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The Peak: Happy Valentine's Day. It's a holiday! - A Peek at the Peak Magazine

The Peak: Happy Valentine’s Day. It’s a holiday!

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Posted By Les Conklin on Feb 11, 2017

From A Peek at the Peak, February 1991

VALENTINE’S DAY A HOLIDAY

Valentine’s Day is a state holiday in Arizona. Not because Arizonans are exceptional lovers (most think they are), but because the territory of Arizona was admitted to statehood on Feb. 14, 1912. Moving pictures were made of President William Howard Taft signing the statehood bill. It was the first time a moving-picture record was made of a White House event. Arizona was the 48th state admitted to the Union and was known as the Baby State until Alaska and Hawaii were admitted in 1959.

Author: Les Conklin

Les Conklin is a resident of north Scottsdale He founded Friends of the Scenic Drive, the Monte de Paz HOA and is the president of the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association. He was named to Scottsdale's History Maker Hall of Fame in 2014. Les is a past editor of A Peek at the Peak and the author of Images of America: Pinnacle Peak. He served on the Scottsdale's Pride Commission, McDowell Sonoran Preserve Commission, the boards of several local nonprofits and was a founding organizer of the city's Adopt-A-Road Program.. Les is a volunteer guide at the Musical Instrument Museum.