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Arizona Facts and Top Attractions:

Arizona Fun Facts:

Nicknames: Grand Canyon State

Capitol: Phoenix

Motto: Ditat Deus (God enriches)

Song: "Arizona" written by Margret R. Clifford

Flower: saguaro cactus

Tree: Yellow palo verde; Parkinsonia (Cercidium) microphyllum

Bird: cactus wren

Gained Statehood: Feb. 14, 1912

Name Origin: Spanish interpretation of "arizuma," an Aztec Indian word meaning "silver-bearing." Arizona's name is also based on Pima Indianword "arizonac" for "little spring place."

Arizona Visitor and Travel Information:

Arizona typifies the Southwest. It exhibits a colorful Native American (Indian) flavor blended with a powerful Spanish heritage. It is home to the largest Indian reservations in the USA.

Arizona Tourist Attractions and Points of Interest:

Jerome State Historic Park
Fort Verde State historic Park
Riordan State Historic Park
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park
Yuma Territorial Prison State Park
Biosphere 2
Grand Canyon
Petrified Forest

The Phoenix Zoo
Grand Canyon Railway
The Painted Desert
Hoover Dam
Lake Mead
Fort Apache
London Bridge at Lake Havasu City

Arizona History:

Marcos de Niza was the first European to explore Arizona. He entered the area in 1539 in search of the mythical Seven Cities of Gold. He was followed a year later by another gold seeker, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado. Most of the early settlement was for missionary purposes. In 1775 the Spanish established Fort Tucson. In 1848, after the Mexican War, most of the Arizona territory became part of the U.S., and the southern portion of the territory was added by the Gadsden Purchase in 1853. Arizona history is rich in legends of America's Old West. It was here that the great Indian chiefs Geronimo and Cochise led their people against the frontiersmen. Tombstone, Ariz., was the site of the West's most famous shoot-out-the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Today, Arizona has one of the largest U.S. Indian populations; more than 14 tribes are represented on 20 reservations.

Famous Arizona Residents or Natives:

Apache Kid ,Erma Bombeck ,Lynda Carter ,Cesar Chavez , Cochise , Alice Cooper , Wyatt Earp , Max Ernst , Geronimo (Goyathlay) , Barry Goldwater , Zane Grey , Carl Trumbull Hayden , George W. P. Hunt , Bill Keane , Eusebio Kino , Percival Lowell , Frank Luke, Jr. ,Charles Mingus , Carlos Montezuma , Stevie Nicks , Sandra Day O'Connor, William O'Neill , Alexander M. Patch , William H. Pickering , Linda Ronstadt , Paolo Soleri , Clyde W. Tombaugh , Tanya Tucker , Stewart Udall, Pauline Weaver, Frank Lloyd Wright