Arizona, an old west town which was mostly owned by Mexico many moons ago and still has a very large Mexican populace which adorns our state quite well, adding charm, character and much independence.
The State did not join the Union until February 14th, 1912(Valentine's Day)
Arizona was the 48th state admitted to the U.S. and the last of the contiguous states to be admitted
She won't be pushed, conjured or rushed.
note:
to make sure I used the correct word for what I meant:
archaic
implore (someone) to do something.
* Portions of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah previously were part of Mexico. Texas, Colorado and Wyoming also contain land formerly belonging to Mexico. In 1848, the United States and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War and conveyed 525,000 square miles to the United States