In 1736, a Spanish miner discovered a rich vein of Silver, probably located about 25 miles south of modern Nogales, Mexico. The Spanish ranch in this area became known as Real de Arissona, meaning: "The town in whose district were silver mines." Most people believe the Spanish "Arissona" was the softened spelling of two Tohono O'odham (Papago Indian) words. ALI--meaning small, and Shonak--meaning place of the spring. ALI-SHONAK: Place of the small spring. Also, the words ALEH-ZON used by the Papago meaning young spring. Name first appears on a map presented by Fr. Pfeffercorn who was missionaizing among Indians.

(source Arizona Names: X Marks the Spot)

Arizona Facts

Websites

University of Arizona Electronic Text Center
http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/swetc/projectsa.html

Arizonan.com
http://www.arizonan.com

Desert USA
http://www.desertusa.com/

Infoplease: Arizona History
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0856705.html

Eastern Arizona History
http://www.geocities.com/~zybt/arizona.htm

From Real Share Marketing (Dated Information)
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/r_bolden/ARIZONA1.HTM
 

Books

Arizona: a history / Thomas E. Sheridan
F811 .S465 1995

History of Arizona by E. H. Peplow, Jr.
F811 .P4

Arizona: Its People and Resources
F811 .A5x

Arizona: A Geography by M. R. Comeaux
F811 .C73

Arizona: The Land and Its People by T. Miller, ed.
F811.5 .A76 1986

Hispanic Arizona by J. E. Officer
F820.S75 O33 1987

Read this book online at netLibrary! Go to Computer file when the Library Catalog comes up.
Historical Atlas of Arizona by Henry P. Walker and Don Bufkin.
G 1510 .W3 1979

Arizona Odyssey/ by David Goodman
F811 .G66x

History of Arizona, by Thomas Edwin Farish, Arizona historian Digitized by the University of Arizona
http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/swetc/projectsa.html
F811 .F23 index

A historical and biographical record of the Territory of Arizona.
F811 .H68

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Arizona Government

Arizona State government home page
http://www.state.az.us/

Arizona Legislative Information System (ALIS)
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/

Search for Arizona Government agencies
http://www.findit.lib.az.us/

State Board of Equalization
http://www.sboe.state.az.us/links/

Arizona State University Government Documents Department
http://www.asu.edu/lib/hayden/govdocs/internet/arizona.htm

Piper Resources
http://www.piperinfo.com/state/state_detail.cfm?state=Arizona

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