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A great history of cotton exists in Arizona, but its greatest development came later on with Egyptian cotton (Gossypium barbadense), later called Pima cotton, that is stronger than short-staple cotton and still as soft. Every year, the cotton industry earns the state $400-500 million and creates 3,000 new jobs.
The history of Arizona: from the earliest times known to the people of Europe to 1903. Whitaker & Ray. Farish, Thomas Edwin (1918). History of Arizona. Filmer Brothers. vol 5 (early 20th century) online free; Hinton, Richard Josiah (1878). The Hand-book to Arizona: its resources, history, towns, mines, ruins and scenery ... Payot, Upham & Co ...
The history of cotton can be traced from its domestication, through the important role it played in the history of India, the British Empire, and the United States, to its continuing importance as a crop and commodity. The history of the domestication of cotton is very complex and is not known exactly. [1]
The United States exports more cotton than any other country, though it ranks third in total production, behind China and India. [1] Almost all of the cotton fiber growth and production occurs in the Southern United States and the Western United States, dominated by Texas, California, Arizona, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
The holding eventually grew to 800 acres, where he first grew vegetables and cotton before converting to citrus. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In 1958, Fletcher served on the Arizona Cotton Growers Association’s committee to study an issue with pink bollworms in the area and try to eradicate them.
A map of the pre-historic cultures of the American Southwest ca 1200 CE. Several Hohokam settlements are shown. The agricultural practices of the Native Americans inhabiting the American Southwest, which includes the states of Arizona and New Mexico plus portions of surrounding states and neighboring Mexico, are influenced by the low levels of precipitation in the region.
A cotton field outside Phoenix. As the war began, imports of foreign cotton were no longer available to American manufacturing, since cotton was a major material used in the production of tires and airplane fabric, those manufacturers began to look for new sources. The Salt River Valley looked to be an ideal location for expansion of the cotton ...
Early in its history, Arizona's economy relied on the "five C's": copper (see Copper mining in Arizona), cotton, cattle, citrus, and climate (tourism). Copper is still extensively mined from many expansive open-pit and underground mines, accounting for two-thirds of the nation's output.