ARIZONA

Territory to Statehood:

1863 - 1912

Arizona Timeline

1803 – Louisiana Purchase

1821 – Independence of Mexico

1845– U.S. war with Mexico New Mexico became territory Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago

1853 – Gadsden Purchase

1862 – Civil War

In Arizona – Battle of Picacho at

Picacho Peak, AZ

Battle between the Union cavalry patrol from California and a party of Confederate pickets from Tucson.

February 24, 1863 – Arizona becomes

Territory (separate from New Mexico)

Charles D. Poston, the “Father of Arizona”Goes to Washington D.C. to interest President Lincoln

in making Arizona aterritory.Became Delegate

in 1864Chino Valley, capital

Capital moves

1864 – moves from Chino Valley to Prescott1867 – moves to Tucson1877 – moves to Prescott

1889 – moves to Phoenix for last time

Arizona Territory Officials1863 – 1866; 1st Governor,

John N. Goodwin

Became Arizona’s Delegate to

the U.S. Congress in 1866-67

He submitted several bills

for military aid to fight

hostile Indians and establish

postal routes

Appointed by Pres. Lincoln

Arizona Territory OfficialsSecretary Richard C. McCormickBecame Second Governor in 1866Became Delegate in 1869Appointed by Pres. LincolnTraveled with GoodwinStarted first 2 newspapersof ArizonaAsked for Troops to help tamethe Apaches.

Arizona Territory OfficialsIn 1869, Anson P.K. Safford became 3rd Governor.He started the public school system, giving him the titleof “Father of the ArizonaPublic Schools”Developed Volunteer troopsto fight hostile Indians andMexican outlaws.Made highway robberies acapital offense and built the Yuma Territorial Prison.

1875 – Copper

1st mine in Arizona

1877 – Silver deposits discoveredGlobe, Arizona – 1st Silver Mine

Mine Rescue

Station

1880 Southern Pacific Railroad is completed across Arizona

Yuma, Arizona … bridge for the Railroad

1881 - 1st Territorial Fair, Phoenix

1886 – Indian Wars end. Geronimo and Apaches surrender It took 5,000 troops to capture Geronimo They paraded him aroundvarious Wild West Shows

Geronimo ended his days as a prisoner of war in Oklahoma dying from

pneumonia at the age of 79.

1891 – First university class

At the University of Arizona“The University of Arizona came into being in a time when college education was neither common nor a high priority. Classes met for the first time in 1891 with 32 students and six teachers. The first two colleges, Agriculture and Mines, held classes in the university's only building -- Old Main -- which is still in use today “

1902 – Plans for statehood

New Mexico became a state January 6, 1912

1910 – Convention held in ArizonaThe Arizona State Constitution was drafted and ratified during the Constitutional Convention of

1910.

1912 – February 14th

Arizona is admitted as the 48th state!

President Taft signed the bill.

Arizona State’s 1st GovernorGeorge W. P. Hunt

is elected first governor.