I Heart Arizona

One hundred years ago today the great state of Arizona was born! Happy Birthday Arizona! You truly are the great 48th state! I heart your gorgeous deserts, stunning mountains, remarkable sunsets, abundant Mexican food, and wild west attitude. America just wouldn’t be the same without you! 

Here are a few fun facts about Arizona for all you trivia lovers:

• Arizona has 3,928 mountain peaks and summits—more mountains than any one of the other Mountain States (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming).
• Arizona grows enough cotton each year to make more than one pair of jeans for every person in the United States.
• All New England, plus the state of Pennsylvania would fit inside Arizona.
• Arizona’s disparate climate can yield both the highest temperature across the nation and the lowest temperature across the nation in the same day.
• Arizona has the largest contiguous stand of ponderosa pines in the world stretching from near Flagstaff along the Mogollon Rim to the White Mountains region.
• More copper is mined in Arizona than all the other states combined, and the Morenci Mine is the largest copper producer in all of North America.
• The Saguaro cactus is the largest cactus found in the U.S. It can grow as high as a five-story building and is native to the Sonoran Desert, which stretches across southern Arizona.