The history of Arizona encompasses the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Post-Archaic, Spanish, Mexican, and American periods. About 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, Paleo-Indians settled in what is now Arizona. A few thousand years … See more

The Archaic time frame is defined culturally as a transition from a hunting/gathering lifestyle to one involving agriculture and permanent, if only seasonally occupied, settlements. In the Southwest, the Archaic is generally dated from 8000 years … See more

The history of Arizona as recorded by Europeans began in 1539 with the first documented exploration of the area by Marcos de Niza, … See more

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By 1869 Americans were reading John Wesley Powell's reports of his explorations of the Colorado … See more

Paleo-Indians settled what is now Arizona around 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. According to most archaeologists, the Paleo-Indians initially followed herds of big game— See more

In the Post-Archaic period, the Ancestral Puebloan, the Hohokam, the Mogollon and Sinagua cultures inhabited what is now Arizona. These cultures built structures made out … See more

Starting in 1853, the entirety of present-day Arizona was part of the New Mexico Territory.
In 1849, the California Gold Rush led as many as 50,000 … See more