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Great Flood of 1862. The Great Flood of 1862 was the largest flood in the recorded history of California, Oregon, and Nevada, inundating the western United States and portions of British Columbia and Mexico. It was preceded by weeks of continuous rains and snows that began in Oregon in November 1861 and continued into January 1862.
Tombstone, Arizona. / 31.73889°N 110.08750°W / 31.73889; -110.08750. Tombstone is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, founded in 1879 by prospector Ed Schieffelin in what was then Pima County, Arizona Territory. It became one of the last boomtowns in the American frontier.
State Route 95 (SR 95) was first designated on May 26, 1936, over a former county road between San Luis and Yuma. On June 20, 1938, SR 95 was extended north through Quartzsite to SR 72 in Bouse. [2] The road south of Quartzsite to San Luis was renumbered as part of U.S. Route 95 on June 27, 1960. [3] The road to Bouse was turned over to Yuma ...
Population. (September, 1942) • Total. 17,814. The Poston Internment Camp, located in Yuma County (now in La Paz County) in southwestern Arizona, was the largest (in terms of area) of the 10 American concentration camps operated by the War Relocation Authority during World War II . The site was composed of three separate camps arranged in a ...
Tethered Aerostat Radar System in New Mexico. The first aerostats were assigned to the United States Air Force in December 1980 at Cudjoe Key, Florida. During the 1980s, the U.S. Customs Service operated a network of aerostats to help counter illegal drug trafficking. Their first site was built at High Rock, Grand Bahama in 1984.
Gandolfo Theater – located at 200 1st Ave. was built in 1917 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 7, 1982, reference #82001636. Fredley Apartments – located at 406 2nd Ave. Listed in the NRHP on December 12, 1982. Power Apartments – built in 1900 and located at 20 W. 3rd St.
Construction of military bases in Arizona was a national priority because of the state's excellent flying weather and clear skies, large amounts of unoccupied land, good railroads, cheap labor, low taxes, and its proximity to California's aviation industry. Arizona was attractive to both the military and private firms and they stayed after the war.
KYMA-DT (1988–2020) / 33.05500°N 114.828222°W / 33.05500; -114.828222. KYMA-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 11, was an NBC - affiliated television station licensed to Yuma, Arizona, United States and also serving El Centro, California. Owned by Atlanta -based Cox Media Group, it was part of a duopoly with CBS affiliate KSWT ...