Phoenix Then And Nowr

Author : Paul Scharbach
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 1911216465
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phoenix Then and Now® written by Paul Scharbach and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phoenix’s origins date back to 700 AD, when the area, named Pueblo Grande by the Spanish, was home to a progressive agricultural community who constructed canal irrigation systems that fed off the Salt River.The U.S. military sparked the redevelopment of Phoenix and other towns in the Salt River valley by establishing Fort McDowell in 1865. Two years later, Jack Swilling of Wickenburg, Arizona, was traveling on horseback through the region and decided the desert setting was an ideal place to establish a new community. The name Phoenix came from the idea that, just like the bird that rose from the ashes, the new town would spring from the ruins of a former civilization.Phoenix has grown so rapidly that several outlying towns have now been absorbed into the metropolitan district. Tempe started south of the Salt River around 1870, Mormons started Mesa to the east in 1878, and land developers founded Glendale in 1892 and Scottsdale in 1894.Phoenix became the capital of Arizona in 1912. Phoenix Then and Now looks at the history of development in the city as it continued to grow through the twentieth century. Using archive photos of the desert town matched with the same view today, it shows that despite the rapid expansion, much of the fledgling city has been preserved.Sites include: Washington Street, First Avenue, City Hall, Heard Building, Hotel Adams, Luhrs Building, Phoenix Theater, Orpheum Theater, Hotel San Carlos, Union Station, Masonic Temple, Hotel Westward Ho, Arizona Capitol, Kenilworth School, Grunow Clinic, Brophy College, Arizona Biltmore, Tovrea Castle, Tempe Bridges.

Author : Paul Scharbach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781592233021
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phoenix Then & Now written by Paul Scharbach and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moment it became Arizona's capital in 1912, Phoenix has enjoyed steady population growth and commercial expansion. Historic photographs, placed side-by-side with contemporary views of the same locations reveal a vibrant city, benefiting from wave upon wave of Easterners seeking sunshine in a culturally rich urban setting. Featured landmarks include the Heard Building, the San Carlos Hotel, the Monahan Building, and the Orpheum Theatre. With insider text from local authors, Phoenix Then and Now offers a lively journey through this vibrant city.

Author : Kathleen Garcia
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738548395
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Phoenix written by Kathleen Garcia and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the mythical bird it is named after, Phoenix rose from the desert heat to become a prosperous and vital city. Settled on the lands of the ancient Hohokam Indians, Phoenix began as an agricultural community in the 1860s. It was appointed county seat of Maricopa County in 1871 and territorial capital in 1889. By 1900, town boosters were calling Phoenix an "Oasis in the Desert" and the "Denver of the Southwest." By 1920, Phoenix was on its way to being a metropolitan city with a population of 29,053 and sporting an eight-story "skyscraper." Many farsighted individuals documented this development through photographs, allowing today's residents to see the community's amazing growth from small town to big city.

Author : J. Seth Anderson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439649928
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Downtown Phoenix written by J. Seth Anderson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a bed of a primordial ocean floor and in a valley surrounded by jagged mountains, a city was founded atop the ruins of a vanished civilization. In 1867, former Confederate soldier Jack Swilling saw the remains of an ancient canal system and the potential for the area to blossom into a thriving agricultural center. Pioneers moved into the settlement searching for new opportunities, and on October 20, 1870, residents living in adobe structures that lined dirt streets adopted the name Phoenix, expressing the optimism of the frontier. For decades, downtown Phoenix was a dense urban core, the hub of agricultural fields, mining settlements, and military posts. Unfortunately, suburban sprawl and other social factors of the post–World War II era led to the center’s decline. With time, things changed, and now downtown Phoenix is uniquely positioned to rise again as a prominent 21st-century American city.

Author : Jon Talton
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467118443
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Phoenix written by Jon Talton and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the new metropolis is one of America's largest, many are unaware of Phoenix's rich and compelling history. Built on land once occupied by the most advanced pre-Columbian irrigation society, Phoenix overcame its hostile desert surroundings to become a thriving agricultural center. After World War II, its population exploded with the mid-century mass migration to the Sun Belt. In times of rapid expansion or decline, Phoenicians proved themselves to be adaptable and optimistic. Phoenix's past is an engaging and surprising story of audacity, vision, greed and a never-ending fight to secure its future. Chronicling the challenges of growth and change, fourth-generation Arizonan Jon Talton tells the story of the city that remains one of American civilization's great accomplishments.

Author : A. A. Dutton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phoenix Then and Now written by A. A. Dutton and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Allen A. Dutton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780960655212
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arizona Then and Now written by Allen A. Dutton and published by . This book was released on 1981-10 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bob Maddison
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1300165464
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book now and then 2 written by Bob Maddison and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-09-05 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost civilizations? Origins of mankind? Why does mankind seem to need religion? Why is there so much confusion and mental indigestion manifest among not only rank and file mankind, but also actively demonstrated by the "academics"? After all, does it really matter who built the pyramids of Egypt? Or when they were built? Does it matter that there are so many confusing and conflicting claims by the proponents of the many religions? So who, or what, is "god"? Is it Jehovah, Allah, Krishna, or Enlil? Or perchance it is a fiction. And what does it matter or avail if we understand the true origins of man or not? If we cannot correctly understand who and what mankind is, how can we ever know and understand what angels, demons, gods, God, or aliens are? Is it that we are the aliens and this was not our earth?

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Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1565794354
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arizona Then & Now written by and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When paired with the historic images of 19th and 20th century photographers, Arizona photographer Allen Dutton's modern-day images reveal the changes that have shaped the state's landscape during the past 100-plus years. To illustrate these sometimes drastic, sometimes subtle differences, Allen searched the state to locate the precise spots from which to rephotograph the scenes captured by his predecessors--endeavoring to achieve the same angles, perspectives, and lighting as in the early photographs.

Author : Larry A. Visgar Jr.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1469194201
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Untold Mystery of the Phoenix written by Larry A. Visgar Jr. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a land that was once the home of a very advanced people called the Chalri, now is the home of chaos, death, dis-pare, and more pressing War. A people that was once so advanced they're now scraping to survive the harsh land around them. They now try to fight a war against the very enemy that destroyed their entire culture, an enemy that keeps them from going back to their former glory, and that enemy is the Mutants. Now In this land of destruction and chaos is a silent cry for change, a cry for someone to break away from the beliefs of an ancient Prophecy, a cry for someone to take a stand and create the change they need. In a small village called Chalro that cry will be heard. As a young man by the name of Gabriel faces many different challenges on the way. He doesn't just face the Mutant threat but also what the land has to offer such as, Randers, Rogue Soldiers, and vicious animals, Among other personal battles as well. With his friends at his side He will face his greatest struggles, with them by his side He will face what He is destined to be, not just a leader but much more then what he ever thought.