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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 ...
The first bank, a branch of the Bank of Arizona, opens. [17] Population reaches 1500. [10] Brick factory opens. [10] Grand Canal completed. [10] Mesa is founded. [10] 1879 Presbyterian church established. [12] Salt River Indian Reservation is formed. [10] The Southern Pacific railroad reaches Maricopa. [10] 1880 Arizona Gazette newspaper begins ...
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.
The U.S. territory of Arizona became a U.S. state on February 14, 1912. Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. ...
Arizona is in the Southwestern United States as one of the Four Corners states. Arizona is the sixth largest state by area, ranked after New Mexico and before Nevada. Of the state's 113,998 square miles (295,000 km 2), approximately 15% is privately owned.
Arizona is a dramatic play written in 1899 by Augustus Thomas, considered one of his best. The play takes place in the Arizona Territory before the Spanish–American War of 1898. The Territory became the U.S. state of Arizona in 1912.
"A Spirit of Mercy: The Sisters of Mercy and the Founding of St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, 1892–1912," Journal of Arizona History (1998) 39#3 pp. 263–288 in JSTOR Luckingham, Bradford. Minorities in Phoenix: A Profile of Mexican American, Chinese American, and African American Communities, 1860–1992 (1994)