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Arizona Office of Tourism
1110 W. Washington Street
Suite 155
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
(602) 364-3700
(866) 275-5816
www.arizonaguide.com
Posted by: Arizona Office of Tourism
Introduction
The Mexican cultural influence can be seen throughout the state - the language, food, music, art, architecture, attractions, entertainment and traditions of Latin peoples are deeply infused in Arizona’s culture.
Arizona is also home to 22 different Native American tribes occupying the most reservation land in the United States. Cultural centers and museums display their beautiful hand-crafted pottery, baskets, jewelry, blankets and crafts. From ancient cliff dwellings and ruins to thriving casinos, Native American culture plays a leading role in Arizona.
Within the past two-hundred years, Spanish explorers built forts and missions, such as Tucson’s San Xavier del Bac, the “White Dove of the Desert,” an ornate church in which the Tohono O’odham Indians still worship. The U.S. Army scattered garrisons around the state, such as Forts Apache and Verde, several of them preserved in national or state parks. Inspiring an entire movie industry, rough-and-tumble gunfighters and lawmen walked the streets of Tombstone and did time in the Territorial Prison in Yuma, both of which can be visited today.
The grandeur of Arizona is beyond description in words, it must be experienced first hand – from magnificent sunrise to breathtaking sunset and into star studded night skies. Come see for yourself. We know you will return with friends and family as there is no place like Arizona.
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