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Laodicea is situated on the long spur of a hill between the narrow valleys of the small rivers Asopus and Caprus, which discharge their waters into the Lycus.. It lay on a major trade route [4] and in its neighbourhood were many important ancient cities; it was 17 km west of Colossae, 10 km south of Hierapolis.
The Swillings moved to the area in 1871 and established a ranch there. The Swilling cabin served as a stopping place for those who traveled the old Black Canyon Trail from Prescott to Phoenix. The ruins of the Swilling stone cabin are the oldest in Black Canyon City. [3] [1] [2] In 1872, Wells Fargo, established a stage coach stop. This served ...
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Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona. [1] Phoenix was incorporated as a city in 1881, after being founded in 1867 near the Salt River close to its confluence with the Gila River. The city has numerous historic properties which have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places. There are also 33 ...
Arizona City Yavapai: 1889: 1907: Former mining town. Currently the site of a mining operation, just north of Mayer on Big Bug Creek. Dome: Yuma: 1892: 1904: Neglected site Ruins of an adobe building, cemetery Duquesne: Santa Cruz: 1880s: 1920s: Semi-abandoned site: Several wood buildings including Westinghouse home Ehrenberg: Mineral City La ...
The act became the official law governing the district. The townsite of 'Globe City' was officially laid out in July 1876. Globe became the seat of Gila County, a new Arizona county, in February 1881. [1] [2] [3] The price of silver had decreased by 1881, however by the same token the price of copper increased.
Berytus (/ ˈ b ɛ r ɪ t ə s, b ə ˈ r aɪ t ə s /; [1] Phoenician: 𐤁𐤓𐤕, romanized: Biruta; Ancient Greek: Βηρυτός, romanized: Bērytós; Latin: Bērȳtus; Arabic: بَيرُوتَة), briefly known as Laodicea in Phoenicia (Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκεια ἡ ἐν Φοινίκῃ; Arabic: لاذقية كنعان) or Laodicea in Canaan from the 2nd century to 64 BCE, was ...
Laodicean Church, early Christians in Laodicea on the Lycus; Epistle to the Laodiceans, an apocryphal epistle attributed to Paul the Apostle; Council of Laodicea, a synod held about 363–364 CE; A Laodicean, an 1881 novel by Thomas Hardy; Laodice (disambiguation) Ladoceia, a town of ancient Arcadia, Greece