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    CapitalFort Whipple (1863–64) · Prescott (1864–67) · Tucson (1867–77) · Prescott (1877–89) · Phoenix (1889– )
    History

    Following the expansion of the New Mexico Territory in 1853, as a result of the Gadsden Purchase, several proposals for a division of the territory and the organization of a separate Territory of Arizona in the southern h… See more

    Capital

    The first capital was established in 1864 at Prescott, in the northern Union-controlled area. The capital was moved to Tucson in 1868, and back to Prescott in 1877. The capital was finally moved to Phoenix on February 4… See more

    Boundary

    The boundaries for the original territory, if they had kept their same size, would have made present-day Las Vegas part of Arizona. In 1867, though, Congress transferred the Arizona Territory's northweste… See more

    Statehood

    The territory was admitted to the Union as the 48th state on February 14, 1912. See more