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In 1885, the University of Arizona was founded in Tucson – it was situated in the countryside, outside the city limits of the time. During the territorial and early statehood periods, Tucson was Arizona's largest city and commercial and railroad center, [6] while Phoenix was the seat of state government (beginning in 1889) and agriculture ...
Tucson's Stone Avenue, 1880 Courthouse in Tucson, 1898. The Tucson area was probably first visited by Paleo-Indians, who were known to have been in southern Arizona about 12,000 years ago.
Estelle M. Buehman (1911), Old Tucson: a hop, skip and jump history from 1539 Indian settlement to new and greater Tucson, Tucson, Ariz: State Consolidated Publishing Co., OCLC 12268599, OL 6530481M George Wharton James (1917), "Old – Tucson – New" , Arizona, the Wonderland , Boston: Page Company
Old Tucson (aka Old Tucson Studios) is an American movie studio and theme park just west of Tucson, Arizona, ... Nevada, for the first time since 1938 two days later. [8]
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 ...
On March 21, 1968, the Arizona legislature passed the final version of SB 1, placing Arizona under standard time. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The bill had been working its way through the legislature since January of that year, and was sponsored by state Senators Tenney, Goetze, Porter, Halacy, Garfield, Campbell, Lewis, Gregovich, Giss, Crowley, and Holsclaw.
The Old Main, University of Arizona – also known as the University of Arizona School of Agriculture, was built in 1875 and is located in the University of Arizona campus of Tucson. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, ref. : #72000199.
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 .