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Estelle M. Buehman (1911), Old Tucson: a hop, skip and jump history from 1539 Indian settlement to new and greater Tucson, Tucson, Ariz: State Consolidated Publishing Co., OCLC 12268599, OL 6530481M George Wharton James (1917), "Old – Tucson – New" , Arizona, the Wonderland , Boston: Page Company
In 1885, the University of Arizona was founded in Tucson – it was situated in the countryside, outside the city limits of the time. During the territorial and early statehood periods, Tucson was Arizona's largest city and commercial and railroad center, [6] while Phoenix was the seat of state government (beginning in 1889) and agriculture ...
Tucson Mall and Casas Adobes Foothills Mall (Arizona) open in Tucson. 1983 The State of Arizona creates La Paz County from a portion of Yuma County. [35] August 4: Riordan Mansion State Historic Park in Flagstaff, is opened to the public. [222] America West Airlines is formed by valley investors. [221] Terry Goddard elected mayor of Phoenix. [221]
Tucson served as the capital of the Arizona Territory from 1867 to 1877. [13] Tucson was Arizona's largest city by population during the territorial period and early statehood, until it was surpassed by Phoenix by 1920. Nevertheless, its population growth remained strong during the late 20th century.
Lucy, Beth and Noel J. Stowe, eds. Arizona at Seventy-Five: The Next Twenty-Five Years (Arizona Historical Society, 1987) Melton, Brad, and Dean Smith, eds. Arizona Goes to War: The Home Front and the Front Lines during World War II (U. of Arizona Press, 2003) Sheridan, Thomas E. (1995). Arizona: A History. Tucson, Arizona: University of ...
In Tucson between April 2 and April 5, 1860, a convention of settlers from the southern half of New Mexico Territory drafted a provisional constitution for "Arizona Territory", three years before the United States would create such a territory. This proposed territory consisted of the part of New Mexico Territory south of 33° 40' north.
Yellowstone timeline explained. While the hit show Yellowstone may have come out first, the Dutton family tree goes back much further than the Paramount show’s premiere. The series has two ...
The Tucson artifacts, sometimes called the Tucson Lead Crosses, Tucson Crosses, Silverbell Road artifacts, or Silverbell artifacts, were thirty-one lead objects that Charles E. Manier and his family found in 1924 near Picture Rocks, Arizona, that were initially thought by some to be created by early Mediterranean civilizations that had crossed the Atlantic in the first century, but were later ...