Arizona Trivia

Fifteen tons of copper were used in the construction of the Arizona State Capitol’s dome. This is equivalent to the amount of copper used to create 4.8 million pennies.

On February 14, 1912, when President William H. Taft signed the proclamation making Arizona the 18^th state, cameras rolled. That signing was the first presidential ceremony ever to be recorded by movie cameras.

The largest and oldest botanical garden in Arizona is the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Opened in 1925, the park encompasses 323-acres and includes a large range of habitats that can be viewed on a 1.5-mile walking trail. The park is located near Superior.

A roadrunner, which can fly, can “run” up to 15 miles-per-hour.

The barrel cactus can help you find your way home if you get lost in the desert. Because it almost always grows or leans towards the south, it is sometimes called the “compass cactus”. .

Arizona has more national monuments than any other state?

The Phoenix Suns played in the first triple overtime playoff game in NBA history?

Apollo astronauts trained in Meteor Crater in preparation for missions to the moon?

Arizona is blanketed with the largest stand of Ponderosa Pines in North America?