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Timeline (Page 1)
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
Timeline continued...