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  1. Skyline view of Phoenix — looking northeast from a helicopter, from above the 4th Avenue. The history of Phoenix, Arizona, goes back millennia, beginning with nomadic paleo-Indians who existed in the Americas in general, and the Salt River Valley in particular, about 7,000 BC until about 6,000 BC. Mammoths were the primary prey of hunters.

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      Phoenix (/ ˈ f iː n ɪ k s / FEE-niks; Spanish: Fénix;) is...

  2. Phoenix (/ ˈ f iː n ɪ k s / FEE-niks; Spanish: Fénix;) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country.

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  4. The history of Phoenix, Arizona, goes back millennia, beginning with nomadic paleo-Indians who existed in the Americas in general, and the Salt River Valley in particular, about 7,000 BC until about 6,000 BC. Mammoths were the primary prey of hunters. As that prey moved eastward, they followed, vacating the area. Other nomadic tribes moved into the area, mostly from Mexico to the south and ...

  5. www.phoenix.gov › pio › city-publicationsCity of Phoenix History

    Official entry was made at the Florence Land Office on Nov. 19, 1873. The total cost of the Phoenix Townsite of 320 acres was $550, including all expenses for services. Cyclists adding to to the heavy traffic at Washington and First streets in the late 1880s. In 1874, downtown lots were selling for $7 to $11 each.

  6. The history of Arizona encompasses the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Post-Archaic, Spanish, Mexican, and American periods. About 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, Paleo-Indians settled in what is now Arizona. A few thousand years ago, the Ancestral Puebloan, the Hohokam, the Mogollon and the Sinagua cultures inhabited the state.

  7. Phoenix is the capital and the largest city in the U.S. state of Arizona. The city is the county seat of Maricopa County. It is the largest capital city in the United States and the only capital with over more than million people. [5] The city is along the normally dry Salt River. It became a city on February 25, 1881.

  8. Desert cities: the environmental history of Phoenix and Tucson. History of the urban environment. Pittsburgh, Pa: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 9780822942948; Reynolds, Kate. Insiders' Guide to Phoenix, 6th ed. (Insiders' Guide Series) 2008, ISBN 0762748680. External links. All links retrieved November 23, 2022. City of Phoenix Website

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