TIMELINE

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700's - 1700's

• (700 A.D. - 1200 A.D.) Pueblo people lived on the land and the Hopi village was founded
• (1539) Father Marcos de Niza, looking for cities of gold, explored Arizona and claimed it for Spain
• (1540) Francisco Coronado explored the area
• (1692) Jesuit priests arrived in the Arizona area
• (1700) San Xavier del Bac mission (White Dove of the Desert) was founded
• (1752) Tubac became first permanent settlement

1800's

• (1821) All of Arizona governed by Mexico
• (1846) The Mexican-American War began
• (1848) The Mexican-American War ended; most of the land became part of the United States of America
• (1854) Copper discovered in Arizona
• (1858) Gold found in the Gila River
• (1862) Confederate troops occupied Tucson; Cochise and Apaches attacked soldiers at Apache Pass
• (1863) Arizona Territory created by Congress, with Prescott as the capital
• (1869) John Wesley Powell explored the Grand Canyon by boat along the Colorado River
• (1881) The first railroad crossed the state
• (1881) The infamous "Gunfight at the OK Corral"
• (1886) The Apache Chief Geronimo finally surrendered, and Indian fighting ended
• (1889) Phoenix became the capital city

1900's

• (1911) The Roosevelt Dam project completed
• (1912) Arizona became the 48th State on February 14th, Valentine's Day
• (1919) Grand Canyon National Park established
• (1930) The planet Pluto discovered by astronomers at the Lowell Observatory
• (1936) Hoover Dam completed and dedicated
• (1948) Arizona native American Indians won the right to vote
• (1964) Barry Goldwater, Arizona Senator, ran for U.S. President
• (1968) London Bridge moved from England, to Lake Havasu City, Arizona
• (1981) Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
• (1991) The Central Arizona (water) Project completed

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