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The Arizona State flag was designed by Charles W. Harris and first sewn by Nan D. Hayden. The Arizona State Legislature officially approved it on February 17, 1917.

The top half of the flag has thirteen alternating red and yellow stripes, or rays, which represent America's 13 original colonies. The rays’ colors are the same colors found in the rays of a western sunset and the same red and yellow color of the flags carried by the Spanish Conquistadors when they came to Arizona in 1540.

The bottom half of the flag is solid blue, the same color as the blue in the United States flag. There is a large copper star in the center of the flag to show that Arizona is the largest producer of copper in the United States.

Arizona's Flag

State Fossil: Petrified Wood 

Capital City: Phoenix (see map)

State Mammal: Ringtail

State Amphibian: Arizona Tree Frog

State Reptile: Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake

State Bird: Cactus Wren

State Tree: Palo Verde

State Fish: Apache Trout

State Flower: Saguaro Cactus Blossom