ARIZONA
Arizona Facts:
Founded: Feb. 14, 1912
(10 years after the Thomas Ranch was founded.)
It was the 48th State!
This region was (sometimes) called Arizona around 1860, although it was still in the Territory of New Mexico.
Nicknamed "The Grand Canyon State" it houses roughly 5,130,632 people.
The Capital is: Phoenix, with 113,909 sq. miles of land mass.
Little known facts are:
State Bird: Cactus Wren
State Flower: Saguaro Cactus Bloom
State Tree: Palo Verde
State Fossil: Petrified Wood
ARIZONA FLAG HISTORY:
The 13 rays of red and gold on the top half of the flag represent both the 13 original colonies of the Union, and the rays of the Western setting sun. Red and gold were also the colors carried by Coronado's Spanish expedition in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola in 1540. The bottom half of the flag has the same Liberty blue as the United States flag. Since Arizona was the largest producer of copper in the nation, a copper star was placed in the flag's center. The Flag was adopted in 1917.
