Ukufingqiwe Okufushane Kwomlando wase-Arizona
Ngesikhathi i-Arizona Territory iba uMbuso wase-Arizona ngoFebhuwari 14, 1912 , lo mcimbi waletha ukunakekelwa kwezwe lonke endaweni enobunzima, enemibalabala futhi engacacile. Njengoba ukungena kuka-48 e-Union, i-Arizona kwakungabantu abambalwa - izakhamuzi ezingu-200 000 kuphela naphezu kwenqwaba yomhlaba.
Eminyakeni eyikhulu kamuva ifika kubantu abayizigidi eziyizigidi ezingu-6.5, kanti iPhoenix iba enye yemizi eyishumi enkulu kunazo zonke eMelika.
Ngokwezinga eliphezulu, ubuhle be-Arizona kanye nokuhlukahluka kwayo kwe-Arizona, kusezindaweni zayo, i-Grand Canyon - kuya ehlane laseSonoran, ezindaweni eziphakeme nezintaba eziningi. Kodwa i-Arizona nayo ibona ifa elihlukahlukene lamaThrojani aseMelika, eSpanishi, eMexico nase-Anglo - aqala ngo-Hohokam, Anasazi naseMogollon impucuko ebuyela emuva okungenani iminyaka eyi-10 000.
Kwakuyi-1500 kuphela leyo ndawo eyabangele abahloli bama-Anglo befuna izindawo eziyisikhombisa zegolide ezincane ze-Cibola. Isikhathi esithile, izwe elikhona manje i-Arizona lalingaphansi kokubusa kweSpain bese kuthiwa yiMexico, kuze kube yilapho ekugcineni iba yinsimu yase-US - kanye neNew Mexico - ngo-1848.
Ngomlando walo, e-Arizona wabona umdwebo wabalingiswa abahlanganisa umhloli wamazwe waseSpain uFrancisco Coronado, oyisithunywa sevangeli ubaba u-Eusebio Kino, amadoda asezintabeni anjenge "Bill Bill" noWilliam Weaver, owaziwayo uJohn Wesley Powell, umholi we-Apache uGerimo kanye nomakhi womsele uJack Swilling .
Futhi ungakhohlwa ama-ranchers amaningi, ama-cowboys nabasebenzi bamaminerali abenegalelo emfanekisweni wethu we-Wild West.
Ngosuku luka-Valentine ka-1912, uMongameli Taft wasayina isimemezelo sendawo. Kwakukhona imikhosi kuyo yonke imiphakathi yase-Arizona, futhi uGeorge WP Hunt waba umbusi wokuqala.
Emashumini eminyaka ngaphambi kokuhlelwa kwesimiso sezomthetho kanye nangemva kwalokho, izimbalwa eziningi zafaka isandla ekukhuleni kukaGrand Canyon State: kwadingeka ukuba umhlaba ukhulule kakhulu ekukhuliseni izinkomo, kwaba nesimo sezulu esivumelwaneni esasikhulekele kwenye indawo, ukuhweba.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Arizona yayinezimayini; empeleni, yaba ngumkhiqizi omkhulu wezwe wethusi, kanye nokunikeza isiliva, igolide, i-uranium nomholi. Ukuvulwa kweDamu laseRoosevelt ngo-1911 kanye nokuphumelela okusha ekuniseleni kwabuye kwakha ukukhula. Ngaphezu kwalokho, isimo sezulu esomile sasikhangisa labo abafuna impilo engcono, futhi ngawo-1930, isimo sezulu sasiba indawo evamile. Ngekhulu leminyaka lama-20, idumela lase-Arizona lakhula ngaphansi kwesibhakela se- The Five Cs : isimo sezulu, ithusi, izinkomo, ukotini kanye ne-citrus.
Amabhuku anconyiwe ngomlando we-Arizona:
- I-Arizona: I-Cavalcade History, ka-Marshall Trimble
- I-Arizona: Umlando, nguThomas E. Sheridan
- UGerimoimo: Umuntu, Isikhathi Sakhe, Indawo Yakhe, ngu-Angie Debo
- Umlando Wendlela Yase-Arizona, ka-Marshall Trimble
Funda kabanzi mayelana nomlando we-Arizona ku-intanethi:
Izinganekwane zaseMelika: i-Arizona Legends
I-State of Arizona's Kids Page