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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
1942. April 1: the Desert Training Center, formed by General George S. Patton, is created. The base, located in the Mojave Desert in Southern California and the Sonoran Desert in western Arizona, stretched to within 50 miles of Phoenix. [8][45] June 22: Thunderbird Field #2 opens in nearby Scottsdale.
The history of Phoenix, Arizona, goes back millennia, beginning with nomadic paleo-Indians who existed in the Americas in general, and the Salt River Valley in particular, about 7,000 BC until about 6,000 BC. Mammoths were the primary prey of hunters. As that prey moved eastward, they followed, vacating the area. [1]
Arizona during World War II. Categories: Arizona. History of the United States by state or territory. History of the American West. History of the Southwestern United States. Hidden categories: Commons category link from Wikidata. Automatic category TOC generates no TOC.
1882 hand-colored map depicting the western half of the continental United States. This timeline of the American Old West is a chronologically ordered list of events significant to the development of the American West as a region of the continental United States. The term "American Old West" refers to a vast geographical area and lengthy time ...