Arizona written and illustrated By Louie Nader

Historian The Native of Americans were very

skilled at farming in Arizona The Native of Americans lived in the

area Arizona many thousand of years before the Europeans came to the region

The first white man to come to Arizona was Marcos de Nazi

More historian Arizona became the 48th state

February 14th 1912 In Arizona, 1981 Sandra Day

O’Conner became the first woman govern in Arizona

Geographer The highest temputure was 128 degrees

June 29, 1994 The lowest temputure was -40 degrees

January 7, 1971 Highlands cover much of Northern

Arizona It is the 6 largest state The Colorado river is the longest and

most important river The Gila river in Arizona is the 2 largest

Meteorologist 72 degrees 4:00 p.m. February 2, 2009 in Phoenix,

Arizona 60 degrees 7:00 p.m. February 2, 2009 Phoenix,

Arizona Grand Canyon 52 degrees Monday February 2, 2009 74 degrees in Yuma February 2, 2009 76 degrees 1:00 in Phoenix, Arizona February 3,

2009 The average temperture in July is 80 in Arizona

Famous People Espinoza, Louie (1962-) Boxer McCain , John (1936-) Politician Luke ,Frank Jr. (1897-1918) fighter pilot Udall, Stewart (1920-) Politician Ronstadt, Linda (1946-) Singer Carbajal, Michael ( 1967-) Boxer Mingus, Charles (1922- 1979) Jazz musician Chavez, Cesar ( 1927- 1993) Labor leader Babbitt, Bruce ( 1938-) Politician

Famous Person John McCain

John McCain was born on August 29, 1936

He was born in Panama He served in the Vietnam war His childhood started at a Military

base He rain to be a President John McCain was a Republican leader

Fun Facts The state tree is Palo Verde The state bird is Cactus wren Arizona’s National park has 25 sites The state fish is the Apache trout Phoenix has 1,321,045 people The state capitol building is in the

center of Arizona Population 5,130,632

More Fun Facts Tucson has 486,699 people Some Cactus are as tall as 5 story

buildings There song is “Arizona March song” The nickname for Arizona is the

Grand Canyon state The Spanish explores looked for cites

of gold in the 1500’s

More Fun Facts The states leading crop is Lettuce The state flower is the Saguaro

Cactus Blossom Arizona is one of the driest states The state Capitol is Phoenix

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