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... Grand Canyon State. Our
Arizona vacation rentals are centred around the
picturesque town of Sedona,
Arizona's
White Mountains,
Rainbow Lake
and Sunrise
Park Ski Resort. Sedona is located at the
mouth of the renowned Oak Creek Canyon and is in the
centre of the state's legendary Red Rock Country. With
its breath-taking panoramas, four mild seasons and its
clean, fresh air, booking
Arizona vacation rentals
are extremely popular.
In area, Arizona is one of the largest and also one
of the newest states. Despite this, it has one of the
longest histories. Weapons, tools and ruins left behind
by ancient Indians show that they inhabited the area
long before the time of Christopher Columbus.
The State's more modern history is also long and
extremely colourful. It can boast a quite eventful past!
It began with the Spaniards, the first Europeans in
Arizona - their names, language and customs being etched
upon the land. After the Spanish came the rugged
American pioneers (traders, trappers, scouts,
prospectors, miners and cattle ranchers). With
them they brought the outlaws and sheriffs of the
frontier days. Many reminders of the old wild west days
still remain.
Between the years of 1970 and 1980, Arizona's
population grew by more than 50% as people and
industries moved south from the colder, northern parts
of the nation - this rate of increase only being
surpassed by a neighbouring state - Nevada. Both
these states are part of the 'Sun Belt' a name give to
the southern half of the United States.
Arizona's population contains over 200,000 American
Indians many of whom to this day still live on
reservations - many of whom are descended from the
original tribes of Arizona, such as the Navajo, Apache,
the Hopi, The Tohono O'odham (formerly the Papago) and
the Pima.
Places of interest are many and centre around the old
west and native American Indian tribes – Canyon
de Chelly National Monument (contains prehistoric Indian
ruins), Chiracahua National Monument, Fort Bowie National
Historic Site (preserves the site of military operations
against the Apache chief 'Geronimo'), Montezuma Castle
and Navajo National Monuments (two well preserved and
most interesting cliff dwellings) and Organ Pipe Cactus
National Monument (see cacti and other desert plants
that are found nowhere else in the USA).
Nature has given Arizona some of the finest and most
spectacular scenery as well as providing a climate
unsurpassed for healthy living. One of the most
spectacular sights of course, and from which the State
gains its nickname, is the Grand Canyon.
Then there's the Colorado Plateau. A great tableland
covering nearly 40 percent of the state's total area.
The Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert and the Petrified
Forest are among the many wonders of this Plateau.
The
Arizona vacation rentals
offered provide vacationers with the opportunity to take
in the spectacular scenery this state offers, as well as
dipping in to a little bit of the 'old west'. For the
avid historians the pre-Columbus remnants are a joy to
behold. So whether you wish to enjoy the spectacular,
the historical or indeed skiing in winter or mountain
life in the summer, the
Arizona vacation rentals
on offer will provide them all.
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