Pasanafike mzinda wina waukulu wotchedwa Phoenix, pamaso pa maseĊµera ndi zitsulo za pamsewu, ndi malo otsegulira ndege ndi zipangizo zam'manja, anthu okhala m'mabwinja a Pueblo Grande anayesa kuthirira dziko lachigwacho ndi makilomita pafupifupi 135 a ngalande. Chiwonetsero chachikulu cha chilala chikuwonetsa kutha kwa anthu awa, dziwani kuti "Ho Ho Kam", kapena 'anthu omwe apita.' Magulu osiyanasiyana a Amwenye Achimereka ankakhala m'dziko la Valley of the Sun pambuyo pawo.
Mmene Phoenix Ilili Dzina Lake
Mu 1867 Jack Swilling wa Wickenburg anaima kuti apumule ndi White Tank Mountains ndipo ankawona malo omwe, ndi madzi ena, amawoneka ngati akulonjeza ulimi. Iye adakonza bungwe lokhazikitsa ulimi wothirira ulimi ndipo anasamukira ku Valley. Mu 1868, chifukwa cha zoyesayesa zake, mbewu zinayamba kukula ndipo Mill ya Swilling inatchedwa malo atsopano pafupifupi mailosi anayi kummawa kumene Phoenix ili lero. Pambuyo pake, dzina la tauniyo anasinthidwa kukhala Helling Mill, kenako Mill City. Kufika kunkafuna kutchula malo atsopano a Stonewall pambuyo pa Stonewall Jackson. Dzina lakuti Phoenix kwenikweni linalangizidwa ndi munthu wotchedwa Darrell Duppa, yemwe akuti akuti: "Mudzi watsopano udzawombera ngati phoenix pa mabwinja a kale omwe anali otukuka."
Phoenix Yakhala Wovomerezeka
Phoenix anakhala mtsogoleri pa 4 May, 1868, pamene chipani cha chisankho chinakhazikitsidwa apa. Post Office inakhazikitsidwa patatha mwezi umodzi pa June 15.
Jack Swilling anali Postmaster.
Momwe Tucson Alili Dzina Lake
Malingana ndi Tucson Chamber of Commerce, dzina lakuti Tucson limachokera ku mawu a O'odham, 'Chuk-son,' kutanthauza mudzi wa mdima wakuda pansi pa mapiri.
Tucson Beginnings
Mzindawu unakhazikitsidwa mu 1775 ndi asilikali a Chisipanishi monga maulendo oyang'anira mipanda-Presidio ya San Augustin de Tucson.
Tucson anakhala gawo la Mexico m'chaka cha 1821 pamene dziko la Mexico linadziteteza ku Spain, ndipo mu 1854 linakhala mbali ya United States monga gawo la Gadsden Purchase.
Lero, Tucson amatchulidwa kuti "Old Pueblo."