“Delightful place” are two words that describe Arizona because it is a cluster of different cultures, geographical segments and clans.
Spanish explorers first arrived in Arizona in the 1930s, but the area was part of Mexico during the 1940s. The United States took control of the land after winning the Mexican-American War in 1848.
Arizona is the sixth largest state in the country by area. Its population has always been predominantly urban, especially since the mid-20th century when urban and suburban areas began to grow rapidly at the expense of rural areas.
Arizona leads the country in copper production.
Arizona has the Grand Canyon National Park.
There are no dinosaur fossils in the Grand Canyon. Why? Because the Grand Canyon rocks are older than the dinosaurs. Some of the fossils found in the Grand Canyon include corals and trilobites.
Arizona’s Hole in the Rock Cave is one of the largest dry caves in the world.
The Havasupai Indians, one of the Native American tribes, live in the Grand Canyon. Their village is near Havasupai Creek.
The state has a population of 7 million.
Famous attractions in Arizona include the Grand Canyon, the desert, Hoover Dam, Honey Lake, Fort Apache, and the reconstructed London Bridge over Lake Havasu City.
Arizona can experience both the highest and lowest temperatures in the US on a single day. You can sunbathe in Phoenix and ski in Flagstaff just a few hours away.
There are more than 13 different species of rattlesnake in the state of Arizona. That’s more than any other state in the entire country.
More than 700 people have died in the Grand Canyon to date, both due to accidents and health problems.
For people who think Arizona is just deserts and cacti, it may come as a surprise that a quarter of the state is forested. Arizona has the largest continuous pine forest in the US.
Kitt Peak in Sells, Arizona is home to the largest solar telescope in the world.
The Grand Canyon is one of Arizona’s most popular tourist attractions.
Arizona was the 48th state to join America. President William Howard Taft wanted to make Arizona a state on 12 February as it was Lincoln’s birthday. But it wasn’t until Valentine’s Day on February 14 that Arizona became part of America.
In Arizona, you can go to jail for a year for cutting out endangered cacti.
The official colours of the state of Arizona are blue and gold.
The Apache trout was declared the official fish of Arizona in 1986. Nowhere else in the world is it found except in the cold-water streams of Arizona’s White Mountains.