For more info, see received card #787.
Thank you, Carol !
Sent on: October 5, 2015
Received on: October 12, 2015
Showing posts with label Arizona. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arizona. Show all posts
12 October 2015
27 January 2015
#787 Phoenix, Arizona, USA
For more info about the state of Arizona, see received card #672.
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Thank you, Margaret !
Sent on: January 17, 2015
Received on: January 26, 2015
27 June 2014
#672 Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Arizona (Navajo: Hoozdo Hahoodzo; O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak) is a state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western United States and of the Mountain West states. It is the sixth largest and the 15th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is one of the Four Corners states. It has borders with New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, and Mexico, and one point in common with the southwestern corner of Colorado. Arizona's border with Mexico is 389 miles (626 km) long, on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.
Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. It was previously part of the territory of Alta California in New Spain before being passed down to independent Mexico and later ceded to the United States after the Mexican-American War. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase.
Arizona is noted for its desert climate in its southern half, with very hot summers and mild winters. The northern half of the state features forests of pine, Douglas fir, and spruce trees; the Colorado Plateau; some mountain ranges (such as the San Francisco Mountains); as well as large, deep canyons, with much more moderate summer temperatures and significant winter snowfalls. There are ski resorts in the areas of Flagstaff, Alpine and Tucson. In addition to the Grand Canyon National Park, there are several national forests, national parks and national monuments. About one-quarter of the state is made up of Indian Reservations that serve as the home of a number of Native American tribes.
State Capital: Phoenix
Largest City: Phoenix
Admission to Union: February 14, 1912 (48th)
Highest Point: Humphreys Point - 12,637 ft (3852 m)
Lowest Point: Colorado River at the Sonora border - 72 ft (22 m)
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Thank you, Glenda !
Sent on: June 17, 2014
Received on: June 27, 2014
20 August 2012
#129 Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
Between 1935 and 1943 the WPA's Federal Art Project printed over two million posters in 35,000 different designs to stir the public's imagination for education, theater, health, safety and travel. Due to their fragile nature only two thousand posters have survived.
Property No #75
Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO: 1979
Property No #75
Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO: 1979
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| Date of Issue: 2000 - Scenic American Landscapes: Grand Canyon |
I love it ! This stamp and cancellation are so perfect together !
Thank you, Katrina !
Sent on: August 8, 2012
Received on: August 16, 2012
17 August 2012
#120 Tusayan, Arizona, USA
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 the copper mining industry in Arizona. The rest of the flag is colored blue, representing liberty.
Thank you, Katrina !
Sent on: August 8, 2012
Received on: August 14, 2012
#119 Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the U.S. - Mexican War, resulted in the United States acquiring most of the land that makes up present-day Arizona. Although Congress made Arizona a U.S. territory in 1863, achieving statehood would take nearly 50 years. Mineral riches and large federal irrigation projects helped transform the desert region into something closer to an economic oasis. Today, more than six million people live in Arizona. Phoenix, the state capital, is the largest city with approximately 1.5 million residents, followed by Tucson, which has a population of more than a half-million residents. Approximately one quarter of the state is set aside for Indian reservations, including the Navajo Reservation, the largest in the United States. Hispanics, part of the region's ethnic makeup since the 17th century, currently comprise 30 percent of the state's population.
Issue Date: February 14, 2012
Thank you, Meeli and Katrina !
Sent on: August 8, 2012
Received on: August 14, 2012
16 August 2012
#118 Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
Grand Canyon National Park is the United States' 15th oldest national park. The park's central feature is the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, which is often considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. The park covers 1,217,262 acres (1,902 sq mi; 4,926 km2) of unincorporated area in Coconino and Mohave counties.
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,000 feet / 1,800 metres).. Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. While the specific geologic processes and timing that formed the Grand Canyon are the subject of debate by geologists, recent evidence suggests the Colorado River established its course through the canyon at least 17 million years ago. Since that time, the Colorado River continued to erode and form the canyon to its present-day configuration.
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Property No #75
Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO: 1979
Thank you, Meeli !
Sent on: August 8, 2012
Received on: August 14, 2012
13 August 2012
#110 Peach Springs, Arizona, USA
U.S. Route 66 in Arizona covered 401 miles (645 km) between Needles, California and the New Mexico border as part of the historic U.S. Route 66 from Santa Monica to Chicago. The highway was decommissioned in 1985 although portions remain as Arizona State Route 66.
In 1914 the road was designated "National Old Trails Highway"; in 1926 it was re-designated as U.S. Route 66. One section just outside Oatman, Arizona (through the Black Mountains) was fraught with hairpin turns and was the steepest along the entire route, so much so that some early travellers, too frightened at the prospect of driving such a potentially dangerous road, hired locals to navigate the winding grade. The section remained as Route 66 until 1953, and is still open to traffic today as the Oatman Highway.
On October 13, 1984, Williams, Arizona was the last point on U.S. Route 66 to be bypassed by an Interstate highway. US 66 was dropped from the US Highway system in 1985; parts of the highway were either absorbed into I-40, turned over to the state (SR 66), or turned over to Yavapai County.
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
What is really interesting is that this card came from Arizona through Nevada to California. Like the other Arizona card as well.
Aitäh, Meeli !
Sent on: August 7, 2012
Received on: August 11, 2012
#109 Peach Springs, Arizona, USA
U.S. Route 66 (US 66 or Route 66), also known as the Will Rogers Highway and colloquially known as the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was a highway within the U.S. Highway System. One of the original U.S. Highways, Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926—with road signs erected the following year. The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in America, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, before ending at Los Angeles, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km). It was recognized in popular culture by both a hit song and the Route 66 television show in the 1960s.
Aitäh, Katrina !
Sent on: August 7, 2012
Received on: August 11, 2012
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