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Arizona’s official story is Grand Canyon, copper, and our 1912 statehood as the great state 48. Here are ten historical bits that usually stay off the tourism brochures: 1. The U.S. Army imported camels to Arizona in the 1850s: Jefferson Davis, then Secretary of War, thought camels would beat mules in desert heat. About 75 were shipped in; they worked well enough, but the Civil War killed the program and the animals were sold or turned loose. Folklore later produced the “Red Ghost,” a camel supposedly seen carrying a human skeleton across the Arizona desert. 2. Arizona once fielded a navy, against California: In the 1930s, during the fight over Parker Dam and Colorado River water, Arizona sent a tiny “navy” of boats to harass construction. One boat ran aground and had to be rescued by California workers. The standoff is one of the stranger interstate water wars on record. 3. London Bridge now stands in the Arizona desert: In 1968, chainsaw magnate Robert McCulloch bought the 1830s London Bridge for about $2.46 million, had its 10,246 granite blocks numbered, shipped, and rebuilt over a lagoon in Lake Havasu City. It opened in 1971 as a tourist magnet in a town that barely existed before he invented it. 4. The first McDonald’s drive thru opened in Sierra Vista in 1975: Soldiers from Fort Huachuca were not allowed off-post in uniform to go inside a restaurant. The local McDonald’s cut a window so they could stay in the vehicle. The rest of the country copied it. 5. The chimichanga was born in a Tucson kitchen by accident: At El Charro Café (open since 1922), Monica Flin dropped a burrito into hot oil. Instead of the Spanish curse that almost came out, she yelled “chimichanga!” A nonsense word that stuck. Tucson still claims the invention. 6. Show Low is named after a card game: Two ranch partners, Corydon Cooley and Marion Clark, decided the White Mountains weren’t big enough for both of them. They played seven-up until Clark said, “Show low and you take the ranch.” Cooley turned the deuce of clubs. The town kept the name. 7. The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral did not happen at the O.K. Corral: On October 26, 1881, the Earps and Doc Holliday shot it out with the Cowboys in a vacant lot on Fremont Street, between Fly’s Photograph Gallery and the Harwood house. The corral was nearby; the name just sounded better in the papers. Wyatt Earp was not the town marshal, his brother Virgil was. 8. The first tequila made in the United States came out of Nogales in 1936: San Andres Distillery rolled its first barrel that June, years before most Americans treated tequila as anything but a border curiosity. Arizona beat the rest of the country to legal domestic production. 9. Kartchner Caverns stayed a secret for four years: Cavers Gary Tenen and Randy Tufts found the living cave in 1974 and told almost no one until 1978, fearing souvenir hunters and vandals would destroy the formations. The owners and the state eventually turned it into a protected park instead of another ruined hole in the ground. 10. Arizona’s flag was designed for a rifle team that felt left out: In 1910, before statehood, an Arizona sharpshooting squad competing in Ohio had no banner. Colonel Charles W. Harris sketched the copper star and sunburst rays so the team would look official. The design later became the state flag. President Taft had already delayed statehood because he thought Arizona’s constitution, especially the part about recalling judges, was “legalized terrorism.” Bonus: Phoenix started as a hay camp for Camp McDowell in 1866, the westernmost Civil War fight in the continental U.S. was at Picacho Pass in 1862, and mail still goes into the Grand Canyon village of Supai by mule, the last mule train route in the entire country. Arizona’s history is drier, stranger, and funnier than the postcard version.

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Arizona winter is just around the corner.

This is day 269 of asking @LeaderJohnThune to pass the SAVE America Act.

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… irregular warfare indeed. Snatch the leader, replace with doppelgänger, have them sign what you need signed.

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Legacy media REFUSED to show you a SINGLE SECOND of President Trump's speech and historic state dinner with Xi Jinping tonight at the White House So here's the ENTIRE thing, from start to finish, with translations for Xi's speech DO NOT LET LEGACY MEDIA KEEP YOU IN THE DARK

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@DNC hates Americans. Colluding with big gas ⛽️ to sway elections 👇. Cc @POTUS @PapiTrumpo

VICTORY! The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that states may use the SAVE database to verify the eligibility of voters. 👉I’m asking county recorders & election officials to contact DHS for the free SAVE database👈 You do NOT need the permission of secretaries of state or the governor. Then, you’ll have a list of ineligible voters *prior* to Election Day.

In The Past 5 Days SAUDI & China split on Payments GREENLAND unites w America SEC launches PROJECT CRYPTO CFTC releases CLARITY FAQs TREASURY heralds GENIUS CHINA President Xi visits DC TRUMP signals IRAN Agreement IRAQ moves to full sovereignty SUPREME Court supports TRUMP on SS/Voter Role eligibility authentication. What does this imply for XRP? A: Taken together, these developments strengthen the case for XRP’s potential role as neutral, global bridge liquidity. They point toward a world with more regulated digital dollars, clearer rules for digital asset markets, and continued demand to move value between sovereign payment systems. That is the setting in which XRP’s ability to bridge currencies and networks becomes more economically relevant. The strong implications are: More viable payment corridors. Saudi Arabia’s reported departure from mBridge leaves open how it will approach future cross-border digital payments. It increases the strategic importance of interoperable options without prescribing one. Less friction for institutional use. The SEC–CFTC Project Crypto effort and Treasury’s GENIUS Act implementation address the rules institutions need before building and scaling digital asset services. That can expand the market for XRPL infrastructure, RLUSD, and XRP liquidity. Greater value in a neutral bridge. If sovereign nations retain different currencies, laws, and preferred networks, they still need a way to exchange value across those boundaries. XRP’s opportunity grows with the number and volume of those exchanges. A clear shift from speculation to utility. The meaningful demand driver will be repeat payment and settlement flow that uses XRP for global liquidity. More flow, more corridors, and more capital committed to serving the entire world should change how the market values XRP. So the plain spoken answer is: these pieces together make XRP’s use case more relevant and potentially much larger. They do not lead to a higher price from headlines alone; it’s the economic forces that come when changing rules and relationships turn into sustained cross-border volume. NCSWIC. WWG1WGA. MAGA. @Ripple @USTreasury @POTUS @Freedom250 @BoardOfPeace

Never forget what @joebiden did. Trump endorsed candidates only. Not voting is a vote for @DNC Protect @realdonaldtrump at all cost!

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LOL! I'm now being attacked for being a "paid shill/grifter" for telling people they need to vote in the midterms. They aren't sending their best. 😂

“Chiropractic: A philosophy, science and art of things natural. A system of adjusting the articulations of the spinal column by hand, for the correction of the cause of dis-ease”. -Mr. Phoenix

BAKING SODA ISN'T A HEALTH HACK. IT'S A FORGOTTEN MEDICINE. IN 1924, DOCTORS USED IT TO FIGHT THE FLU. TODAY, RESEARCH SHOWS IT FIGHTS CANCER CELLS AND KILLS INFLAMMATION. SO WHY DID WE STOP USING IT? I’ll tell you why… They replaced a $1 remedy with billion-dollar products. What baking soda does: →Fights cancer cells →Reduces inflammation →Neutralizes acid →Whitens teeth →Kills bacteria & fungus →Supports detox #throwbackThursday Thread of uses below 👇🏼 if you elect to try any… Please let me know your success! ✨💗✨💗✨💗✨💗✨💗✨