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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 ...
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 ...
This is a list, which includes photographic galleries, of some of the remaining historic structures and monuments, of historic significance, in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Included are photographs of properties identified by the African, Asian and Hispanic historic property surveys of the City of Phoenix, focusing on the themes of history ...
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 ...
Prescott became the territory's first capital, which would transfer to Tucson in 1867, then back to Prescott in 1877, before settling finally in Phoenix in 1889. Arizona achieved statehood in 1912, becoming the 48th state, with Phoenix remaining the capital of the new state.
The original Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. The capital of Arizona is Phoenix. The original Capitol building, with its distinctive copper dome, was dedicated in 1901 (construction was completed for $136,000 in 1900) when the area was a territory. Phoenix became the official state capital with Arizona's admission to the union in 1912. [125]
Larson, Kelli L., Annie Gustafson, and Paul Hirt. "Insatiable thirst and a finite supply: an assessment of municipal water-conservation policy in greater Phoenix, Arizona, 1980–2007." Journal of Policy History 21.2 (2009): 107–137. online; Logan, Michael F. (2006). Desert Cities: The Environmental History of Phoenix and Tucson. U. of ...
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.