1849-1852

== Camp Calhoun was named for John C. Calhoun. It was built in eighteen forty nine. The people who built this were a military surveying crew. It would be also known as Fort Yuma. It was built along the west side of the Colorado River. The crew who started the camp also began the first of the ferries across the Colorado River. == == In eighteen fifty a series of bills were passed. They were called the compromise of eighteen fifty. The bills were concerning slavery. These bills allowed citizens of the Utah and New Mexico territories to decide if slavery would be allowed. Present day Arizona would also be included. Texas would eventually get involved in this. == == In eighteen fifty one Fort Defiance was put together. It was put together by a U.S Army presence on rich Navajo grassland. It was abandoned around the time of the Civil War. It was attacked in eighteen sixty. The attacked was unsuccessful. In eighteen sixty eight it was put back together. It was turned into an Indian agency he die day ==

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