Arizona 48/1912

popular name: Grand Canyon State

etymology: The Spanish coined the name either from the Pima Indian word meaning "little
spring place" or from the Aztec arizuma, meaning "silver-bearing."

capital: Phoenix

motto: God enriches

flower: Giant Cactus or Saguaro

tree: Foothill palo verde

bird: Cactus wren

California 31/1850

popular name: Golden State

etymology: The name of a fictitious earthly paradise in Las Serged de Esplandian, a sixteenth-century
Spanish romance. It is believed that Spanish conquistadors named this state.

capital: Sacramento

motto: Eureka, I have found it!

flower: Golden Poppy

tree: Redwood

bird: Valley Quail

Nevada 36/1864

popular name: Sagebrush State, Battleborn State or Silver State

etymology: Spanish word meaning "snow-clad."

capital: Carson City

motto: All for Our Country

flower: Sagebrush

tree: Single-leaf Piñon

bird: Mountain Bluebird

New Mexico 47/1912

popular name: Land of Enchantment

etymology: Named by the Spanish for the territory north and west of the Rio Grande.

capital: Santa Fe

motto: It Grows as it Goes

flower: Yucca

tree: Piñon Pine

bird: Chaparral (Roadrunner)

Utah 45/1896

popular name: Beehive State

etymology: Meaning "upper" or "higher," the name is derived from a word the
Navajos (Utes) used o designate a Shoshone tribe.

capital: Salt Lake City

motto: Industry

flower: Sego Lily

tree: Blue Spruce

bird: Seagull