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IA ty-eighth member OF the Cnior
IA peompL4tes the nation of state.
ii..J froDiiocesn vqlpcesinI hssi lhiis
history probably ais turbulent and
trying as anNstSte I'm ths Union. The
struggles Of ttlie TgIitgrimg OF Massa
chusetts. the HollRnders who colon,zel
New York, the ,Qpakers, who settled
Rennsylvania and the, English. who
brought civilization to the, Virginia
shores iwere mo hartier than those ,oi
the pioneers OF Arizonal n They we're
killed by Indians. robbed by Iawless
people OF their own nationality. starv.
ed upon the deserts. frozen In the
snowcappcd mountains and bitten by
poisonous reptiles. ID '.' 1'''' .
They had no government for many
years and fought as hard to get terri
torial riClts az they have been fightinS
for the pnst ten years to get statehood
rights They were on the point OF re
belling at one time. and even went &c
far as TO establish territorial form
OF government OF their own despite tn,
expressed desire OF congress. exempi
fed in it's refusal to grant II territorial
government, TINT they should remain
part Of New Mexico. . r10..
Their nearest peace and judicial off
cials were then 400 miles away, al
Mesilla. \. NJ, and their law was the
law Of the strongest against the weak
est. At one time all OF the presenl
state Of Arizona was the county OF
Arizona. attached to New Mexico foI
purposes of administration only.
Whence Came It's Name.
General Nelson A. Miles. General
Lawton. General Crook and many 9th
er noted men OF the United States
army gained their first fame In cam
paigning in Arizona. 1t was from Ari
zona that the only raid OF United
States troops was ever made into q
foreign country not then at war with
us; the soldiers were after Indians
who had been Killing and robbing in
Arizona. The history of Arizona is
thrilling from it's inception to the pres
ent day. H-.a.E ..'Ht..aruH OF.
The origin OF the name Arizona il
not definitely known. Bancroft. the
historian, and some others have insist
ed that the name is from q supposed
Pima Indian word, "Arizonac." all
though Bancroft admits that the "aho.
riginal meaning of the term Is not
known" The historian treats as tex.
tremely absurd the suggestion that
The name is OF Spanish derivation, and
ne apparently bases that conclusion
upon the fact that there is no similar
word in Spanish. ... ...
But 1t is possible that Arizona" NAV
have had its derivation from the Span
ish words arida zona tarid zonel. The
well known tendency Of uneducated
speakers of Spanish TO leave off the
last syllables Of words ending in VOW
els and their tendency to run words
together would easily transform arida
zona into ARIZONA -rrr
The First True Exploration.
1t was about 1927 that Cabeza de
Naca turned his i~ahdering footsteps
to the Hopi and Zuni villages In the
northeast. gaining Mexico at last BY
way OF the friendly Pima settlements
aiong the Gila.. ~ ~
II vas in 1910 that Vasco de Coro.
nadO governor Of Mexico. lured by the
golden tales of a umonkish ltra veler,
started nortbwsrd on the first true exaI
pforalon OF that mysterious land. H.l
sought the fabed Seven Cities Of Gi.
boh, where gold and precious gems
paved the stretts. Though he did not
hnd the object OF bis search his ex
pedition led To- Spanish settlement.
and Agriculture and mining had some
development.
Back arain INTO !barbarfsrn was Ari.
Eona plunged by the Mexican war for
Independence. and not until the Gads.
den purchase 10 1S4S did the Arm. hand
OF goYernmental authority again take
mold, EEep then, however. ali that
was known of Arizona was a narrow
strip wkhin which the Southern Pa.
cifc railroad now runs and along