Chapter 1:  State symbols.....5

flag meaning and history.......6/7

State seal meaning and history.....8/9

State bird......10/11

state motto meaning and history.......12/13

state nickname......14/15

Table of contents

Chapter 2: The Five c's....16

Cotton.....18/19

climate......20/21

citrus......22/23

cattle ......24/25

copper......26/27

Chapter 3: Pinetop....28

Where is Pinetop on the map.....30/31

what is Pinetop known for......32/33

 Pinetops history....34/35

the population of Pinetop....36/37

Chapter 4: the history of Arizona......38

When was Arizona founded......40/41

who discovered Arizona......42/43

Chapter 5: tourism......44

The Grand Canyon......46/47

Sedona......48/49

Four corners......50/51

tombstone.......52/53

Sonoran-dessert museum......54/55

all about the author.....56/57

           Chapter 1: State symbols

         Flag meaning and history

Charles Warren Harris discovered Arizona's state flag on February 27, 1917, just five years after it became an official U.S. state. In 1911, the Arizona rifle team was competing against the Ohio rifle team, and they did not have a flag to represent their team. There are 13 stripes for the 13 colonies: the star is for the copper and the red and white is for the sunset.

           State seal meaning and                                             history

The official state seal was approved by Article 22, Section 20 of the Arizona Constitution, and adopted in 1911. The background has mountains, the sun, a water reservoir, and a dam. It also has fields with orchid castles and a quarts mill. Also, Gorge Warren has a pick and shovel.

            Arizona state bird

The official Arizona state bird is the cactus wren. 

           State motto meaning and                                            history 

The Arizona state motto, Ditat Deus, is Latin for “God Enriches.” It has been on the Arizona state seal since 1863, when the Secretary of the Arizona Territory, Richard McCormick, inscribed it on the seal.

       Arizona state nickname

Arizona's state nickname is the "Grand Canyon State," it was officially adopted on February 28, 1912, the same day Arizona achieved statehood.

                Chapter: 2                                           Arizona's 5 c's

           A random fact about                                           Arizona

   It is one of the four corner states, the other three are New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. It means you can be in all four states at the four corners (where the boundaries of four states meet; that point is marked by the Four Corners Monument.

                 Cotton

The growing of cotton became a "cash crop" for Arizona farmers in the 1910s. At that time, a new kind of cotton, known as Pima long-staple cotton, started to be grown in the state. Cotton and parts of the plant are in clothing, fertilizer, fuel, packing, paper, cardboard, and even in some plastic. Now, Arizona is a cotton state, along with Texas, California, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

                         Climate 

Arizona has 300 days of sunshine every year, and it keeps getting hotter. There are only eight rainfalls every year, and that is during the monsoon season. Flash flooding is not uncommon in Arizona when it rains a lot; dust storms can be thick enough to block out and cover the sun.

                          Citrus 

Arizona's most popular citrus fruits are grapefruit, lemons, limes, and oranges. The Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) came to North America from Asia and has spread throughout the citrus-producing states, harming all of Florida and Texas. And if one tree has it, it just keeps spreading.

                      copper

32 People have been digging for copper in Arizona for many years, and they still are digging. Native Americans used gold, silver, and copper for tools, weapons, jewelry, and painting pottery. European people started to seek Arizona's metals in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. By 1863, about a quarter of Arizonans were mining for metals.

                      Cattle

In 1912, Arizona had over 1.75 million head of cattle, providing beef to all the tribes and people. Japan also transports cattle or beef to Arizona. They also cut the amount of livestock in Arizona in half, which means that Arizona now has 0.875 million, which is about half of the population!

           All about pinetop

                 A fun fact about Arizona  

Arizona was one of the last territories to become a state. It was the 48th state to join the USA. Arizona had been part of the country's territory since 1848. However, it didn't get its star on the American flag until 1912.

       Where is Pinetop on the map?

Pinetop is next to these cities, and they are each ABOUT 122 miles apart. They are Sholow, Winslow, Payson, Safford, Apache junction, Fountain Hills, Florence, Camp Verde, Sedona, Gallup, Gilbert, mesa, Coolidge, Scottsdale, and Finally, Paradise Valley.

        What is Pinetop known for?

Pinetop or Pinetop-lakeside is known for these things but each activity is for each season. 

               Pinetop's history

Pinetop-Lakeside is in the White Mountains of Arizona. Founded in the early 1880s by Mormon pioneers, Lakeside got its name from the area’s lakes, and Pinetop derived its name from the nickname of a saloon owner who was in the Fort Apache soldiers. The two communities joined as one town in 1984.

           Pinetops population

Pinetop or Pinetop-lakeside has a population of 4,557. It was founded in 1984 when Pinetop and Lakeside merged and became Pinetop or Pinetop-lakeside. Around 1884, Hans Hansen, a native of Denmark, was called to the church to show the area as he had won the Show Low ward.