History of Arizona - Prehistory

History of Arizona - The Paleo-Indians and Archaic peoples. According to the best archaeological and geological evidence available, Paleolithic, mammoth-hunting families moved into northwestern North America sometime between 16,000 BC and 10,000 BC. In central Alaska, they found their passage blocked by a huge sheet of ice until a temporary recession in the last ice age that opened up an ice-free corridor through northwestern Canada, allowing bands to fan out throughout the rest of the continent. The earliest und ...

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Main article: The Great Depression and the World Wars in Arizona In 1917, the United States entered into the first World War, thus beginning a boom in the economy of Arizona. After suffering through the Great Depression, the implementation of the New Deal and another economic boom after World War II brought Arizona back into a state of stability. During this timeframe, industries such as cotton, copper, farming, and mining began to flourish in the state. The military began using Phoenix and Tucson for military bases and ...

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In recent times, Arizona has become a major warm-weather tourist and retirement destination, much like Florida. A major part of the tourism industry is based on the presence of the Grand Canyon. In 1963, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Arizona over California in a dispute over Arizona's share of the Colorado River. Five years after the decision, authorization was given for the construction of the Central Arizona Project, which was not completed until 1991^{See also:}

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Main article: Arizona Territory Early during the Civil War, Arizona Territory and the territory belonging to the Confederate States of America that temporarily overlapped it were regarded as a valuable route for possible access to the Pacific Ocean, with the specific intention of capturing California. The battle of Picacho Pass was the westernmost battle of the Civil War, and the only one to be fought in Arizona. During the war, U.S. presidios were moved to New Mexico, leaving Arizona vulnerable to Native American attack ...

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Main article: Mexican Arizona In 1821, Mexico won its independence from Spain after a decade of war. The revolution had destroyed the colonial silver mining industry and had bankrupted the national treasury [4]. Along the northern frontier, funds that had supported missions, presidios and Apache peace camps nearly disappeared. As a result, Apaches once again began raiding, running off horse herds, and killing anyone caught outside presidia ...

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Main article: European colonization of Arizona Although the first European visitors to Arizona may have come in 1528, the most influential expeditions in early Spanish Arizona were those of Marcos de Niza and Francisco Vásquez de Coronado[3]. The accounts of the early Spanish explorers of large mythical cities like Cíbola and large mineral deposits of copper and silver would attract settlers and miners to the region in later year ...

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Main article: Spanish Arizona Although the Spanish did not yet have towns for themselves, in the late 17th century colonists began steadily entering the region, attracted by the recent discovery of deposits of silver around the Arizonac mining camp. Most of the colonists left after Juan Bautista de Anza announced it had merely been buried treasure; however, several stayed and became subsistence farmers. During the mid-18th century, the pioneers of Arizona tried to expand their territory northward, but were prevented from doing so by the Tohono O'Odham and Apache Native American ...

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