The weather is now turning from hot to beautiful here in Arizona - we actually had some rain last night in Phoenix, thankfully not as much as others are experiencing on the east coast. I recently came across these Arizona facts that not many people know. I do love my home state! Please do note the last two items on the list...
John
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. (San
Bernardino County in California is the largest)
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 1960's, the
original was purchased, dismantled, shipped stone by stone and
reconstructed in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it still stands
today.
22. Mount Lemmon, Tucson, 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 copper 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 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, openly or concealed,
no permit required.
64. Arizona has one of the lowest crime rates in the U.S.A.
John
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. (San
Bernardino County in California is the largest)
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 1960's, the
original was purchased, dismantled, shipped stone by stone and
reconstructed in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it still stands
today.
22. Mount Lemmon, Tucson, 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 copper 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 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, openly or concealed,
no permit required.
64. Arizona has one of the lowest crime rates in the U.S.A.
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. i would love to live there.
