A collection of the interesting and sometimes unusual events that happened this week in Arizona history.June 5On this date in 1871, Armijo, one of the principal chiefs of the Navajo Nation died.On this date in 1928, bids were opened for the construction of the North Rim Road of the Grand Canyon.On this date in 1928, Northern Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff
A collection of the interesting and sometimes unusual events that happened this week in Arizona history.May 30On this date in 1864, a group of residents along Granite Creek met and established the town of Prescott, named after historian William Hickling Prescott.On this date in 1910, President William Howard Taft signed Proclamation 1043, establishing Rainbow Bridge