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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 ...
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona. [1] Phoenix was incorporated as a city in 1881, after being founded in 1867 near the Salt River close to its confluence with the Gila River. The city has numerous historic properties which have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places. There are also 33 ...
The Phoenix Historic Property Register is the official listing of the historic and prehistoric properties in the city of Phoenix, the capital and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona. [1] The city's register includes most or all places in Phoenix listed on the National Register of Historic Places and many more of local significance.
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. The locations of National Register ...
Arizona State College becomes Arizona State University. [142] The first Cactus Fly-In, a show of vintage aircraft, takes place at Casa Grande Airport. [178] Phoenix Flyers Club established. [179] Radio station KVNA begins broadcasting on AM from Flagstaff. An FM counterpart would begin broadcasting in 1999. 1959 Phoenix Art Museum opens. [131]
Duppa is recognized as one of the founders of Phoenix, Arizona, with his friend Swilling, and eventually built a ranch north of Phoenix. Phoenix was founded in 1868 and incorporated in 1881, and the name proposed by Duppa came from the story of the mythical Phoenix's rebirth from the ashes, the basis being the rebirth of a city of canals that was rebuilt on the site of the ancient Hohokam ...
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Arizona on June 19, 1862. 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.