Arizona, formerly part of the Territory of New Mexico, was organized as a separate territory on this day in 1863. The United States had acquired the region under the terms of the 1848 Treaty of ...

After Confederate troops won the Battle of Mesilla on July 25, 1861, Col. John Robert Baylor declared himself the military governor of the Confederate Territory of Arizona.

Arizona, the new Territory of. These plans, however, were kept in the background, and the more specious reason assigned for the Gadsden purchase of the immense mineral resources of the territory.

THE CONFEDERATE ARIZONA. A territory named Arizona was first laid out and organized by the Confederate States of America. On the 1st of March, 1861, ...

As a relatively new territory, Arizona was the site of the Civil War's westernmost battles. Confederate sympathizers and invading Texans declared the southern half of New Mexico and Arizona to be ...

The state House of Representatives is taking up what GOP leaders are calling a continuation budget to keep the state running ...

1861: Lt. Col. John R. Baylor proclaims the Confederate Territory of Arizona, with the Territorial capitol at Mesilla, and himself as military governor. The new Confederate Territory extends from ...

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Arizona became its own territory in 1860 but the sparsity of people at the time, with the exception of Tucson, left statehood during the civil war a pipe dream.

Lawmakers and abortion rights advocates criticized the court’s decision to revive a century-old law. “This cruel ban was first enacted in 1864 — more than 150 years ago, before Arizona was ...

Marshall Trimble, a state historian, said Arizona was briefly a Confederate territory and that a Confederate force occupied Tucson for a few weeks during the Civil War.

TONOPAH, AZ, UNITED STATES, October 8, ... As part of its mission, the Old Arizona Territory Museum will offer various educational programs and workshops aimed at school groups, ...