1859: Camp Colorado is established on the Colorado River as a base for California bound immigrants. One week later the name is changed to Fort Mohave. It is abandoned in 1861 and re-garrisoned by troops from California on May 19, 1863.
1862: The Battle of Picacho Peak — a skirmish between Union cavalry and an advance guard of Confederate soldiers who were occupying Tucson at the time — takes place. All told, fewer than 25 soldiers fought in the engagement. Three soldiers died and three were wounded. In 1928, the Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society and the Southern Pacific Railroad would erect a stone shaft at the site.
1893: An advertisement in the Mohave County Miner offers "loaded dice, perfect work and weight & cannot be detected by outsider. Guaranteed to win. Also the finest marked cards made."
1911: President William Howard Taft announces he will veto the joint resolution of Congress providing statehood for Arizona because the proposed state constitution allows for the recall of judges.
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1915: State offices are closed in the Salt River Valley as thousands gather to witness the first spillage of water over Roosevelt Dam.
1928: Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society and the Southern Pacific Railroad erect a stone shaft over the graves of Union soldiers who were killed in the skirmish with Confederate forces at Picacho Pass on April 15, 1862.
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