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…to increase and diffuse the knowledge and appreciation of the history of Mohave County, Arizona, and its early settlers and inhabitants; to maintain a museum in the City of Kingman, Arizona; to collect and preserve objects of historical and scientific interest; to protect historical and prehistoric sites, works of art and scenic places from ...
Pinedale, Arizona: Ruins of a multistoried pueblo of 200–250 rooms, AD 1275–1325 (late Pueblo III Era and/or early Pueblo IV Era). Betatakin: Ancestral Pueblo Kayenta: Navajo Reservation: Grand house Ruins located at the Navajo National Monument. Box Canyon Ruins: Flagstaff Ruins located in the Wupatki National Monument. Canyon Creek Ruins ...
Kingman is a city in and the county seat of Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is named after Lewis Kingman , an engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad . It is located 105 miles (169 km) southeast of Las Vegas , Nevada, and 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Arizona's state capital, Phoenix . [ 5 ]
In 1967, the first building was erected and inaugurated in 1968 in the Chamber's parking lot. The artist Roy Purcell, who painted the ‘Journey’ rock murals in Chloride, Arizona was the first director in the new building and he developed many of the displays still in use today, including the Hualapai Indian room and the Mohave History room ...
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The Northern Avenue Petroglyph Site, in Kingman, Arizona, is a 0.2-acre (0.081 ha) archeological site that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It has also been known as "AZ F;12:22(ASM)". It served as a ceremonial site and an animal facility, in prehistory. [1]
Indigenous peoples of Arizona are the Native American people who currently live or have historically lived in what is now the state of Arizona. There are 22 federally recognized tribes in Arizona, including 17 with reservations that lie entirely within its borders. Reservations make up over a quarter of the state's land area.
Important dates in Arizona's history Flag of Arizona; 1539 Marcos de Niza explores Arizona February 2, 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; Most of Arizona passes to U.S. December 30, 1853 Gadsden Purchase; U.S. obtains rest of Arizona February 24, 1863 Arizona Territory created 1877 Silver discovered near Tombstone February 14, 1912 Arizona ...