Arizona - 100 Years of Grandness!


>  Interesting Arizona Facts


> > 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’s 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’s southernmost mile-high city.
> >
> > 57. The two largest manmade 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 1880s.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > -----Happy 100th Birthday Arizona!-----
>
It's an amazing place!



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