Widescreen wonders: Arizona's 100 years of statehood The Independent (Areas of it were, at times, absorbed into the colonial New Spain and the newly independent Mexico, before its southern half was bought as the "Territory of Arizona" by America for $10m in the Gadsden Purchase of 1853). It completed the outline of the ... |
Irrigation created 'garden' in the desert Yuma Sun After the Gadsden Purchase in 1854, many saw the desert, mountains and valleys of the Southwest as a wasteland. Passing through on his way to the gold fields, Jose Maria Redondo instead saw opportunities and was drawn back to Arizona in 1859. |
Gadsden district has first spelling bee champ Yuma Sun BY SARAH WOMER - SUN STAFF WRITER For the first time in Gadsden Elementary School District history, a San Luis Middle School student is champion of the annual Yuma County Spelling Bee. Hours of studying and utter determination led eighth-grader Alessia ... |
Unclaimed, abandoned bodies creating problems for county Gadsden Times Tombstones and grave makers are shown here at Alabama City Cemetery in Gadsden, Alabama. January 28, 2011. (Dave Hyatt, Gadsden Times) The man died on Dec. 11, and because he died a natural death and was not in a health care facility at the time, ... |
Bookmark contest passes airport board's expectations Yuma Sun Before Strandberg was officially selected, 24 finalists were chosen from Rio Colorado, Gadsden, Desert View, Cesar Chavez, Arizona Desert, Tierra Del Sol, Desert Mesa, Rolle, Price, Gwyneth Ham, OC Johnson, Sunrise, Otondo, Carver, McGraw, Palmcroft, ... |
What's Happening Sierra Vista Herald First-time author Carey Falter is a freelance business book summary writer with EBSCO Publishing with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Arizona. Trying to find a special event for you and your sweetheart on ... |
Press Release - County appeals to residents of Avenue B&C and Gadsden ... KSWT-TV Failure to satisfy the installment obligation will result in the property being sold at public auction, as required by Arizona State law. The project came to fruition after residents in the area petitioned the county to assist them in finding ... |
 Tucson Weekly | Before Statehood Tucson Weekly What's now Southern Arizona wasn't part of the deal. A few years later, the US bought up the land south of the Gila River—our own Baja Arizona—in the Gadsden Purchase of 1853-1854. An early map traces the outlines of the purchase, which included a ... |
Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc. Renews Pima County Arizona Detention Center ... MarketWatch (press release) Pima County, the second largest of the four original counties in the State of Arizona, was created in 1864 and included approximately all of southern Arizona acquired from Mexico by the Gadsden Purchase. Settlement of the region goes back to the ... |
School employee arrested for fraud, forgery KYMA (San Luis, AZ) A school secretary from San Luis was arrested earlier this month for allegedly embezzling thousands of dollars from a fundraising fund. San Luis police officers arrested 36-year-old Isela Vidal Sandoval on January 20th. |
