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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.
Nov 9, 2009 · Arizona, the Grand Canyon state, was originally part of Spanish and Mexican territories. The land was ceded to the United States in 1848 and became a separate territory in 1863.
3 days ago · Arizona achieved statehood on February 14, 1912, the last of the 48 conterminous United States to be admitted to the union. Facts & Stats. Capital, Population, Government... Arizona is a land of contradictions.
History of Arizona. Early settlement. Prehistoric peoples. dinosaur tracks. Dinosaur tracks near Tuba City, Arizona. Although the region’s physical environment may appear inhospitable to habitation and subsistence, Arizona contains some of North America’s oldest records of human occupation.
City of Santa Fe founded. 1629. Franciscans establish missions in Hopiland, the first Europeans to reside in Arizona. 1687-1711. Father Kino establishes missions in Pimería Alta, along the Rio Santa Cruz and Rio San Pedro. 1736. Great silver discovery at Arisonac. 1751. Great Pima Indian Revolt.
Historically part of the territory of Alta California and Nuevo México in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848, where the area became part of the territory of New Mexico.
This timeline is a chronology of significant events in the history of the U.S. State of Arizona and the historical area now occupied by the state.
