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    The Territory of Arizona, commonly known as the Arizona Territory, was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863, until February...
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    appointed. Arizona Territory was formed on February 24, 1863, from New Mexico Territory, remaining a territory for 49 years. The state of Arizona was admitted...
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    Arizona Territory, colloquially referred to as Confederate Arizona, was an organized incorporated territory of the Confederate States of America that...
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    of northern Mexico, including what later became Arizona Territory in 1863 and later the State of Arizona in 1912. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)...
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  • The capital of the Arizona Territory was established in Prescott, but was moved to Tucson, back to Prescott, and finally to Phoenix over 25 years as political...
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    the "Arizona Organic Act", which split off the western portion of the 12-year-old New Mexico Territory, establishing the new Arizona Territory, where...
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  • members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arizona. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States...
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  • The Arizona Supreme Court is the state supreme court of the U.S. state of Arizona. Sitting in the Supreme Court building in downtown Phoenix, the court...
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    state of Arizona. Four counties (Mohave, Pima, Yavapai and Yuma) were created in 1864 following the organization of the Arizona Territory in 1862. The...
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    Pah-Ute County is a former county in the northwest corner of Arizona Territory that existed from 1865 until 1871, at which point most of the area was...
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    Purchase from Mexico in 1853. The original county consisted of all of Arizona Territory east of longitude 113° 20' and south of the Gila River. Soon thereafter...
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  • organizations. In 1901, the Arizona Rangers were created to rid the Arizona Territory of outlaws and corruption. At the time, the Territory was very dangerous...
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    is now Arizona south of the Gila River in 1854. In 1863, Arizona was split off from the Territory of New Mexico to form the Arizona Territory. The remoteness...
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  • Arizona Territory is a 1950 American Western film directed by Wallace Fox and written by Adele Buffington. The film stars Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Nancy...
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    Arizona, United States. As of 2020 Census, the city's population was 45,827. In 1864, Prescott was designated as the capital of the Arizona Territory...
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    was one of the four original Arizona counties created by the 1st Arizona Territorial Legislature. The county territory was defined as being east of longitude...
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    other house. Congress formed the New Mexico Territory in 1850 consisting of the land that is now Arizona north of the Gila River, along with what is now...
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    and was incorporated as a city in 1881. It became the capital of Arizona Territory in 1889. Its canal system led to a thriving farming community with...
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  • William Thompson Howell (category Justices of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court)
    also served as a judge in the newly formed Arizona Territory where he was a principal author of the territory's first legal code, the Howell Code. Howell...
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    the first university in the Arizona Territory. The University of Arizona is one of three universities governed by the Arizona Board of Regents. As of Fall...
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    County (/ˌmærɪˈkoʊpə/) is in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,420,568, or about 62% of the...
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    The New Mexico Territory, comprising what are today the U.S. states of New Mexico and Arizona, as well as the southern portion of Nevada, played a small...
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    part of the U.S. state of Arizona. According to the 2020 census, the population of the county was 425,264, making it Arizona's third-most populous county...
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    southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,563, making it Arizona's least populous county. The county seat...
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    The Arizona attorney general is the chief legal officer of the State of Arizona, in the United States. This state officer is the head of the Arizona Department...
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    Cochise County, Arizona, United States, founded in 1879 by prospector Ed Schieffelin in what was then Pima County, Arizona Territory. It became one of...
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  • Luke Short-Charlie Storms Gunfight, February 25, 1881, Tombstone, Arizona Territory Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight, April 14, 1881, El Paso, Texas...
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    part of the Arizona Capitol Museum. Museum exhibits, events, and programs focus on the evolution of Arizona from Territory to State. The Arizona Takes Shape...
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    lived for a significant period of time in the U.S. state of Arizona and/or the Arizona Territory. Russell Merle Genet – research scholar and astronomer Joseph...
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    In 1863, during the American Civil War, Congress established the Arizona Territory to improve regional administration. It operated until 1912 when it...
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