American State Flags

What does the Arizona state flag mean?

Can somebody explain to me what the symbols of the arizona state flag mean? Only if you know! no guessing!! Here is the flag http://www.arizona-flag.com/arizona/arizona_flag.gif Or a site that says what it means would do fine too.

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1. Measuring four feet high and six feet wide, the flag is divided into a top and bottom half with a large five-point copper star in the center. The top half of the flag represents the 13 original colonies of the United States and the western setting sun. The copper star in the center of the flag identifies Arizona as the largest copper producing state in the union. The lower half of the flag is a field of blue, the same Liberty Blue found in the United States' Flag. The red found in the rays of the setting sun is also the same shade of red found in the United States' Flag. The Blue of the lower half of the flag and the yellow of the western setting sun are the Arizona State Colors. The red and yellow colors found in the rays are the colors flown by the Spanish Conquistadors led by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in his unsuccessful search for the Seven Cities of Cibola in 1540. The Arizona State Flag was adopted by the Arizona State Legislature on February 17, 1917. The blue, red, yellow and copper flag was adopted despite numerous dissenting votes and then Governor Campbell's refusal to sign the bill.
2. flag adopted in 1917.Blue is same Liberty blue as that of the stars and stripes of the U.S. Copper star is for the copper they produced. 13 rays for the original 13 colonies. Rays are of the western sky. red and gold color represents the colors of Coronado's Spanish expedition in 1540.