| Historians slightly disagree about the
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| | Phoenix Valley (or "Valley of the Sun"),
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| origin of the name "Arizona" and its
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| | Tempe, Prescott, among other areas. The
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| attachment to the region. Three possible
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| | Mormons settled what became known as
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| derivations are:
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| | Northern Arizona and northern New Mexico,
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| O'odham words "alion" ("small spring"),
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| | but these areas were located in a part of
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| actually the name of a town, which is
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| | the former New Mexico Territory. The
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| called "Arizonac" in English, about eight
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| | largest ancestry of these settlers is
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| miles (13 km) south of the United
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| | German American.
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| States-Mexican border. Historically, it
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| | Arizona became a U.S. state on February
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| may have been "ali ?on" or even "ali
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| | 14, 1912. Arizona was the 48th state
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| sona". The O'odham "l" is a voiced
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| | admitted into the U.S. and the last of
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| alveolar lateral fricative, which might
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| | the contiguous states admitted.
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| sound to a Spanish or English speaker
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| | The climate and imagery are two factors
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| like an "r" sound. Later in the mid 18th
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| | behind Arizona's tourism industry.Cotton
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| century Spanish missionaries changed
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| | farming and copper mining, two of
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| Father Eusebio Francisco Kino's maps of
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| | Arizona's most important statewide
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| the area; they renamed the town Arizonac
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| | industries, suffered heavily during the
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| as Arizona. As the maps were republished
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| | Great Depression, but it was during the
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| and circulated in Europe, the name
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| | 1920s and 1930s that tourism began to be
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| Arizona became attached to the whole
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| | the important Arizona industry it is
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| northern part of New Spain.
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| | today. Dude ranches such as the K L Bar
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| Spanish words "árida zona" ("arid
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| | and Remuda in Wickenburg, along with the
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| zone"). This is largely dismissed as
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| | Flying V and Tanque Verde in Tucson, gave
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| being a folk etymology, as the
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| | tourists the chance to experience the
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| grammatically correct phrase in Spanish
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| | flavor and life of the "old West."
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| for "arid zone" is "zona Arida".
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| | Several upscale hotels and resorts opened
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| A Nahuatl or Aztec word "arizuma" meaning
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| | during this period, some of which are
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| "silver-bearing".
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| | still top tourist draws to this day; they
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| Meeting its original native inhabitants,
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| | include the Arizona Biltmore in central
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| Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan, explored
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| | Phoenix (opened 1929) and the Wigwam
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| the area in 1539. Coronado's expedition
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| | Resort on the west side of the Phoenix
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| entered the area in 1540-42 during its
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| | area (opened 1936).
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| search for Cíbola. Father Kino developed
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| | Arizona was the site of German and
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| a chain of missions and taught the
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| | Italian prisoner of war camps during
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| Indians Christianity in Pimería Alta
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| | World War II. The Phoenix area site was
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| (now southern Arizona and northern
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| | purchased after the war by the Maytag
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| Sonora) in the 1690s and early 1700s.
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| | family (of major home appliance fame),
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| Spain founded fortified towns (presidios)
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| | and is currently utilized as the Phoenix
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| at Tubac in 1752 and Tucson in 1775. All
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| | Zoo. A Japanese American internment camp
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| of what is now Arizona became part of
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| | was located on Mount Lemmon, just outside
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| Mexico's northwest frontier upon the
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| | of the state's southeastern city of
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| Mexican assertion of independence from
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| | Tucson. Another POW camp was located near
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| Spain in 1810. The United States took
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| | the Gila River in eastern Yuma County.
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| possession of most of Arizona at the end
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| | Arizona's population grew tremendously
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| of the Mexican-American War in 1848,
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| | after World War II, in part because of
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| after paying the Mexican government. In
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| | the development of air conditioning,
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| 1853 the land below the Gila River was
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| | which made the intense summers more
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| acquired from Mexico in the Gadsden
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| | comfortable. According to the Arizona
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| Purchase. Arizona was administered as
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| | Blue Book (published by the Secretary of
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| part of the Territory of New Mexico until
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| | State's office each year), the state
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| southern New Mexico seceded from the
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| | population in 1910 was 294,353. By 1970,
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| Union as the Confederate Territory of
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| | it was 1,752,122. The percentage growth
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| Arizona on March 16, 1861. This is the
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| | each decade averaged about 20% in the
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| first official use of the name. A new
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| | earlier decades and about 60% each decade
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| Arizona Territory, consisting of the
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| | thereafter.
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| western half of New Mexico Territory was
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| | The 1960s saw the establishment of
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| declared in Washington, D.C. on February
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| | retirement communities, special
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| 24, 1863. The new boundaries would later
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| | age-restricted subdivisions catering
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| form the basis of the state.
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| | exclusively to the needs of senior
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| Other names including "Gadsonia",
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| | citizens who wanted to escape the harsh
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| "Pimeria", "Montezuma", "Arizuma", and
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| | winters of the Midwest and the Northeast.
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| "Arizonia" had been considered for the
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| | Sun City, established by developer Del
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| territory, however when President Lincoln
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| | Webb and opened in 1960 was one of the
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| signed the final bill, it read "Arizona",
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| | first such communities. Green Valley,
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| and the name became permanent. (Montezuma
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| | south of Tucson, was another such
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| was not the Mexican Emperor, but the
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| | community designed to be a retirement
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| sacred name of a divine hero to the
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| | subdivision for Arizona's teachers. (Many
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| Pueblo people of the Gila valley, and was
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| | of these senior citizens arrive in
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| probably considered -- and rejected --
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| | Arizona each winter and stay only during
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| for its sentimental value, before the
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| | the winter months; they are referred to
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| name "Arizona" was settled upon.)
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| | as snowbirds.)
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| Brigham Young sent Mormons to Arizona in
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| | Three ships named USS Arizona have been
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| the mid-to-late 19th century. They
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| | named in honor of the state, although
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| founded Mesa, Snowflake, Heber, Safford
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| | only USS Arizona (BB-39) was so named
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| and other towns. They also settled in the
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| | after statehood was achieved.
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