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100 years of statehood, 12,000 years of human history. Experience the events that have shaped Arizona and relive battles, feuds, and discoveries of minerals and metals with slideshows, interactive exhibits, timelines, and maps.
 Discover baskets, sandals, mats, and other preserved fibers representing every indigenous basket-making group in North America from 6,000 years ago to the present. |
Finding Pluto at Lowell Observatory
In 1896, construction of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff brought astronomy to the Southwest, sparking a science and a passion that still blazes in Arizona. For over 100 years its research has sharpened our understanding of the universe.
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Hohokam Rock Art
For more than a thousand years, the Hohokam Indians, early dwellers of central Arizona, created rock—art that is still visible today.
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The Pima Cotton Boom
Pima cotton is one of the world’s best cottons. Created in 1910 on a farm in the Gila River Indian Community, this cotton sparked an economic boom with global implications.
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The Coronado Expedition
While Coronado’s expedition through Arizona in 1540 did not locate gold, the explorers sailed the Colorado River and saw the Grand Canyon.
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Marshall Trimble
Arizona's Official State Historian, Marshall Trimble, shares the ways in which different towns celebrated Arizona’s statehood 100 years ago.
 Stories of riches from the shipwrecked conquistador Cabeza de Vaca sparks a quest for gold and... |
 The founder of a silver mine near Tubac helps establish the Arizona Territory, becomes its first... |
 Relive 100 years of aviation history with the museum’s collection of over 300 airplanes and special... |
 A comprehensive water management timeline by the Arizona Department of Water Resources answers any... |
 The 500 miles of Hohokam irrigation canals fed a population of 80,000 in the Mesa area and are... |
 Built in 1911, the U.S Reclamation Service’s first major project has brought power, water storage,... |
 Bisbee’s Warren Ballpark, considered the oldest continuously used Major League Baseball venue in... |
 The search for mineral wealth defines Arizona’s human history.
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 Mines and miners built the Arizona we know today. Tour early copper towns, explore lost crystal... |
 “Buffalo Soldier” is the collective nickname given to the first African-American members of the U.S... |
 While the eastern colonies were debating revolution, the land that became the Arizona Territory was... |