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Show Did You Know... ARIZONA founder Dr. Alexander J. Chandler, of die dry of Chandler, was also a pioneer in the Sok River Valley. Original irri-eflbns date back a thousand years to when gation the Hohokam riviliaarion, using none tools, built an extensive canal system. In the kte 1800s, those canal remnants inspired people such ai Chandler to irrigate the atrid land a hey dement in settling f irrigation the Arizona Tetri ttxy. CALIFORNIA ' The Roosevelt elk, among the state's laigest wildlife, be found roaming in PreirieCreek Redwoods State Park along the $ . . - an f k , . " northern California coast. A display at the park' visitor center details the life qfde of the elk, whi& are larger and slightly darker than the Rocky Mountain dk found east of the Cascade Mountains. IDAHO Boise is home to the Basque Museum Cultural Cento; the only museum in America drnxied entirely to the heritage of immigrants from the Basque region, an area of the Pyrenees tains along northern Spain and southern France. The Basques settled in Idaho in the eatiy 1900s. & 1 . NEVADA Youmigfac think the Capitol dame in the Stiver State would be coveted with sihct; but when the building was finished in.1871 , its dome was covered with tin because oxidation would have turned a silver dome black creating a constant and costly struggle to maintain a shiny surface. During work on the building in the 1970, the tin covering was replaced with siheMolored fiberglass. OREGON Since 1991, die Oregon hairy triton has been the official state shell. One ofthe hugest shells found in the state, its length hat been measured up to 3 indies. UTAH The Little Sahara Recreation Area in Juab County is die only place where die giant saltbush named for its four paper-lik- e wings projecting at right angles growi naturally The plant's large size (it can grow up to 10 feet tall) and apid soot growth contribute to its ability to survive in severe, sand-dunconditions. four-wing ed WASHINGTON The QcElnm Historical Museum in CleElum (pop. 1,755)' Telephone recounts the tale of trkphone service in the area dating bade to April 5, 1901, when the fiist manual switchboard call was made by a local store owner Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co. . donated its former office building to the CleElum Historical Society in 1966, after the town became the hat place in the company'k service area to awitdi foam manual service to automatic dialing. ;V |