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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 Arizona Inn (built in 1930) and the Tucson Botanical Gardens are also in Central Tucson. Tucson's largest park, Reid Park , is in midtown and includes Reid Park Zoo and Hi Corbett Field . Speedway Boulevard, a major east–west arterial road in central Tucson, was named the "ugliest street in America" by Life in the early 1970s, quoting ...
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
Arizona State Miner – Randsburg, California and Wickenburg 1890s – 1920s [29] Arizona Sun – Phoenix 1940s – 1960s [30] The Arizona Times – Tucson in the 1920s and 1930s [31] Arizona Tribune – Phoenix 1950s – 1970s [32] Arizona Weekly Citizen – Tucson 1880s – 1890s [33] See also: Arizona Citizen, Tucson Citizen, Arizona Daily ...
The Tucson airport saw rainfall of 0.37 inches (9.4 mm), while the University of Arizona reported 0.89 inches (23 mm) of rain. The rain from Javier flooded several roads in the city and, combined with frequent lightning , forced the university to delay one of its football games.
Four counties (Mohave, Pima, Yavapai and Yuma) were created in 1864 following the organization of the Arizona Territory in 1862. The now defunct Pah-Ute County was split from Mohave County in 1865, but merged back in 1871. All but La Paz County were created by the time Arizona was granted statehood in 1912.
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 ...
With the construction of the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson, on August 20, 1775, Tucson became the first European city in what would become Arizona. In 1822, Arizona became part of the state of Sonora, Mexico , but most of current Arizona was transferred to the United States as a result of the Mexican–American War , with the rest ...