Show THE STORY OF OUR STATES by JONATHAN BRACE by re ARIZONA f I 1 S T 0 CALLY H I 1 arizona Is betl tile e youngest oun cst and 11 0 proba probably pio bably bly the oldest W ejof or our om Stil tes while lill it is a tile the last hist of th st cliitis 11 I 1 I 1 to bo ell e 0 to o I 1 alio I 1 i unlue and us as such its e xit t ell 0 0 IY frolli ft 1012 its lilston lil story stor before the adif nt of white whit 11 men e di antis nick into the dau emst imst fitere were located those later inter esting people the cliff dwellers ellus and the ruins of their cities high up tip in III in accessible ceS SIble places line have canoed ranch much us as to these ancient cut people P c I 1 it t I 1 Is s s lip posed these clin cliff It thirll ellets nere tre the lie ancestors of the pueblo indians 1 and were pro decidedly diore advance uh lined d in ch II 11 lotion than their s TI aliey ey were probably of the saine race ill the azteca aztecs of 0 mul and tood irrigation aarl culture and tile ibl building it was us or of tile gnat pueblos trat dinst gated the list first visit of tile the willie padre indro nizan in ili 1539 explored thil i territory and lie was na followed by coronado in elarch or oc the he mythical mt lilal I 1 I 1 of tile indian cities olizo alil cor coronado t 0 gh falling to find the reputed gold did if discover di the grand canon of the colorado Colo indo with its ita wonder onder ful senile beauty hiis has become one MIC of the hie great assets of tile state tills re i onion glon was na considered part OT or me hie spanish territory and when dexl TO declared lec lared its independence tt it became i a province after the mexican wit artile the sallon el aon ioria of the gila alla river WJ ani M C t to 0 t the e untied states and tin southern sont litin port loii lovi was ins acquired rangit tile the Gli gidan Gid ln purchase in ili 1853 in 1 isai sal arizona was na lepni titell fron from I 1 ne be W mio mexico and made a t territory errit ory in jin linn D aings and the great aront extent of flout t liin aill tenda I 1 to retard settle dielt vilh with tile lie suppression of the indians and the development of irrl gat gutlon on tile lilt state lias has mud steady enins in population the looser no sevelt elt dim the second largest ingest in lie ho world was rn t in 1011 and Ini silis t 0 of mid id I 1 annd nd in n sona tile derivation lola floii of the nanie mine arizona ts 13 tin aln lint but it possibly came fro aiom tho llo Span lIi sli meaning dry list belt territories story taij of our OF T till states v neld not be complete 7 t AL 11 belr 1 i i 1 1 luent mention lott of the oth nth or 11 territory leirl tory or of tile alia united 9 santes 1 it t es which bilth Is not luclus 61 s fu u tile thi borly foil eight states the I 1 gest of these territories la Is alaska v ath ali tin nn area of GOO square miles TAS 1 ds huge region legion wap a under russian aln d 1 l min a tion until 1867 when licu tile united states purchased cd it for wa or less than two cents an nelle acie there was ivaa some grumbling at the time ly afew a few congressmen over oer adding a r friger ator to the united states but lie cie refrigerator ins has been found to bo be vell veil stocked blocked with gold coal for foi 0 casts ts and ds herles so that alaska lias has proved a profitable investment Ila hawaii wail like alaska Is a regul regular ar territory in 1803 1893 there was a successful revolution resolution against the hawaiian queen and a provisional government ment was formed under Am oilean plo tec lection tion in 1808 at the request of the population cawall was annexed to the united states these islands con maln square miles porto guam and the philippines were ceded to the united states in 1809 us its a result of 0 the spanish american can war potto porto rico and the are dependencies and not territories their local affairs are adis imin by a legislature of two houses anil and they uie tire represented in the un united I 1 led states by resi resident dont cornils elected by the legislatures guam Is under the control contro 1 of naval offic rs in command of naval stations under shill similar far naval control are tle tile au ull group and samoa which chuh were ceded in 1899 by great britain and germany Ger ninny then there Is the panama canal zone which was purchased from pona ma lion in 1904 1004 for tills this ts Is ifo co verned by the isthmian canal commission under tile the supervision of the war department and of course has no presidential vote tile year icar 1017 saw tile atie purchase from denmark of the virgin virgill for 25 these aggregate only afo square nilles allies and sire iro temporarily by a naval officer finally there hide la Is the district of 0 co ju alffa which vl ill vas as organized in 1701 its as the split of our federal government the residents have no v vote toi for either sot lor seat or national nor ire are they in congress congress roii Con gregs acts als s tile he local legislature for the ond md three commissioners appoint eil by the hc act as tho rat body |