FIVE C’s OF ARIZONA | Origins | Climate | Citrus (coming soon) | Cotton (coming soon) | Copper (coming soon) | Cattle (coming soon)
The Five C’s once dominated Arizona’s economy, but these days, it might be a little harder to find someone who can rattle them off with precision.
Climate. Copper. Um … Cactus? Close, but no cigar.
The Five C’s are copper, climate, cattle, cotton and citrus. (That’s the one people most often forget, possibly because of the soft C.) Each played a vital role in Arizona industry from territorial times to the recent past, and though some are less relevant today, the Five C’s remain a useful lens through which to understand the history of the 48th state…