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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.
1872 – Great Boston Fire of 1872, destroyed 776 buildings and killed at least 20 people. 1874 – Chicago Fire of 1874, July 14, was in some respects very similar to the 1871 fire, but was stopped by a new fire-proof wall. It destroyed 812 structures and killed 20 people.
1991 Union Square derailment, New York City; 5 killed plus 161 injured [228] [229] [230] 1992 Nemadji River bridge derailment, Superior, Wisconsin; no direct human deaths but many animals—wild and domestic—confirmed killed by chemical leak; 50,000 to 80,000 people evacuated from Superior and from Duluth, Minnesota [231] [232] [233] [234]
The Territory of Arizona, commonly known as the Arizona Territory, was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863, [1] until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Arizona.
30th June: 19 members of the Prescott Fire Department were killed fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire. [262] Population in Phoenix estimate of 1,513,367. [263] 2014 – Cubs Park opens in Mesa. 2015 January 1: The Lowell Discovery Telescope, constructed with funding from the Discovery Channel, and owned by Lowell Observatory becomes fully ...
Citrus cultivation is begun in the valley by the Arizona Improvement Company. [10] 1890 Arizona Republican newspaper begins publication. [16] Population: 3,152. [13] Walnut Grove dam bursts north of the city, 50 people killed. [10] Ladies Benevolent Society formed. [10] 1891 Phoenix Indian School opens. Largest flood in valley history occurs. [14]
Owner George Lemperis said his restaurant, located blocks from Chicago’s United Center, was closed at the time and his employees had left about 3 p.m. nearly seven hours before the fire began.
Journal of Arizona History (1991): 195–216. JSTOR 41695873; Whitaker, Matthew C. (2009). "Great expectations: African American and Latino relations in Phoenix since World War II". In Kenneth L. Kusmer and Joe W. Trotter (ed.). African American Urban History since World War II. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-46512-8.