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After statehood, Phoenix's growth started to accelerate, and by the end of its first eight years under statehood, Phoenix' population had grown to 29,053. Two thousand were attending Phoenix Union High School. In 1920 Phoenix built its first skyscraper, the Heard Building. [64] In 1928 Scenic Airways, Inc. saw profitability in flights in the ...
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 ...
February 14: Arizona becomes the 48th state of the United States; Phoenix becomes the state capital. [30] Women are granted the right to vote. [10] Chandler is founded by Alexander Chandler. [10] 1913 City adopts council-manager form of government (previously mayor-council), becoming one of the first cities in the country to adopt this form of ...
Arizona State College becomes Arizona State University. [142] The first Cactus Fly-In, a show of vintage aircraft, takes place at Casa Grande Airport. [178] Phoenix Flyers Club established. [179] Radio station KVNA begins broadcasting on AM from Flagstaff. An FM counterpart would begin broadcasting in 1999. 1959 Phoenix Art Museum opens. [131]
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of Arizona and New Mexico. History Co.; online free; De Long; Sidney Randolph (1905). The history of Arizona: from the earliest times known to the people of Europe to 1903. Whitaker & Ray. Farish, Thomas Edwin (1918). History of Arizona. Filmer Brothers. vol 5 (early 20th century) online free
The Phoenix Historic Property Register is the official listing of the historic and prehistoric properties in the city of Phoenix, the capital and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona. [1] The city's register includes most or all places in Phoenix listed on the National Register of Historic Places and many more of local significance.
Location of Phoenix in Arizona. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Phoenix, Arizona.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Phoenix, the largest city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.
The Phoenix Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) (officially known as the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler MSA [153]), is one of 10 MSAs in Arizona, and was the 11th largest in the United States, with a 2018 U.S. census population estimate of 4,857,962, up from the 2010 census population of 4,192,887. Consisting of both Pinal and Maricopa counties, the MSA ...