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(866) 595-3792 Toll Free From everyone at NewMarket Services Welcome to Tucson! 6 ] Tucson Information Guide www.newmarketservices.com Tucson Information Guide [ Volume 11 [ Number 8 LOCAL INFORMATION The State of Arizona 8 Area Codes, Important Phone Numbers, Vehicle Information 13 Travel Information 14 Weather 15 About Tucson 9 Neighborhoods 10 Historical Background 11 Publisher: NewMarket Services, Inc. Where to Stay 16, 18 President: Patrick Morgan Dining and Night Life 18 Entertainment 19 Managing Editor: Rebecca Wallace Recommended Tours 20 Executive Editor: Jason Gerali Media 21 Contributing Writer: Amy Tennant MOVING Executive VP Sales & Marketing: Robert Fischer Smooth Transitions 24 Regional Sales Manager: Beth Hurley Choosing a Moving Company 25 Art Department: Sprague Design Packing Tips 25 Staying Organized 26 Graphic Designer: Dean Sprague Settling Into Your New Home 26 NewMarket On-Line: Total Web Design, Inc. 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To order your Security 53 NewMarket Information Guides for $3.50 Home Buyer’s Glossary 54 each, please contact NewMarket Services toll free at (866) 595-3792. Take Control of Your Energy Costs 56 Who’s Who in Building 57 In preparing this publication, every effort Selecting a Builder 58 has been made to assure the accuracy of Selecting a Contractor 59 the information contained herein, but Banking & Mortgage Information 60 authenticity cannot be guaranteed. Listings are subject to omission, error or change without notice. BUSINESS DIRECTORY Business Directory Listings 64 All material in this publication is copyright protected and can only be reprinted with permission of the publisher. Tucson Information Guide [ 7 THE STATE OF ARIZONA 1853 the land below the Gila River was acquired from Mexico in the UT Gadsden Purchase. Arizona was administered as part of the NV Territory of New Mexico until southern New Mexico seceded from Las Vegas the Union as the Confederate Territory of Arizona on March 16, 1861. This is the first official use of the name. A new Arizona Territory, consisting of the western half of New Mexico Territory was declared in Washington, D.C. on February 24, 1863. Arizona became a state on Valentines Day 1912. It was the last of the 48 continental states to be accepted into the Union. Arizona's AZ population grew tremendously after World War II, in part because of CA the development of air conditioning, which made the intense Phoenix summers more comfortable. For decades the driving forces behind Arizona’s economy were the five C's: Copper, Cattle, Cotton, Citrus and Climate. The mining and farming industries have become less important to the Arizona NM economy. In the 21st century another C is being added: Tuscon Computers. More broadly defined as high technology, computer and computer related industries already account for 49 percent of Mexico Arizona's manufacturing employment. Nationally, only 14 percent of the manufacturing workforce works in high-tech industries. It’s clear that Arizona is moving into the forefront of this new economic revolution. Much of the support for Arizona’s high-tech industries comes from small business. By all estimates, small business is big business rizona is located in the Southwestern United States. It is in Arizona. Over 60 percent of all Arizonans work in companies that one of the Four Corners states. It borders New Mexico, employ less than 100 people and more than 80 percent work in AUtah, Nevada, California, touches Colorado, and has a 389 companies with less than 250 employees. mile international border with the states of Sonora and Baja Arizona also continues to rely on tourist dollars. Whether it’s the California in Mexico. The Grand Canyon is a colorful, steep-sided thrill of an outdoor adventure amid some of the most awe-inspiring gorge, carved by the Colorado River, in northern Arizona. The scenery on the planet, an exotic sun-drenched getaway to an canyon is one of the seven natural wonders of the world and is indulgent, world-class spa or to examine and experience the rich largely contained in the Grand Canyon National Park—one of the history and multifaceted cultural offerings of the Grand Canyon first national parks in the United States. Aside from the Grand State, visitors to Arizona enjoy a plethora of activities, while Canyon, many other National Forests, Parks, Monuments, and spending money. Indian reservations are located in the state. Meeting its original native inhabitants, Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan, explored the area in 1539. Coronado’s expedition entered the area in 1540–42 during its search for Cíbola. Father Fast Facts Kino developed a chain of missions and taught the Indians POPULATION: (2006 Est.) 6,166,318 Christianity in Pimería Alta (now southern Arizona and northern CAPITAL: Phoenix Sonora) in the 1690s and early 1700s.