Arizona became the 48th state on February 14, 1912
The Grand Canyon is 227 miles long, 1 mile deep, and has an average width of 10 miles.
The hottest recorded day in Phoenix was June 26, 1990, when the temperature hit 122 degrees. Want to Visit? View our Phoenix Hotels
The original London Bridge was shipped stone-by-stone and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City. See it firsthand and stay at a Lake Havasu City Hotel
Famed Mission San Xavier at Tucson features a carving of a cat. On the opposite side of the mission is the carving of a mouse. According to Indian legend, the world will end when that cat catches the mouse. Visit Tucson to see for yourself
The largest freshwater striped bass caught in Arizona was at Bullhead City. It weighed 59 lbs. 12 oz. Go on a Fishing trip to Bullhead City
World War II brought many military personnel to train at Luke and Thunderbird fields in Glendale
The geographic center of Arizona is 55 miles (89 kilometers) southeast of Prescott
The capital of the Navajo Reservation is Window Rock
Located in Fountain Hills is a fountain believed to be the tallest in the world
Rising to a height of 12,643 feet, Mount Humphreys north of Flagstaff is the state's highest mountain.
Tombstone, Ruby, Gillette, and Gunsight are among the ghost towns scattered throughout the state.
The famous labor leader, Ceasar Estrada Chavez, was born in Yuma
Bisbee, located in Tombstone Canyon, is known as the Queen of the Copper Mines. During its mining history the town was the largest city between Saint Louis and San Francisco.
One must be 18 years old to buy spray paint in Tempe, Arizona
It is illegal in Tucson for women to wear pants..
In Glendale, Arizona cars may not be driven in reverse.
An ordinance prohibits the wearing of suspenders in Nogales, Arizona
The sun shines in southern Arizona 85% of the time, which is considerably more sunshine than Florida or Hawaii
The amount of copper on the roof of the Capitol building in Phoenix, Arizona is equivalent to 4,800,000 pennies.
In Arizona, it is against the law for donkeys to sleep in bathtubs.
No one is permitted to ride their horse up the stairs of the county court house in Prescott, Arizona.
One of the oldest cities in the United States is the small village of Oraibi, Arizona, located in Navajo County near the city of Winslow.
It is believed to have been in existence since the fourteenth century. Once the largest of the Hopi towns, its population of 800 at the turn of the century was reduced to about half in 1907, when many of the people left to found the village of Hotevilla, seven miles west.
The states of Arizona and Hawaii have never adopted Daylight Savings Time, Neither has Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or American Samoa.
There are some very unusual structures in Tempe, such as the local City Hall, which is shaped like an inverted pyramid, made of solar-bronzed glass and steel! The City Hall was
constructed this way to encourage growth and innovation in the city. Tempe's City Hall is listed as one of the nation's top municipal masterpieces in America's City Halls, and is now a very popular tourist attraction.
The state's precipitation varies. At Flagstaff the annual average is 18.31 inches; Phoenix averages 7.64 inches; and Yuma's annual average is 3.27 inches.
Phoenix originated in 1866 as a hay camp to supply Camp McDowell.