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Bisbee, Arizona, located 25 mi/40 km south of Tombstone, is among Arizona towns whose main street captures the atmosphere of the Old West. From beautiful Victorian homes and farmers markets to haunted hearse rides and spooky pub crawls, Bisbee offers...
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This scenic box canyon takes you back to a Prehistoric Indian era. Here, travelers can explore the ancient Indian Ruins and burial sites hidden away in Boynton Canyon. Sacred to the Yavapai Native Americans, this area also has a reputation of emittin...
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Reflecting one of the longest continuously inhabited landscapes of North America, the cultural resources of Canyon de Chelly include distinctive architecture, artifacts, and rock imagery while exhibiting remarkable preservation integrity that provide...
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Carefree, Arizona “is a place for gracious living in a desert forest of rare beauty.” The town is located in Maricopa County, Arizona in the USA. It’s a young town whose land was purchased in the 1950’s by two entrepreneurs K....
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Translating from Navajo, this area means "flowing out" and references the location where water flows out of the Canyon de Chelly. Chinle was the site of the 1864 peace conference that ended the war between the Navajo and the US.
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Entertainment is sure to be found every weekend in Chloride, Arizona, including Old West re-enactments and mock gunfights by the all-female gun-slinging crew the Wild Roses. Visit on the last Saturday of June for Old Miner's Day, Chloride's biggest e...
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"Flag" (as it's called locally) is the largest population center north of Phoenix, home of Northern Arizona University and gateway for many of the state's northern travel attractions. At 6,970 ft/2,125 m, Flagstaff's climate is very different from th...
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Arizona's northeastern corner joins three other states—the only place in the U.S. where four states share a common point. A monument run by the Navajo tribe (whose reservation encompasses this corner of the state) allows visitors to stand in Utah, Co...
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Located entirely in northern Arizona, the park encompasses 277 miles of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands. One of the most spectacular examples of erosion anywhere in the world, Grand Canyon is unmatched in the incomparable vistas it offers to ...
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The phenomenal Grand Canyon Skywalk is more than 240 mi/386 km from the South Rim visitor center, almost as far away as the canyon is long. It is reached via the entrance at Grand Canyon West. It is actually closer to Las Vegas, Nevada, which is only...
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For Old West-history buffs, Jerome, Arizona, located 110 mi/175 km north of Phoenix, is a wondrous place. Miners began to work the area in the 1870s, and the town boomed and busted several times, depending on the price of copper. When Jerome boomed, ...
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Kayenta, in northeastern Navajo County, is about 20 miles south of the Utah border on US 163. It is 148 miles north-northeast of Flagstaff and 99 miles west of Shiprock, New Mexico. Because of its remoteness, in the early days the Kayenta region was ...
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This relatively new town on the border with California (established in the mid-1960s) is home to—of all things—the London Bridge. It all came about when the bridge (then still in England) was put up for sale in 1967. The structure (built in 1831) was...
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A window into the Navajo Nation's culture rests in Monument Valley of the Colorado Plateau. For over 250,000 years sandstone masterpieces towers between 400 - 1,000 feet high photographed with scenic clouds, casting shadows, and spellbinding shap...
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This area, near Tonalea, is part of the Navajo Nation Reservation and is home to two spectacular Pueblo (Anasazi) structures. Betatakin, with its 135 rooms, and Keet Seel, is one of the most impressive cliff dwellings anywhere in the U.S. Betatakin c...
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The breathtaking North Rim rewards travelers with greater silence and isolation than can be found on the South Rim. It receives only a fraction of the park's total visitors, partly because it closes in the winter and partly because it's in a rather r...
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Located along historic Route 66, Oatman, Arizona, is straight out of an Old Western movie set. Visitors can walk the wooden-plank-sidewalk-lined main street and browse the many novelty and souvenir shops. Dress up in Old West garb to get into the tru...
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Page, situated on a mesa in extreme north-central Arizona, is gateway to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Lake Powell. Created as a company town for the construction of Glen Canyon Dam in the 1960s, it has steadily grown adding more and more ...
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Near Scottsdale, the ritzy residential area of Paradise Valley, Arizona, rests at the foothills of Camelback Mountain and offers visitors proximity to top-notch dining, nightlife and high-end shopping.Paradise Valley also is considered a top spot for...
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Just off Interstate 40 in eastern Arizona, Petrified Forest National Park, which encompasses part of the Painted Desert, merits a visit. The 218,500-acre/88,400-hectare park is filled with colorful rocks and petrified (fossilized) prehistoric trees o...
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Phoenix has garnered well-earned praise as one of the world's top five golf destinations. As the sixth-largest city in the United States, with nearly 1.3 million residents, Phoenix offers a multitude of cultural and recreational activities. Greater P...
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Prescott is a popular weekend destination for Phoenix residents who seek the relatively cool climate of its higher altitude (5,300 ft/1,615 m). This charming old mining town located Prescott is 100 mi/160 km northwest of Phoenix has twice served as t...
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Where the Old West meets the New. In Scottsdale, you can sport your duds, ride a horse and grab some chow at a cowboy cookout or you can play a round of golf on one of many world-class courses, peruse through a museum, dine on international and loca...
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Sedona is situated in a unique geological area that has mesmerized tourists for decades. Indeed, this picturesque city is surrounded by beloved red-rock monoliths named Coffeepot, Cathedral and Bell even Snoopy because their massive shapes rese...
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The name Tombstone conjures up visions of the Wild West, and a visit to this town in the southeastern part of Arizona 185 mi/295 km southeast of Phoenix will provide enough activities to satisfy even the most die-hard western buff. Like many towns es...
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Southern Arizona is home to an impressive variety of attractions, both natural and man-made. Experience Tucson's unique cultural hertitage and vibrant arts scene. Explore the region's rich history of scientific and technological innovation. Discover ...
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Williams, Arizona, is known as the Gateway to the Grand Canyon® and is a very picturesque mountain town with Route 66 as the Main Street! It is ideally located less than an hour from the Grand Canyon.
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It is claimed that the sun shines 95% of the year in Yuma, Arizona. As a result, the town, located 185 mi/295 km southwest of Phoenix, attracts a lot of northern snow birds—visitors who head south in the winter months to escape the cold and gray of n...
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Though Arizona has become famous for its sunny skies and desert scenery, it is no one-dimensional state. Keep Arizona's diversity in mind when you plan your trip: There's more there than can be absorbed in one vacation. Focus on a few areas that interest you—be it the popular resort areas (Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tucson or Sedona), natural wonders (the Grand Canyon or Saguaro National Park), Native American cultural sites (Canyon de Chelly or Navajo National Monument) or historic towns (Tombstone and Jerome). By sampling the state in small helpings, you'll enjoy it more and leave plenty to explore the next time around. Geography
Arizona can be thought of as three regions. Much of the south and west is at a relatively low elevation creating the Sonoran region. In the extreme west, a dry, rocky, desert area that is remarkably rich in plant life makes up the Mojave. The area is renowned for its sky islands—isolated mountain ranges topped by pine forests that once provided a haven for Apache Indians. To the north are the vast, open sandstone vistas of the Colorado Plateau, where summers and winters can both veer into extreme temperatures.
The state's two most dramatic geographical formations are the Grand Canyon, where the Colorado River has cut into the Colorado Plateau, and the Mogollon Rim, where the high plateau abruptly falls to a lower elevation. Various mountain ranges are scattered throughout the state.
History
The first people to explore Arizona are thought to have entered the area 12,500 years ago. With the passage of time, three distinct groups evolved: The Hohokam occupied the low deserts of the south; the Mogollon lived in the central mountains; and the Puebloan groups (sometimes called the Anasazi) resided on the northern plateau. All became highly developed societies: The Hohokam built extensive irrigation systems, and the others built impressive dwellings on the tops of mesas and in breathtaking cliff settings. (Many of these structures, including those at Canyon de Chelly and Navajo National Monument, can still be visited.)
At some time between 1100 and 1500, these groups suffered a major crisis. The Pueblo peoples, in particular, suddenly abandoned their elaborate cities—they are often described as a civilization that mysteriously disappeared. Most historians, however, believe that the present-day Hopi and Pueblo peoples of Arizona and New Mexico are their descendants.
By the time of European settlement, Arizona had become home to the Navajo, the Western Apache and the Upland Yumans (the Hualapai, Havasupai and Yavapai). Spanish explorer Francisco Coronado and his expedition passed through Arizona in the 1540s as they searched for the mythical Seven Cities of Cibola. Their quest failed, but Spanish missionaries and settlers later followed in the footsteps of the expedition. The first mission was established in 1691 by the Jesuit priest Eusebio Francisco Kino at Tumacacori, just north of what is now the border town of Nogales. Resistance from the Apaches, however, kept settlement to a minimum. As late as the 1820s, all towns except Tucson and Tubac were abandoned for a time because of Native American attacks.
After Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, Arizona became a part of Mexico. The U.S. gained control of most of Arizona, along with New Mexico and California, as a result of its victory in the Mexican-American War of 1846-48. The extreme southern portion of the state was acquired with the Gadsden Purchase of 1853. Realizing Arizona's strategic and economic value to the Union, President Abraham Lincoln created the Arizona Territory in 1863. But it wasn't until the arrival of the railroad and the end of the major native resistance (with the surrender of Geronimo in 1886) that large numbers of non-Native Americans moved into the area.
Statehood came in 1912. The economy was initially based on mining and agriculture. The state was the leading producer of copper when the metal took on new industrial importance at the turn of the 20th century. Gold and silver were also plentiful, and large cattle ranches were established. Today, tourism, manufacturing, agriculture and high-tech businesses drive the state's economy.
Snapshot
Arizona's main attractions include the Grand Canyon, desert scenery (including the Painted Desert), plant life (varying from magnificent ponderosas to the state's trademark saguaro cacti), ancient ruins, ghost towns, Petrified Forest National Park, springtime wildflowers, luxury resorts, Lake Powell, outdoor activities, southwestern cuisine, Native American and Hispanic culture, golf and historical sites.
Everyone will find something of interest in Arizona, and travelers should see the Grand Canyon at least once. Those who wilt in hot weather should stick to higher elevations during the summer.
Potpourri
Arizona was the last territory in the continental U.S. to become a state. It is sometimes called the Valentine State, because statehood was achieved on 14 February 1912.
Mount Lemmon is the only U.S. peak named for the first woman who climbed it.
When early Spanish missionaries introduced Catholicism to Arizona, some Native Americans adopted the religion, but many never entirely abandoned their traditional ceremonies. As a result, Easter and Christmas celebrations on or near reservations are different from those practiced by most other Catholics in North America.
The Hopi town of Oraibi vies with Acoma, New Mexico, as the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the U.S. Oraibi traces its roots back to about 1100.
Jaguars have joined Mexican wolves and California condors as an endangered species making a comeback in Arizona. Several jaguars have been spotted in the border country south of Tucson.
Arizona's newest state park (opened in 1999) spent years as a closely guarded secret. Kartchner Caverns, 9 mi/14 km from Benson, was discovered by two cavers in 1974. Not until 1988, when the state agreed to buy the property, did these amazing underground formations become known to the public.
Arizona is the sixth-largest state in the U.S., and fast-growing Phoenix is among the nation's largest cities.
Although most people picture Arizona as nothing but desert, there are six national forests within its boundaries.
About 30% of Arizona is made up of Native American reservations.
Jet-Skis were invented in Arizona by Clayton Jacobsen II on the Colorado River's Parker Strip.