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Phoenix originated in 1866 as a hay camp to supply Camp McDowell.
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Fun fact: In the late 1800s, Phoenix was named "Pumpkinville." Pumpkins were not grown in Phoenix.
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Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Hotel Adams and Valley National Bank Building
"Built in 1896, Phoenix's original Hotel Adams... was the city's first luxury hotel."
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"The Hotel Adams, Phoenix’s first luxury hotel, was destroyed by a fire in 1910..."
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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The Water Users' Buildings
Description: Phoenix Water Users Building
Address: Van Buren and Second Avenue, near site of Y.M.C.A. Building
Type: commercial
Date: ca. 1912
Condition: demolished
Architect or Firm: Henry C. Trost
Associated... Read MORE...
History, News and Stories of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

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1866 - Phoenix originated in 1866 as a hay camp to supply Camp McDowell.
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Phoenix founded
In 1867, Jack Swilling of Wickenburg stopped to rest his horse at the foot of the north slopes of the White Tank Mountains. He looked down and across ... Read MORE...
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1881 - February 5 - Phoenix, Az incorporates
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1889 - State capital moved to Phoenix from Tucson
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1895 - Phoenix
Phoenix, fee'nix, a city, since 1890 the capital of Arizona and the seat of justice of Maricopa co., 226 miles N.E. from Yuma, and 35 miles N. of... Read MORE...
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1903 - MUCH DYNAMITE EXPLODES.
PHOENIX, Ariz., June 5.- An explosion was heard here tonight in the direction of Alhambra. A freight train on the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix has... Read MORE...
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1906
Phoenix, a city, since 1890 the capital of Arizona and the seat of justice of Maricopa co., 226 miles NE. of Yuma, on the Southern Pacific and the... Read MORE...
1910 - UTTER DESTRUCTION OF HOTEL ADAMS. ARIZONA'S MOST FAMOUS HOSTELRY WRAPPED IN FLAME AND SMOKE WAS THE TERRIFYING YET GORGEOUS SPECTACLE WHICH SMOTE THE EYE OF THE EARLY RISING CITIZEN.
GUESTS CALLED FROM THEIR BEDS TO ENCOUNTER A STIFLING ATMOSPHERE IN THE CORRIDORS WHICH TO THE LATER ONES HAD BECOME IMPASSABLE - THE ESCAPE OF ALL... Read MORE...
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1929 - February 8 - KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
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Phoenix Arizona 1950s
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1954 - 30 PLANES WRECKED BY 70 M.P.H. WIND.
Phoenix, June 13. - (AP) - Cartwheeling across rainswept Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, 30 light planes were wrecked yesterday in a 70-mile-an-hour blow ... Read MORE...
1972 - June 11 - Heavy showers brought 1.64 inches of rain to Phoenix AZ, a record for the month of June.
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June 11, 1972
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1990 - The hottest recorded day in Phoenix was June 26, 1990, when the temperature hit 122 degrees.
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