Arizona By: Chandler Paul

2/7/11

Arizona History

• Statehood: February 14, 1912. Arizona was the 48th state to join the United States.

• State Flag: Adopted in 1917, the lower half of the flag is a blue field. The upper half is divided into thirteen equal segments, six light yellow and seven red. In the center of the flag is a copper-colored five-point star. The red and the blue are the same shades as the flag of the United States of America, and it measures four feet high and six feet wide.

• State Seal: Arizona's main enterprises and attractions are represented in the seal, which was adopted in 1911. In the background of the seal is a range of mountains with the sun rising behind the peaks. At the right side of the mountains are a water storage reservoir and a dam, with irrigated fields and orchards. There are cattle grazing on the right, and a quartz mill and a miner with a pick and shovel on the left.

State Flag State Seal

Population and Geography

• Population: 6.5 million (2008 estimate) • State Capitol: Phoenix • Largest Cities: Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa,

Glendale and Scottsdale • Border States: California, Colorado, Nevada,

New Mexico, Utah • State Size: 113,909 square miles

State Symbols

• State Motto: Ditat Deus (“God Enriches”) • State Nickname: Grand Canyon State • State Songs: "Arizona March Song" and "Arizona" • State Flower: Saguaro Cactus Blossom • State Gem: Turquoise • State Tree: Palo Verde • State Bird: Cactus Wren • State Fossil: Petrified Wood • State Mammal: Ringtail • State Reptile: Arizona Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake • State Fish: Apache Trout • State Amphibian: Arizona Tree Frog • Official Neckwear: Bola Tie

Saguaro Cactus Blossom State Tree: Palo Verde

State Bird: Cactus Wren

State Mammal: Ringtail

State Reptile: Arizona Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake

State Fish: Apache Trout

State Amphibian: Arizona Tree Frog

Grand Canyon

• Vast, magnificent and inarguably beautiful, the Grand Canyon is easily Arizona’s most distinguishable landmark – and a natural wonder that you simply have to see to believe. Stretching 277 miles from end to end, steep, rocky walls descend more than a mile to the canyon’s floor, where the wild Colorado River traces a swift course southwest.

AZ LAKES

• http://www.arizona-leisure.com/arizona-lakes.html