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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
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
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
2001: Arizona Diamondbacks won
the World Series, beating the New York
Yankees in 7 games
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