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Bookmark or Share- Life in the Arizona Territory - Women & the American StoryArizona was originally part of the New Mexico Territory. It became its own territory in 1863 and a state in 1912. In the 1860s, miners discovered gold and silver in Arizona. This attracted many fortune seekers from the eastern United States.
- Arizona - WikipediaThe Federal government declared a new U.S. Arizona Territory, consisting of the western half of earlier New Mexico Territory, in Washington, D.C., on February 24, 1863. [34] These new boundaries would later form the basis of the state.
- Arizona’s Path to Statehood: The Struggle for Admission to the UnionFrom its early days as a territory through various political battles and shifts in national priorities, Arizona’s path to becoming the 48th state in the Union was marked by struggle, negotiation, and perseverance.
- Arizona organized as a separate territory: Feb. 24, 1863Arizona, formerly part of the Territory of New Mexico, was organized as a separate territory on this day in 1863.
- Arizona Territory - WikipediaThe Territory of Arizona, commonly known as the Arizona Territory, was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863, [1] until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Arizona.
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