feet 3 inches.
63. You can carry a
loaded firearm on your person, no permit required.
64. Arizona has one of the lowest crime rates in the U.S.A.
65. All legal property descriptions in "Township" and "Range" descriptions begin at the joining of the Salt River and the Gila River at 115th Avenue (Avondale Boulevard) and Baseline Road: The 00:00 point.
Known as the "Salt River Baseline and Meridian" where a "zero point" surveyor's brass marker is located.
As you go further to the East, the North-South roads (example: Power Road in East Mesa) have a correction where the road on the North Side of Baseline Road is further to the East than on the South side of Baseline Road. This effect is caused by the correction in diameter of the earth, since the diameter is smaller - the further you approach the North Pole. Arizona is at the 33 Degree, 21 minute angle from the equator.
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