1910: The Maricopa Reservation is quarantined due to an outbreak of whooping cough and measles.
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1864: A group of residents along Granite Creek meets and establishes the town of Prescott, named after historian William Hickling Prescott.
1856: Camp Moore in the Sonoita Valley is renamed Fort Buchanan.
1909: Two bankers who wrecked the First National Bank in Bisbee are given the minimum sentence of five years in prison.
1896: The first commencement of Phoenix Union High School is held at the Phoenix Opera House. Keynote speaker John E. Merriam talked on "What …
1870: After traveling for more than two weeks from San Diego, the seven Catholic sisters of Carondelet are welcomed to Tucson by fireworks and…
1892: The Arizona Medical Association is organized in Phoenix. It is incorporated on June 16, 1950.
1869: John Wesley Powell and his party begin their historic exploration of the Colorado River.
1868: Col. Christopher "Kit" Carson, who directed the campaign against the Navajos which resulted in their surrender and the exile of about ha…