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Southwest Key-Casa Quetzal in Houston, Texas which held 233 unaccompanied minors as of May 2018 [22] Casa San Diego in El Cajón, California, holds 65 boys aged 6 to 17. About 10% of them were children separated from their families as of mid-June 2018. [28] [29] Casa Lemon Grove in Lemon Grove, California, a 14-bed center for children aged 6 to ...
Arizona became a U.S. state on February 14, 1912, coinciding with Valentine's Day. Arizona was the 48th state admitted to the U.S. and the last of the contiguous states to be admitted. [citation needed] Eleanor Roosevelt at the Gila River relocation center, April 23, 1943
Today, countless ancient ruins can be found in Arizona. Arizona was part of the state of Sonora, Mexico from 1822, but the settled population was small. In 1848, under the terms of the Mexican Cession the United States took possession of Arizona above the Gila River after the Mexican War , and became part of the Territory of New Mexico .
"Gold Atlas of Quartzsite, Arizona Volume 2 Southern Dome Rock Mountains"; by: Dr. Erik Melchiorre; ISBN 978-0981763149. "Arizona – Quartzsite Area: Things you may NOT have seen in and around Quartzsite, AZ."; by Joe Lange (Author, Photographer) and Dorothy "Tootie" Jacobs (Contributor); Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN 978-1450541312.
The Roosevelt Reservation is the 60-foot (18 m)-wide strip of land owned by the United States Federal Government along the United States side of the United States–Mexico Border in three of the four border states. Federal and tribal lands make up 632 miles (1,017 km), or approximately 33 percent, of the nearly 2,000 miles (3,200 km) total.
It was the most productive gold mine in the history of Arizona. From 1863 to 1942, the mine produced 340,000 ounces of gold and 260,000 ounces of silver. [1] [2] The Vulture mine was discovered when Henry Wickenburg, a prospector from California's gold rush, stumbled upon a quartz deposit containing gold while traveling in Arizona. Wickenburg ...
University of Arizona Poetry Center founded in Tucson. Old Tucson Studios theme park and El Con Mall open in Tucson. During the 1950s, Phoenix annexed 94.86 square miles of land. [182] Phoenix annexes Maryvale and South Phoenix. [166] Population in Phoenix reaches 439,170. Del Webb's Sun City opens. [166] 1961 Deer Valley is annexed by Phoenix ...
Calexico (/ k ə ˈ l ɛ k s ɪ k oʊ /) is a city in southern Imperial County, California. Situated on the Mexican border, it is linked economically with the much larger city of Mexicali, the capital of the Mexican state of Baja California. [5] It is about 122 miles (196 km) east of San Diego and 62 miles (100 km) west of Yuma, Arizona.