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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.
Hayden's mill opens in the Phoenix/Tempe area. It will remain in operation for more than 100 years. [53] Phoenix's formal patent for the town site is formally granted. [53] Salt River floods. [53] 1875 – Salt River floods. [53] 1876 July 1: Territorial Prison built in Yuma. First prison in Arizona. [59] Empire Ranch is founded in southeastern ...
The history of Phoenix, Arizona, goes back millennia, beginning with nomadic paleo-Indians who existed in the Americas in general, and the Salt River Valley in particular, about 7,000 BC until about 6,000 BC. Mammoths were the primary prey of hunters. As that prey moved eastward, they followed, vacating the area. [ 1 ]
Hayden's mill opens. It will remain in operation for more than 100 years. [10] Phoenix's formal patent for the town site is formally granted. [10] Salt River floods. [10] 1875 – Salt River floods. [10] 1877 – Maricopa Library Association organized. [12] 1878 Salt River Herald, the valley's first newspaper, begins publication. [16]
100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states ... Legal access to the ballot was denied under existing state constitutional provisions and statutes ...
Arizona is the sixth largest state by area, ranked after New Mexico and before Nevada. Of the state's 113,998 square miles (295,000 km 2), approximately 15% is privately owned. The remaining area is public forest and parkland, state trust land and Native American reservations.
This list of the prehistoric life of Arizona contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Arizona.
Arizona has had five female governors, the most in the United States, and was the first—and until 2019 (when Michelle Lujan Grisham succeeded Susana Martinez in neighboring New Mexico) the only —state where female governors served consecutively. The current governor as of January 2, 2023, is Democrat Katie Hobbs.