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The history of Arizona encompasses the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Post-Archaic, Spanish, Mexican, and American periods. About 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, Paleo-Indians settled in what is now Arizona. A few thousand years ago, the Ancestral Puebloan, the Hohokam, the Mogollon and the Sinagua cultures inhabited the state.
Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. Historically part of the territory of Alta California and Nuevo México in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821.
It has been suggested that this article be into . () Proposed since August 2024. This timeline is a chronology of significant events in the history of the U.S. State of Arizona and the historical area now occupied by the state. 2000s 1900s Statehood 1800s Territory 1700s 1600s 1500s Before 1492.
February 14, 1912. Arizona becomes 48th state. February 26, 1919. Grand Canyon National Park is created. November 3, 1964. Barry Goldwater loses the U.S. presidential election. September 21, 1981. Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. Part of a series on the.
Missouri Compromise, 1820 federal statute enabling the admission of Missouri (a slave state) and Maine (a free state) into the Union. Toledo War, 1835–36 boundary dispute between Ohio and the adjoining Michigan Territory, which delayed Michigan's admission to the Union. Texas annexation, the 1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into ...
An enlargeable map of the United States after the admission of Arizona to the Union on February 14, 1912. An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since Hawaiiʻi was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959. The following timeline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Arizona.
asu.edu. Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university [10] in the Phoenix metropolitan area. [11] Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the United States. [12]
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. It was created from the western half of the New Mexico Territory during the ...