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The history of Arizona encompasses the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Post-Archaic, Spanish, Mexican, and American periods. About 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, Paleo-Indians settled in what is now Arizona. A few thousand years ago, the Ancestral Puebloan, the Hohokam, the Mogollon and the Sinagua cultures inhabited the state.
February 14, 1912. Arizona becomes 48th state. February 26, 1919. Grand Canyon National Park is created. November 3, 1964. Barry Goldwater loses the U.S. presidential election. September 21, 1981. Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. Part of a series on the.
Arizona Territory (CSA), 1861–1865. 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 ...
Twenty Arizona municipalities were incorporated before 1912, when the state was admitted to the Union. As such, these cities and towns were incorporated by means other than those stipulated by current state law and the constitution. Phoenix, for example, was incorporated in 1881 by an act of the Territorial Legislature. [16]
t. e. 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. It was created from the western half of the New Mexico Territory during the ...
It has been suggested that this article be into . () Proposed since August 2024. This timeline is a chronology of significant events in the history of the U.S. State of Arizona and the historical area now occupied by the state. 2000s 1900s Statehood 1800s Territory 1700s 1600s 1500s Before 1492.
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October 20: Town site selected in what is currently downtown Phoenix. [8] [11] Town laid out, [12] [13] original town site consists of 320 acres, or 0.5 square miles. [8] [14] Population of the Salt River Valley reaches 240, the Arizona Territory has 9,658 people. [10] 1700 acres under cultivation in the Salt River Valley. [10] Maricopa Canal ...