List of Arizona state symbols - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Arizona. The majority of the items in the list are officially recognized after a law passed by the state legislature

Arizona Legislature

The Arizona Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is a bicameral legislature that consists of a lower house, the House of Representatives, and an upper house, the Senate. There are 60 Representatives and 30 Senators...

. Most of the symbols were adopted in the 20th century. The first symbol was the motto, which was made official in 1864 for the Arizona Territory

Arizona Territory

The Territory of Arizona was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863 until February 14, 1912, when it was admitted to the Union as the 48th state....

. The newest adopted symbol of Arizona

Arizona

Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

is the
Colt Single Action Army

Colt Single Action Army

The Colt Single Action Army is a single action revolver with a revolving cylinder holding six metallic cartridges. It was designed for the U.S...

in 2011. Arizona became the second state to adopt a "state firearm" after Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

adopted the Browning M1911. Fifteen of the state symbols are on display on the Arizona Capitol Museum.

Insignia

Type	Symbol	Description	Year	Image
Flag Flags of the U.S. states The flags of the U.S. states exhibit a wide variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as widely different styles and design principles. Modern state flags date from the 1890s when states wanted to have distinctive symbols at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago...	The flag of Arizona Flag of Arizona The flag of the state of Arizona consists of 13 rays of red and weld-yellow on the top half, the colors of the flag of Spain, representing the 13 original states. The red and yellow also symbolize Arizona's picturesque sunsets. The copper star represents a once flourishing Copper mining industry in...	The flag Flag A flag is a piece of fabric with a distinctive design that is usually rectangular and used as a symbol, as a signaling device, or decoration. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed by a flag, or to its depiction in another medium.The first flags were used to assist... of Arizona does not contain a state seal but consists of 13 rays of red and gold (the conquistador Conquistador Conquistadors were Spanish soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under the control of Spain in the 15th to 16th centuries, following Europe's discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492... colors and of the flag of Spain Flag of Spain The flag of Spain , as it is defined in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the size of each red stripe... ) on the top half, representing the original 13 counties of Arizona, as well as symbolizing Arizona's picturesque sunsets. There is a copper Copper Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; an exposed surface has a reddish-orange tarnish... colored star in the center representing Arizona's copper-mining industry Copper mining in Arizona -Jerome:Native Americans used copper minerals of the Verde district at modern-day Jerome as pigment to decorate skin and textiles. The first European to visit the area is thought to be Spanish explorer Antonio de Espejo, who found silver at a location in central Arizona in 1583... . The rest of the flag is colored blue, representing liberty.	1917
Seal Seals of the U.S. states The following gallery displays the official seals of the 50 states, federal district, and territories of the United States of America:-See also:* Coat of Arms of the U.S. States* Seals of Governors of the U.S. States* Flags of the U.S. states...	The seal of Arizona Seal of Arizona The Great Seal of the State of Arizona is ringed by the words “Great Seal of the State of Arizona” on the top, and 1912 the year of Arizona’s statehood. In the background is a range of mountains with the sun rising behind the peaks. At the right side of the mountains is a water storage reservoir...	The Great Seal of the State of Arizona is ringed by the words “Great Seal of the State of Arizona” on the top, and 1912 the year of Arizona’s statehood, on the bottom. The motto Ditat Deus (Latin Latin Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and... : "God Enriches"), lies in the center of the seal. In the background is a range of mountains with the sun rising behind the peaks.	1911

Mottos, slogan, and nickname

Type	Symbol	Year	Image
Motto	Latin:Ditat Deus (God enriches)	1864
Nicknames	The Grand Canyon Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park, the 15th national park in the United States... State The Copper State Apache State	Traditional

Flora

Type	Symbol	Year	Image
Flower	Saguaro blossom Saguaro The saguaro is a large, tree-sized cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in the U.S. state of Arizona, the Mexican state of Sonora, a small part of Baja California in the San Felipe Desert and an extremely small area of California, U.S... (Carnegiea gigantea)	1931
Tree	Blue Palo Verde Parkinsonia florida Parkinsonia florida is a species of palo verde native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico... (Parkinsonia florida)	1954

Fauna

Type	Symbol	Year
Amphibian	Arizona tree frog Hyla eximia Hyla eximia is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater... (Hyla eximia)	1986
Bird	Cactus wren Cactus Wren The Cactus Wren is a species of wren that is native to the southwestern United States southwards to central Mexico.-Description:... (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)	1973
Butterfly	Two-tailed swallowtail Two-tailed Swallowtail The Two-tailed Swallowtail is a species of the Papilionidae family found in western North America from British Columbia to Central America.-Description:... (Papilio multicaudata)	2001
Fish	Apache trout Apache trout The Apache trout or Arizona trout, Oncorhynchus gilae apache, is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. It is one of the trouts.-Description:... (Oncorhynchus gilae apache)	1986
Mammal	Ring-tailed cat Ring-tailed Cat The ringtail is a mammal of the raccoon family , native to arid regions of North America. It is also known as the ringtail cat, ring-tailed cat or miner's cat, and is also sometimes mistakenly called a "civet cat"... (Bassariscus astutus)	1986

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|Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake

Crotalus willardi

Crotalus willardi is a venomous pitviper species found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is the most recent rattlesnake species to be discovered in the United States. Its specific name is in honor of its discoverer, Professor Frank C. Willard. Five subspecies are currently...

(Crotalus willardi willardi)
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Geology

Type	Symbol	Year
Fossil Fossil Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...	Araucarioxylon arizonicum Araucarioxylon arizonicum Araucarioxylon arizonicum is an extinct species of conifer that is the state fossil of Arizona. The species is known from massive tree trunks that weather out of the Chinle Formation in desert badlands of northern Arizona and adjacent New Mexico, most notably in the Petrified Forest National Park...	1988
Gem	Turquoise Turquoise Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula CuAl648·4. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gem and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique hue...	1974
Mineral	Fire Agate	Unofficial
Soil	Casa Grande Casa Grande (soil) -Name and origin:The Casa Grande series was first identified in 1936. It is named after the city of Casa Grande and the nearby Casa Grande National Monument, home of a large earthen building constructed by the Hohokam Indians nearly 1,000 years ago...	N/A

Culture

Type	Symbol	Year
Colors	Federal Blue and old gold Old Gold Old gold is a dark yellow, which varies from light olive or olive brown to deep or strong yellow. The widely-accepted color "Old gold" is on the darker rather than the lighter side of this range....	1915
Firearm	Colt Single Action Army Colt Single Action Army The Colt Single Action Army is a single action revolver with a revolving cylinder holding six metallic cartridges. It was designed for the U.S...	2011
Neckwear	Bolo tie	1973
Songs	"Arizona March Song" "Arizona"	1919 1982

Other


Route markers Numbered highways in the United States Highways in the United States are split into at least four different types of systems.Interstate Highways*The Interstate Highway System is a federally funded and administered system of freeways that forms the transportation backbone of the U.S., with millions of Americans relying on it for... of Arizona		State quarter 50 State Quarters The 50 State Quarters program is the release of a series of circulating commemorative coins by the United States Mint. Between 1999 and 2008, it featured each of the 50 U.S. states on unique designs for the reverse of the quarter.... for Arizona		USS Arizona (BB-39) USS Arizona (BB-39) USS Arizona, a , was built for the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the 48th state's recent admission into the union, the ship was the second and last of the Pennsylvania class of "super-dreadnought" battleships. Although commissioned in 1916, the ship remained stateside...

External links

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