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The Hieroglyphic Mountains are a mountain range located in central Arizona. The Hieroglyphics roughly straddle the border between Maricopa and Yavapai counties and form an effective physical barrier northwest of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. Due to their proximity to Phoenix and its environs, the mountains offer a number of outdoor ...
Historical Atlas of Arizona (2nd ed.). Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Webb, Robert H., et al. Requiem for the Santa Cruz: an environmental history of an Arizona river (University of Arizona Press, 2014) online. Wilson, James A. "The Arizona Cattle Industry: Its Political and Public Image 1950–1963." Arizona and the West (1966): 339–348.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the annexation of northwestern Arizona on January 18, 1867. An enlargeable map of the United States after the admission of Arizona to the Union on February 14, 1912. An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since Hawaiiʻi was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959.
1736 – Silver discovered on the ranch of the Basque settler, Bernardo de Urrea , near the Guevavi mission. The name of Urrea's ranch was Arizona, meaning "the good oak tree". [24] 1751 – The O'odham people rebel against the Spanish, but the rebellion is put down. [25]
Arizona is known as the Copper State because it produces two-thirds of US copper annually. Laramide copper porphyry deposits are common around Tucson and include the Twin Buttes, Sierrita-Esperanza, Rosemont, Silver Bell and Mission-Pima mines, as well as the historical Ajo mine to the west.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in Arizona on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
Nearly seven dozen albarradas, or limestone walls, were discovered in Quintana Roo, officials said. Ancient walls — that served as ‘Google Maps’ for the Mayans — discovered in Mexico Skip ...
He attributes the original citation to M. Kraig Roberts. Mr. Roberts's article is titled “History of the Chain Of Possession Of The Stone Maps”. The Journal article is a history of the white stone. The white sandstone has a side showing a Priest who is assembling the Peralta Stones to form the map. The reverse side is known as the Horse Map.