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Contact with Europeans remained infrequent until three missions were established in 1629 in what is now northeastern Arizona. In 1680, the Pueblo Revolt resulted in the destruction of all three missions, greatly limiting Spanish influence in the region. Subsequent attempts to reestablish the missions in Hopi villages were met with repeated ...
Footprint Center [ 1] / 33.44583°N 112.07139°W / 33.44583; -112.07139. Footprint Center (formerly America West Arena, US Airways Center, [ 10] Talking Stick Resort Arena and Phoenix Suns Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in Phoenix, Arizona. It opened under the name America West Arena on June 6, 1992, at a cost of $ 89 million.
The backbone of Phoenix's freeway system is composed of three major freeways— Interstate 10, Interstate 17, and U.S. Route 60. Interstate 10, being a transcontinental route between California and Florida, is the most heavily traveled freeway in the Valley of the Sun. Interstate 17 runs down the center of Arizona, connecting Phoenix with ...
Area codes. 623, 602, 480, 520, 928. The Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, the Salt River Valley, metro Phoenix, or The Valley, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the Southwestern United States, with its largest principal city being the city of Phoenix. It includes much of central Arizona.
Counties of Arizona. There are 15 counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. [ 1] Four counties (Mohave, Pima, Yavapai and Yuma) were created in 1864 following the organization of the Arizona Territory in 1862. The now defunct Pah-Ute County was split from Mohave County in 1865, but merged back in 1871.
Downtown Phoenix with skyscrapers in 2006. Downtown Phoenix is the central business district (CBD) of the City of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is in the heart of the Phoenix metropolitan area or Valley of the Sun. Phoenix, being the county seat of Maricopa County and the capital of Arizona, serves as the center of politics, justice and ...
The locals told travelers it "got named by a bunch of drunks." [2] Nothing has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[3]The settlement was established in 1977 by Richard "Buddy" Kenworthy, [4] located 118 miles (190 km) northwest of Phoenix, [5] and 23 miles (37 km) south of Wikieup, the "rattlesnake capital of Arizona."
The Pioneer and Military Memorial Park is the official name given to seven historic cemeteries in Phoenix, Arizona. The cemeteries were founded in 1884 in what was known as "Block 32". On February 1, 2007, "Block 32" was renamed Pioneer and Military Memorial Park. The Pioneer and Military Memorial Park is listed in the National Register of ...