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After statehood, Phoenix's growth started to accelerate, and by the end of its first eight years under statehood, Phoenix' population had grown to 29,053. Two thousand were attending Phoenix Union High School. In 1920 Phoenix built its first skyscraper, the Heard Building. [64] In 1928 Scenic Airways, Inc. saw profitability in flights in the ...
February 14: Arizona becomes the 48th state of the United States; Phoenix becomes the state capital. [30] Women are granted the right to vote. [10] Chandler is founded by Alexander Chandler. [10] 1913 City adopts council-manager form of government (previously mayor-council), becoming one of the first cities in the country to adopt this form of ...
Signing of Arizona statehood bill in 1912. Arizona's first Congressman was Carl Hayden (1877–1972). [47] He was the son of a Yankee merchant who had moved to Tempe because he needed dry heat for his bad lungs.
Arizona State College becomes Arizona State University. [142] The first Cactus Fly-In, a show of vintage aircraft, takes place at Casa Grande Airport. [178] Phoenix Flyers Club established. [179] Radio station KVNA begins broadcasting on AM from Flagstaff. An FM counterpart would begin broadcasting in 1999. 1959 Phoenix Art Museum opens. [131]
The Phoenix Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) (officially known as the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler MSA [152]), is one of 10 MSAs in Arizona, and was the 11th largest in the United States, with a 2018 U.S. census population estimate of 4,857,962, up from the 2010 census population of 4,192,887. Consisting of both Pinal and Maricopa counties, the MSA ...
The original Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. The capital of Arizona is Phoenix. The original Capitol building, with its distinctive copper dome, was dedicated in 1901 (construction was completed for $136,000 in 1900) when the area was a territory. Phoenix became the official state capital with Arizona's admission to the union in 1912. [125]
The state of Arizona was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1912, the last of the contiguous states to be admitted. The state constitution of 1912 called for the election of a governor every two years. [ 124 ]
The State Seal of Arizona during a legislative session at the Arizona House of Representatives on April 17 in Phoenix. Credit - Rebecca Noble—Getty Images ... Twentieth-century Arizona history ...