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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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