1876-1883

Dana and Joy

On July1,1876 seven people entered the Territorial prison in Yuma and were locked in the cells they had built themselves. At Yuma territorial prison state historic park they show everything that was in the prison. The prison is now a museum. There was a total of 3,069, including 29 women. It took 33 years to build the prison. Phoenix, it is very hot there. Western Apache is surprisingly the most popular city in the U.S. State of Arizona and the most popular city in the United states. It is located along the dry Salt River. It was made on February 25, 1881. There were was a about 1,512,986. It was the fifth largest city in the U.S. There was 515 square miles in Phoenix. It was the 10th highest area for a city in the U.S. The fifth largest state in the U.S is Phoenix. Phoenix has a population increased 35.5% from 1990. Phoenix was named as a city in 1881. It was founded in 1862 by the Salt River. The pathfinder is one of the most important figures in the united states. He ran for president of the united states. He did a lot of deeds and good things. In Arizona he is only known for as little as he was governor of Arizona. He spent little time in the territory. On February they incorporated Phoenix. A few years later the Phoenicians elected John T. Alsop as mayor. The railroad was called to go to the Southern Pacific Railroad to the San Francisco Railroad through California, Arizona, and New Mexico to El Paso. On 1868 the railroad would not reach until it reached New Orleans. The Southern Pasific Railroad assistant chief engineer was William Hood. He made the method of eighteen tunnels in twenty eight miles of track going down the Tehachapi mountain. The Tehachapi mountain was one of the hardest mountains to build railroads on. It just gets higher and higher.

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