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Wikipedia Designed to capture contributors and participants in America's expansion westward from the east coast. Including politicians, newsmen, explorers, founding fathers, frontiersmen, mountainmen, railroadmen, lawmen, outlaws, gunfighters, etc. Notable people of the American Old West Artists Frederic Remington - Artist who specialized in the American Old West Explorers Saca...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Maricopa County, Arizona. Official Website Founded on February 14, 1871, Maricopa County was named after the Maricopa Indians. Adjacent Counties La Paz County Yavapai County Yuma County Gila County Pinal County Pima County Cities Avondale Buckeye Chandler
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Phoenix, Arizona. Official Website History Paleo & Archaic Indian Period The first inhabitants of the desert southwest, including what would become Phoenix, called Paleo-Indians, were hunters and gatherers. The term "paleo", is derived from the Greek word “palaios,” meaning ancient. They hunted Pleistocene animals, such as mammoth...
From the Wikipedia Article on Arizona State University .Arizona State University (commonly referred to as ASU or Arizona State) is a public flagship metropolitan research university located on five campuses across the Phoenix, Arizona, Metropolitan Area. A sixth campus located in northwestern Arizona is known as the ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City. ASU is the largest public university by enrol...
Wikipedia =Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public university located in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, and has 36 satellite campuses in the state of Arizona. The university offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Alumni
North American Tribes Southwest Includes the Following States Arizona | Nevada | New Mexico Includes the Following Native American Tribes Apache Awatobi Chemehuevi Coahuiltec Cocopa Comanche Havasupai Hopi Jemez Keresan Family Kiowa Kiowa Apache Lipan Manso Maricopa Mohave Navajo Tribe (Diné) Paiute Papago ( Tohono O'odham )
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cochise County, Arizona. Official Website History Cochise County was created on February 1, 1881, out of the eastern portion of Pima County. It took its name from the legendary Chiricahua Apache war chief Cochise. The county seat was Tombstone until 1929 when it moved to Bisbee. Notable men who once held the position of County She...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Gila County, Arizona. Official Website Popular theory says that the word Gila was derived from a Spanish contraction of Hah-quah-sa-eel, a Yuma word meaning "running water which is salty". In the 1880s, a long range war broke out in Gila County that became the most costly feud in American history, resulting in an almost complete an...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. Official Website History The Hohokam lived in this area and built canals to support their agriculture. They abandoned their settlements during the 15th century, with a few individuals and families remaining nearby. Fort McDowell was established approximately 25 miles northeast of present downtown ...
This project is part of the State of Arizona Portal. = This project is for those from Alabama and/or their respective Counties. This project is for those from the state of Arizona . There are 15 counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. Four counties (Mohave, Pima, Yavapai and Yuma) were created in 1864 following the organization of the Arizona Territory in 1862. The now defunct Pah-Ute...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Yavapai County, Arizona. Official Website Yavapai County was one of the four original Arizona counties created by the 1st Arizona Territorial Legislature. The county territory was defined as being east of longitude 113° 20' and north of the Gila River. The county is named after the Yavapai people, who were the principal inhabitants ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Tucson, Arizona. Official Website Tucson is the county seat of Pima County. It is also known as "The Old Pueblo". Tucson was founded as a military fort by the Spanish when Hugo O'Conor authorized the construction of Presidio San Agustín del Tucsón in 1775. It was included in the state of Sonora after Mexico gained independence from...
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This cemetery is located on 5801 East Grant Road, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. It's also known as Grantwood Memorial Park , Tucson Memorial Park East Lawn and Woodlawn Cemetery . The cemetery is a non-denominational. The cemetery personnel limit requests for marker locations to two per day. This cemetery will only accept plot requests from family members. So, first get a plot location from th...
Greenwood Memorial Park was established in 1906 by Arizona Lodge #2 of the Free and Accepted Masons. In 1947, Memory Lawn Memorial Park was established as a separate cemetery to the west of the existing Greenwood. These two cemeteries were combined in 1989 which created the largest cemetery in Arizona. Still active, there are well over 100,000 souls interred at the combined facility. The cemet...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Greenlee County, Arizona. Official Website Greenlee County was created in 1909 and named for Mason Greenlee who was an early settler. The Morenci Mine, the largest copper mining operation in North America, and one of the largest copper mines in the world is located in the county. Adjacent Counties Cochise County Graham Coun...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Graham County, Arizona. Official Website Graham County was created on March 10, 1881. It is named after the mountain by the same name which was named after Lt. Col James Duncan Graham , and was the first Arizona county to break the tradition of naming counties for Native Americans. The county is home to several organizations includ...
The Glendale Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 7844 N. 61st Avenue in Glendale, AZ. Three Glendale churches established the City's oldest Cemetery in 1900 when they formed the Glendale Cemetery Association and purchased the original land that is now the Cemetery's Historic Desert Section. The City became responsible for the grounds and operation in 1962. Glendale and area residents have bee...
The Tohono O'odham are a Native American people of the Sonoran Desert, residing primarily in the U.S. state of Arizona and the northern Mexican state of Sonora. The federally recognized tribe is known in the United States as the Tohono Oʼodham Nation. The Tohono Oʼodham Nation, or Tohono Oʼodham Indian Reservation, is a major reservation located in southern Arizona, where it encompasses portio...
The Navajo are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States. With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members as of 2021, the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United States; additionally, the Navajo Nation has the largest reservation in the country. The reservation straddles the Four Corners region and covers more than 27,325 square miles of land in Ar...
The Hopi are a Native American ethnic group who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census, there are 19,338 Hopi in the country. The Hopi Tribe is a sovereign nation within the United States and has government-to-government relations with the United States federal government. Particular villages retain autonomy under the Hopi Constituti...
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The Apache (/əˈpætʃi/) are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Ndendahe (Bedonkohe or Mogollon and Nednhi or Carrizaleño and Janero), Salinero, Plains (Kataka or Semat or "Kiowa-Apache") and Western Apache (Aravaipa, Pinaleño, Coyotero, Tonto). Distant cousins of the Apache a...
West Resthaven Park Cemetery in Glendale, Arizona, USA was established in 1945/ 1947, is over 90 acres, and since 1993 has been owned by the Dignity Memorial national network. The current main offices and chapel were built in 2009 and are at 6450 West Northern Avenue, in Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, while the small original main office at 6490 West Northern Avenue is now used as a speci...