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Nevada (Nevada, United States) (search for this): entry arizona
Arizona (Arizona, United States) (search for this): entry arizona
Arizona,
A Territory in the extreme southwestern portion of the republic, lying on the border of Mexico.
The region was early known to Spanish explorers.
As early as 1526.
Don Jose Vasconcellos, a follower of Cortez, crossed the centre of this Territory towards the Great Cañon, and the region was afterwards visited by othe ere are found walls of solid masonry, usually two stories in height.
It is estimated that fully 100,000 people must have inhabited the valley of the Gila alone.
Arizona was settled by Spanish missionaries from Mexico as early as 1687.
These missions were principally seated on the Lower Colorado and Gila rivers.
The Territory fo mountainous region, and some of the northern portion remains unexplored.
Population in 1890, 59,691; in 1900, 122,212.
To one of the pioneer explorers of the Arizona region the Zuni Indians gave the following account of their origin as preserved in their traditions.
Their legend relates that in the beginning a race of men spr
Colorado (Colorado, United States) (search for this): entry arizona
United States (United States) (search for this): entry arizona
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): entry arizona
Arizona,
A Territory in the extreme southwestern portion of the republic, lying on the border of Mexico.
The region was early known to Spanish explorers.
As early as 1526.
Don Jose Vasconcellos, a follower of Cortez, crossed the centre of this Territory towards the Great Cañon, and the region was afterwards visited by oth stories in height.
It is estimated that fully 100,000 people must have inhabited the valley of the Gila alone.
Arizona was settled by Spanish missionaries from Mexico as early as 1687.
These missions were principally seated on the Lower Colorado and Gila rivers.
The Territory formed a part of Mexico until its purchase by the Mexico until its purchase by the United States in 1850.
It was organized into a Territory by act of Congress, Feb. 24, 1863, with its area described as comprising all the United States lands west of longitude 109° to the California line.
Since then the northwest corner has been ceded to Nevada.
It is a mountainous region, and some of the northern portion remai
Gila (Arizona, United States) (search for this): entry arizona
California (California, United States) (search for this): entry arizona
Benjamin J. Franklin (search for this): entry arizona
Frederick Tuttle (search for this): entry arizona
John N. Irwin (search for this): entry arizona