11 Amazing Events In Arizona's History
Arizona is one of the newer states, but it has been around for a long time. Here are some of the essential things in Arizona's history, from what happened before the Civil War to what powerful politicians did and the tragedies that occurred to Arizonans. 1901: President William McKinley visits On May 7, 1901, President William McKinley and his Cabinet arrived in the state. Four months later, he was shot and died. One of their stops is in Phoenix, the capital. The another is in Congress, a small town with a gold mine. The rest of the country can see from the visit that the Territory of Arizona did well in business. 1903: The Salt River Water Users' Association was created, and the Roosevelt Dam was built People from the Valley, led by Dwight Heard and a few other famous people, formed the association in 1903. They worried that summer droughts were hurting the farming economy, so they helped build Roosevelt Dam in 1911. In the winter, the dam could store water from melting snow