Rim Country Influence in the Territorial Years Samuel A. Haught II, Duett Ellison Hunt, George W.P. Hunt   Samuel A. Haught II – First Gila County Territorial Legislator Sam and his wife, Dagmar, lived on the H-Bar ranch in Rye.  Ten thousand head of cattle grazed on their ranch land from Rye to Sunflower. Tragedy […]

  The Move Toward Statehood In 1910 Congress passed legislation enabling a constitutional convention for Arizona. The constitution created by the 41 Democratic and 11 Republican delegates called for: legislators of both houses to be elected every 2 years to serve a 2-year term low pay for the Governor popular elections of judges all officials, […]

February 24, 1863 — February 14, 1912 In 1789 one of the first laws approved after the ratification of the U.S. Constitution was the Northwest Ordinance. The legislation was a procedure for adding new states to the United States of America.  During the conversion from territorial status to statehood a region, not under control of […]