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In February 1903, U.S. Senator Hamilton Kean spoke against Arizona's statehood. He said Mormons who fled from Idaho to Mexico would return to the U.S. and mix in the politics of Arizona. [44] In 1912, Arizona almost entered the Union as part of New Mexico in a Republican plan to keep control of the U.S. Senate. The plan, while accepted by most ...
Hinchcliffe Court opens near Tucson, the first auto court motel in Arizona. [111] 1912 February 14: Arizona becomes the 48th state of the United States; Phoenix becomes the state capital. [105] May 17: Chandler is founded by Alexander Chandler, from the breakup of his ranch. [53] [85] [112] May 21: The Chandler Arizonan begins publication. [113]
The Territory of Arizona creates Maricopa County from portions of Pima County and Yavapai County. [4] 1870: April 1: The 1870 United States Census enumerates the population of the Territory of Arizona, later determined to be 9,658. Arizona becomes the eighth most populous of the nine U.S. territories.
Arizona became a U.S. state on February 14, 1912, coinciding with Valentine's Day. Arizona was the 48th state admitted to the U.S. and the last of the contiguous states to be admitted. [citation needed] Eleanor Roosevelt at the Gila River relocation center, April 23, 1943
The U.S. territory of Arizona became a U.S. state on February 14, 1912. Subcategories. ... Pah-Ute County, Arizona Territory; Peralta Stones; Pima Revolt (1751)
Even before the purchase, Jefferson was planning expeditions to explore and map the lands. He charged Lewis and Clark to "explore the Missouri River, and such principal stream of it, as, by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean; whether the Columbia, Oregon, Colorado, or any other river may offer the most direct and ...
[78] [79] He was born in Phoenix before Arizona became a state, the son of Baron M. Goldwater and his wife, Hattie Josephine ("JoJo") Williams. His father came from a Jewish family that had emigrated from England and founded Goldwater's , the largest department store in Phoenix.
Territory of Arizona, 1863–1912 [1] North-western corner of the Arizona Territory is transferred to the State of Nevada, 1867; State of Arizona since February 14, 1912; Mexican Boundary Exchanges: In 1927 under the Banco Convention of 1905, the U.S. acquired two bancos from Mexico at the Colorado River border with Arizona.