Arizona is thesixth-largest state by area and the14th-most-populous of the 50 states. It is the 48th state and last of thecontiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. Historically part of the territory ofAlta California andNuevo México inNew Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in theMexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848, where the area became part of theNew Mexico Territory. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through theGadsden Purchase.
Fossil Springs, near the headwaters, emits upwards of 20,000 US gallons (76 m3) per minute that flow into the creek year-round.Calcium carbonate, precipitating from the 72 °F (22 °C) water from the springs, createstravertine dams and deposits for several miles downstream. The Fossil Creek system is the fourth largest producer of travertine in the United States. (Full article...)
TheCentral Arizona Project Aqueduct is a diversion canal inArizona in the United States. Theaqueduct diverts water from theColorado River fromLake Havasu City into central and southern Arizona. The Central Arizona Project is a multipurpose water resource development and management project that was designed to provide water to nearly one million acres (4,000 km²) of Indian and non-Indianirrigated agricultural land areas as well asmunicipal water for several Arizona communities.
Burnham was born on aDakota SiouxIndian reservation in Minnesota, in the small village of Tivoli near the city of Mankato; there he learned the ways ofNative Americans as a boy. By the age of 14, he was supporting himself in California, while also learning scouting from some of the last of the cowboys and frontiersmen of theAmerican Southwest. Burnham had little formal education, never finishing high school. After moving to theArizona Territory in the early 1880s, he was drawn into thePleasant Valley War, a feud between families of ranchers and sheepherders. He escaped and later worked as a civilian tracker for theUnited States Army in theApache Wars. Feeling the need for new adventures, Burnham took his family to southern Africa in 1893, seeingCecil Rhodes'sCape to Cairo Railway project as the next undeveloped frontier. (Full article...)
Image 15The Gadsden Purchase (shown with present-day state boundaries and cities) (fromHistory of Arizona)
Image 16This ornate grain basket by Akimel O'odham dates from the early 20th century, showing the Native American dimension to the state's culture (fromHistory of Arizona)
Image 21Major airfields in Arizona during World War II. (fromHistory of Arizona)
Image 22A map showing the extent of the Ancestral Puebloan, Hohokam, and Mogollon cultures within the American Southwest and Northern Mexico, all three of which were based in what is now Arizona and/orNew Mexico in around 1350 CE (fromHistory of Arizona)
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