Phoenix Arizona History and Cartograph (1885) 

I listen to stories from my aunt born here in 1926. Her parents came here in 1911. They came to Northern Arizona in "83 . That's 1883. I try to listen as much as I can while we have her.

My great great grandfather was Edward Irvine. A founding father of Phoenix. He had a freighting service and store or mercantile store. It was at the corner of 1st and Washington. It was the first brick building in Arizona. It is located in the upper right of the map. His son, Joseph Alexander Rideout Irvine, came to be on the state legislature and help vote AZ in as a state in 1912. He had a home on Portland Street, along with other important people of the day, not far from downtown.

Phoenix had a bunch of irrigation canals that the early Papago Indians had dug...they were re-used and are still in place today in the modern city with a metro population approaching 5 million people...

This is super cool! My home state back in the 19th century! Thanks for sharing.

Those canals were dug by the Papago These same canals are still used today. Thanks

All the canals were privately owned during this time. The federal government acquired them all in the early 1900s (1906, I think) and to this day, they're controlled mostly by SRP (Salt River Project).

The states with the lowest amount of precipitation changes, though, from season to season. In winter, North and South Dakota are the driest in the country, but for spring, Arizona and New Mexico see the least rain. In summer, California and Nevada take the lead, then for fall, Nevada and Wyoming top the list. Some states which rank among the country's 10 wettest for some seasons are among the ten driest states at other times of the year. Washington goes from being the sixth driest state in summer to the fifth wettest state in winter.

It's crazy to see this map. I grew up a few miles south of this area. You get a similar (albeit lower) view of the current city from the i17 freeway. Even after all this time the east/west roads are still the same. North/south roads have been changed to numbered streets and avenues but all the street names have been given to smaller roads in the same area.

Very cool video and thank you for the map!

Way cool! I would assume that is just a canal, branching off of the Salt River.

State-wide averages of precipitation give just a general indication of climate because they hide variations in rainfall and snowfall within a state. Especially for states with topography that ranges from ocean beaches to lofty peaks, total precipitation can vary enormously from place to place. In Washington State, for example, precipitation ranges from 102 inches (2,591 mm) a year in Quillayute on the rainy west coast to less than 8 inches (203 mm) a year at places such as Quincy and Ephrata in the central region of the state.

This is rad. Thanks for the upload

This map shows how Phoenix was a Mormon settlement. Streets all run north and south, east and west. the canal for irrigation all the blocks were the same size. Las Vegas and Sacramento are also Mormon settlements.

Nice video, I have this map. Thanks for the presentation.

iN 1870, William Hancock surveyed the area and established 98 blocks with two main street. The sale of land began in December 1871 with prices at $20.00 to 143.00 per lot. By 1876, the population was at 500 and by 1885 it had over 1,700. The area of settle by the first generation of the X-Generation or Guilded generation and later the Progressive generation. Phoenix received railroad connection in 1887 and became the territorial capital in 1889. According to Dr. Turner, the west had officially closed in 1890. The problem with dealing with Native Americans, Blacks, Mexicans, Asians and poor whites turned the Frontier thesis into a farce.

The photobucket link doesn't work :(

good vídeo thx.

Water at # 15 is a canal. The Papago indians were the original builders of expensive canals.

The image is no longer there!

Crazy too see Phoenix was the same size of it's west suburb buckeye arizona around that time

Talk about the lack of subways and highways

the link to the map is dead. can you share it again?

This looks like the Phoenix I grew up in, bye, bye, little town, you've spread your wings & grown

Irrigation

I don't know how my grandmother survived out here in Arizona with no air conditioning

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I like that they show the "falls of Arizona canal" you can still see this now, it was turned into a park . I believe off of Indian school road in the Arcadia area. it was created to regulate the canal flow since the elevation needed to drop , rather than have a super fast moving canal they created a waterfall and a little holding area. I could be a bit off in my explanation but more or less that is what it's about.In 1885 it was just a basic water fall to drop elevation but I think in 1900 or so they built a whole deal there to regulate the flow and drop it much further in that spot.Very beat place to go check out. most of the canals we have were actually dug along ancient ditches that were built by the native people hundreds or maybe thousands of years ago to irrigate the same valley.their ditches were much smaller than modern day canals but they had figured out all the grading and had this perfect system long before European people made their way to the west.

All of the ten driest states in America average no more than 20 inches (508 millimetres) of rain and snow annually, based on state-wide averages of precipitation. Nevada takes the lead as the least rainy state in the US, with only 9.5 inches (241 mm) of rain each year. The mountain states, including Wyoming and Montana, dominate the list of America's driest states year round. The driest time of year for most of the arid states is winter, when many in the top ten average less than an inch of precipitation a month. Even drier is California during summer when the state's monthly rainfall totals just a quarter inch (6 mm).

And to think my family and I moved there exactly 100 years after the map was made.

Family back in the late in the 1800s Scottsdale camp Mcdowell.

Wait 1885 but Arizona didn’t become a state until 1912

wow

I know an older woman who lives in one of the original homes and it was a plantation. I walked down into the basement where slaves were kept it was kind of spooky

so do you research american history or just look at maps and guess?

Founded by Jack Swilling.

Funny, my family owns a house by there. 24th and elm. By the Biltmore. Love this vid. 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

Map is from wikipedia

If you look on g maps you can see what looks like old neighborhood's in the desert

That's the salt river or a diverted canal off it.

6th generation AZ baby

here's a quick look at a piece of glendale history ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Tgnxezexz5I.html

The Grand canal

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The 10 driest states in the US, based on state-wide average precipitation. Rank Year Winter Summer 1 Nevada North Dakota California 2 Utah South Dakota Nevada 3 Wyoming Nebraska Utah 4 Arizona Wyoming Oregon 5 New Mexico Idaho 6 Montana Montana Washington 7 Colorado Minnesota Wyoming 8 North Dakota Colorado Arizona 9 Idaho Kansas & Nevada (tie) Colorado & Montana (tie) 10 South Dakota Utah New Mexico

The river bottom

Canals.

Los 10 estados más secos de los EE. UU., Según la precipitación promedio en todo el estado. The 10 driest states in the US, based on statewide average precipitation.

Why is there an American flag when we didn't become a state until 1912?

Most of the canals in Arizona were originally built by the natives of the land before white settlers came to the area.

Some of that looks like military housing and parade grounds. Without air-conditioning, Phoenix would be a hellish place.

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Was Phoenix apart of New Spain back then? Was it a Mexican city?

I'm guessing you've never been to Phoenix

Any Native American stuff to see?

Looks like saint denis from rdr2 lol

Kinda weak presentation brother

Mr. TRump can send the funds in dollars from the US of houses of Convicts to buy the house in Phoenix in Arizona, San Jose California and leave this Calvary Sacramento etc

dog ain't no rivers in phoenix😂