June 13
On this date in 1862, Sylvester Mowry’s silver mine at Patagonia was confiscated and Mowry was arrested on charges of being a Confederate sympathizer.
On this date in 1901, the first commencement exercises were held at Northern Arizona Normal School with class of four graduates.
On this date in 1908, 2,000 residents of the Salt River Valley watched as Gov. Joseph H. Kibbey pulled the lever which raised gates on the newly completed Granite Reef Dam.
On this date in 1913, Thomas E. Farish, author and mining engineer, was appointed state historian.
June 14
On this date in 1879, an executive order set aside the Salt River Indian Reservation for Pima and Maricopa Indians.
hook, line sinker. good morning, i am reena ninan. i m dan kloeffler. talking being a royal watcher there. big exciting announcement. harry moves down the line one spot down. which he is thrilled to do. they re like, you re not number four that s great. fine. much more coming up later on. first, we re going to begin this half-hour with life threatening flooding in the desert southwest. right, remnants of hurricane norbert combined with monsoon rains have unleashed the worst flooding the las vegas area has seen since 1981. more than four inches of rain plunged neighborhoods under water and washed away entire highways. in arizona, governor jan brewer declared state of emergency. floodwaters forcing evacuation of dozens of homes in mesa. you can see here, the sheer volume of the water, rushing through arizona s granite reef dam. abc s ginger zee has the latest. oh, my god. oh, my god.