KJZZ examines the storied history of the state’s five C’s — copper, cotton, cattle, citrus and climate — and the role they still play in modern-day Arizona.
When Arizona became a state in 1912, cotton was a shiny, up-and-coming industry. At least it was for new Arizonans — Native Americans farmed cotton here for thousands of years.
But much of the space cotton took up has been repurposed for other Arizona developments…