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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 (/ ˈ f iː n ɪ k s / ⓘ FEE-niks [8] [9]) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,662,607 residents as of 2024.It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country.
Signing of Arizona statehood bill in 1912. Arizona's first Congressman was Carl Hayden (1877–1972). [47] He was the son of a Yankee merchant who had moved to Tempe because he needed dry heat for his bad lungs.
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]
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 ...
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 border with Arizona.
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.