With Valentine's day. It's a little spooky how this one date has played such an important role in Arizona's history. It was Feb. 14, 1862 when the name “Arizona” first appeared on an official map—that was the day it was named the Confederate Territory of Arizona by Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Fifty years later to the day—on Feb. 14, 1912—President William Taft signed the act that made Arizona the 48th state in the nation. But in between, another Feb. 14 saw an economic boom
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