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Arizona is a state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western and the Mountain states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is one of the Four Corners states. It has borders with New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, and Mexico, and one point in common with the southwestern corner of Colorado. Arizona's border with Mexico is 389 miles long, on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.


In 1858 Congress noted: "The region is all together valueless", "after entering Arizona there is nothing left to do but leave"
  Population: 6.93 million (2016) Area: 113,998 sq miles (295,254 km²)  

Entered the Union: February 14, 1912 (48) Capital: Phoenix
Origin of Name: a Spanish version of the Pima Indian word arizonac for "place of the small spring" or from the Aztec's arizuma meaning "silver-bearing"
State Nickname: Grand Canyon State State Bird: Cactus Wren
State Motto: Ditat Deus (God enriches) State Tree: Palo Verde
State Flower:Saguaro Cactus Blossom State Fish: Arizona Trout
State Amphibian: The Arizona Treefrog State Animal: Ringtail Cat
State Reptile: Arizona Ridgenose Rattlesnake State Gem: Turquoise
State Butterfly: Two-tailed Swallowtail State Fossil: Petrified Wood
State Songs: Arizona March Song • Arizona State Neckwear: Bola Tie
National Parks: 3 • State Forests: 6 • State Parks: 28
Famous for: Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, Painted Desert, Hoover Dam, London Bridge, Monument Valley

Famous Arizonans: Glen Campbell, Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstadt, Tanya Tucker (Singers), Cesar Chavez (Labor Leader), Cochise, Geronimo (Apache Chiefs), Wyatt Earp (Marshall), Barry Goldwater, John McCain (Politician), Helen Hull Jacobs (Tennis), Zane Grey (Novelist), Sandra Day O'Connor (US Supreme Court), David Spade (Comedien), Stewart Udall (Secretary of the Interior), Steven Spielberg (Film Director), Joan Ganz (Producer of Sesame Street)

Met a man in Arizona.

He's from Arizona.

The guy has been on the road RVing for 5 years...Hasn't left Arizona yet.

SOOO MUCH TO SEE!

 

Bullhead City

Air Force One, Bullhead City October 28, 2020

Rotary Park, Bullhead City, Arizona

Colorado River Baptism, Bullhead City, May 23, 2021 & September 19, 2021

San Gennaro Riverfront RV Park, Bullhead City

San Gennaro Thanksgiving Day 2021

Front End Loaders Stuck In Mud

San Gennaro Riverfront RV Park, Site #33, Bullhead City

Reclaimed House Trailer Bullhead City

Canyon Gateway RV Park, Williams

Castle Dome Ghost Town, Yuma

Chloride

Chloride Cemetery

Chloride Cyanide Springs Ghost Town

Chloride Miners Day Parade

Chloride Murals

Chloride Scenery

Chloride Western RV Park 2018

Chloride Western RV Park 2019

Chloride Free Range Cattle

Chloride to Bull Head City Ride Down a 12 Mile Hill

Cottonwood

Turquoise Triangle RV Park, Cottonwood

Flagstaff to Cottonwood Ride Down an 18 Mile Hill

Flagstaff

Twin Arrows Casino, Flagstaff

Golden Valley

Kingman October 2016

Kingman September 09, 2022

Lake Havasu City Home of the London Bridge

Lake Havasu City Boat Races 2018

Lake Havasu Joey Boat Ride

Lake Havasu City VW Bus Rally 2017

Oatman March 2018

Oatman October 2021

Parker

Petrified Forest National Park

Quartzsite

Hi Jolly Monument, Quartzsite

Tyson's Well and Museum, Quartzsite

Tuba City

Tuba City World War II Navajo Code Talkers

Williams September 2016

Williams September 2021

Datsun Car Rally,Williams

Dog Lake Park, Williams

Route 66, Williams, Arizona

Trip from Kingman, Arizona To Needles, California October 11, 2020

Trip from Williams, Arizona To Kingman, Arizona September 22, 2019

Trip from Williams, Arizona To Kingman, Arizona Augist 21, 2019

Trip from Williams To Tuba City 2019

Trip from Winslow to Flagstaff

Yuma

Yuma Army Proving Ground, Yuma


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