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Arizona became the 48th state on February 14,
1912
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Arizona is America's top producer of copper
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The copper roof of the Capital Building would
equal 4,800,000 pennies
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The state fossil is petrified wood
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Oraibi, located on the Hopi reservation is the
oldest continuously inhabited village in North America
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The Saguaro cactus blossom is the state flower
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The Saguaro produces its first flower between
35-40 years of age and its first arm at 65 to 75 years.
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Kitts Peak National Observatory is home to the
world's largest solar telescope
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The Palo Verde (green stick) is the state tree
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The Southern Pacific Railroad connected Arizona
with the eastern states in 1926
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A person from Arizona is called an Arizonan
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The Navajo reservation is the largest in Arizona
and extends into Utah & New Mexico
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In Arizona it is unlawful to refuse a person a
drink of water
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Four Corners is the spot where you can stand in
4 states at the same time
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The gunfight at the O.K. Corral didn't happen in
the corral but in a vacant lot near the corral
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Warren Earp, the
youngest of the Earp brothers is the only one who's final
resting place is in Arizona. He was shot and killed by Johnny
Boyett on July 6, 1900 in Headquarter Saloon in Willcox Arizona. He
was buried in the Pioneer Cemetery in Willcox.
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The original London Bridge was shipped stone by
stone to Arizona and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City
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Bisbee is known as Queen of the Copper Mines
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The last legal hanging in Arizona took place in
Globe on July 13, 1936
And
the most important fact of all... "take nothing but photos and
leave nothing but footprints.”