GARDNER CHAPPELL 01 - DIRECTOR - DOUGLAS COUNTY MUSEUM
Home to humans for more than 10,000 years, the valley is named for the Umpqua Tribe that still calls this area home. Over the past two centuries they have been joined by fur trappers, naturalists and explorers, eastern missionaries, gold prospectors, pioneer families, loggers, farmers, and fishermen. Their epic story is told through cultural artifacts ranging from prehistoric spear points and expertly woven baskets, to family quilts brought over the Oregon Trail and the last standing depot of the Oregon & California Railroad. Being at the heart of a natural resource based economy, the Museum pays special attention to the history of mining, fishing, farming, and timber harvesting in Douglas County.
loggersOregon’s largest natural history collection is on display at the Douglas County Museum. More than 7,500 items are used to help tell the ancient and contemporary stories of the Umpqua River Valley. In addition, DCM houses one of the Northwest’s most comprehensive plant collections in its research herbarium with nearly 3,000 catalogued specimens.
The historical artifact collection is one of the most extensive in the state with over 8,640 items that illustrate area history. The Museum holds Oregon’s second largest historic photograph collection with more than 24,000 images going back as early as the mid 19th century.
The Museum also provides public access to research materials for those who are interested in the people, places and events of Douglas County. Through the Lavola Bakken Research Library, public access is granted for a wide array of printed materials including books, manuscripts, photos, newspapers, and much more.
GARDNER CHAPPELL 02 - DIRECTOR - DOUGLAS COUNTY MUSEUM
Home to humans for more than 10,000 years, the valley is named for the Umpqua Tribe that still calls this area home. Over the past two centuries they have been joined by fur trappers, naturalists and explorers, eastern missionaries, gold prospectors, pioneer families, loggers, farmers, and fishermen. Their epic story is told through cultural artifacts ranging from prehistoric spear points and expertly woven baskets, to family quilts brought over the Oregon Trail and the last standing depot of the Oregon & California Railroad. Being at the heart of a natural resource based economy, the Museum pays special attention to the history of mining, fishing, farming, and timber harvesting in Douglas County.
loggersOregon’s largest natural history collection is on display at the Douglas County Museum. More than 7,500 items are used to help tell the ancient and contemporary stories of the Umpqua River Valley. In addition, DCM houses one of the Northwest’s most comprehensive plant collections in its research herbarium with nearly 3,000 catalogued specimens.
The historical artifact collection is one of the most extensive in the state with over 8,640 items that illustrate area history. The Museum holds Oregon’s second largest historic photograph collection with more than 24,000 images going back as early as the mid 19th century.
The Museum also provides public access to research materials for those who are interested in the people, places and events of Douglas County. Through the Lavola Bakken Research Library, public access is granted for a wide array of printed materials including books, manuscripts, photos, newspapers, and much more.
Goldpanning at Douglas County Museum's Pioneer Days
Children at Pioneer Days in Roseburg, OR.on June 1, 2012 (for kids who participated in the Douglas County Museum's Trail Tales Program funded by Oregon Historic Trails Fund). Nearly 600 students (grades 3-5) attended the two-day event that offered pioneer activities & crafts such as foot-stompin' folk music, hatchet throw, candle-making, goldpanning, blacksmith, Ojo making, saloon card tricks, Yoke use, mortar & pestle, & BB gun shoot.
Best Western Garden Villa Inn - Roseburg Hotels, Oregon
Best Western Garden Villa Inn 2 Stars Hotel in Roseburg, Oregon Within US Travel Directory This hotel is 1.
6 km from Roseburg, Oregon town centre and 2.
6 km from Roseburg Valley Mall.
It features spacious rooms with free Wi-Fi.
It offers guests a seasonal outdoor pool.
Every room at the Best Western Garden Villa Inn is equipped with a microwave, refrigerator and a coffee maker.
All rooms are warmly decorated and include a satellite TV.
A daily breakfast buffet featuring Belgian waffles is served at the Garden Villa Best Western Inn.
The weeknight cookie bar offers a variety of freshly baked cookies and a choice of beverage.
Guests have free access to the hot tub and are welcome to use the poolside barbecue facilities.
The Douglas County Museum of Natural History is 4.
8 km from the hotel.
Roseburg Municipal Golf Course is 6 minutes' drive away.
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Saloon at Douglas County Museum's Trail Tales Pioneer Days Program
Pioneer Days in Roseburg, OR.on June 1, 2012 (for kids who participated in the Douglas County Museum's Trail Tales Program funded by Oregon Historic Trails Fund). Nearly 600 students (grades 3-5) attended the two-day event that offered pioneer activities & crafts such as saloon card tricks, foot-stompin' folk music, hatchet throw, candle-making, goldpanning, blacksmith, Ojo making, Yoke use, mortar & pestle, washboard use, bacon/beans/biscuits chuckwagon & BB gun shoot.
Rattlesnake at Douglas County Museum
Very cool museum with historical and natural history exhibits, including this live Rattlesnake.
Pend Oreille County Museum
ocated near the northeast corner of Washington and the northern edge of Idaho, the Pend Oreille Basin was occupied by 11,000 years ago. The Kalispel people are the ancestral natives to the region. It is said that the name ‘Pend Oreille’ (pronounced like ‘Pond Oh-Ray’) comes from the French- Canadian description of the long ear pendants worn by the area’s first inhabitants.
European Exploration began in the early 1800s. And, shortly thereafter, settlers moved in to mine and log the natural resources in the area. Railroads, steamboats, and homesteads soon became common features of the basin.
This website is dedicated to the rich cultural and natural heritage of the Pend Oreille Basin.
It offers a portal for exploring the history of the land, people, and sites of the region.
The O & C Railroad
The O & C Railroad - A historical look at the Oregon and California Railroad.
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The Nevada State Museum - 2018 Exploration
Explored the Nevada State Museum located at The Springs Preserves in Las Vegas, Nevada. This museum provides information of the Nevada state's history. Displays of animals, fossils, rocks, minerals, artifacts, and historical figures can be found within the Nevada State Museum. If you are ever in Las Vegas, please be sure to swing on by for an adventure. Definitely a must see especially with family and friends to have fun and discover the history of the Nevada state!
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Ashes Reunited
YOUR DESCRIPTION HAS REACHED THE LIMIT OF CHARACTERS ALLOWED AND WAS CUT. BOSWELL, Pa. -- In February, 6 News brought you the story of unclaimed remains at a mental hospital in Oregon that were traced back to a local, Somerset County family.
When Becky Perigo found out about her long lost great-great uncle Thomas Epsy Garretson, she traveled out west to learn more about his past.
WJAC-TV documented her journey and the steps she took to bring him home.
It's a journey that has now come full-circle.
We've had some other relatives we've found, cousins in other states and things who have seen this on the news and contacted us, but really no news from Oregon, Perigo said.
Until now.
Without warning, the mailman hand-delivered a box shipped all the way from Oregon to her home in Boswell, Somerset County.
It's exciting. It's nice that he's back, Perigo said. It's really nice to have him home and I do hope that he would appreciate that we did this.
More than a century has passed since Garretson left home.
An orphan at the age of 4 in Bedford County, Garretson earned his diploma from a military orphan school 12 years later, and then settled down in Johnstown.
That was in the early 1900s, and that was about all future generations ever really knew about him.
His story is so tragic from the beginning, just because he was so young when he lost his parents, Perigo said. He grew up an orphan but there were seven brothers and they were very close.
Turns out it was one woman, Phyllis Zegers of Roseburg, Oregon, who made the family connection.
I have researched about 1,000. I've contacted about 400 and about 100 have responded positively and are really excited about getting their relatives cremains, Zegers said.
Zegers, a retired teacher, is referring to more than 3,500 unclaimed cremains discovered in a building on Oregon State Hospital property in 2004.
The ashes were stored in simple copper canisters, each carefully recorded by name and a numerical stamp, most of them former psychiatric patients who died while institutionalized between 1914 and the early 1970s.
I couldn't believe we were a part of this, Perigo said.
The discovery of the thousands of cremains, along with unthinkable living conditions at the state hospital, led to monumental change in Oregon.
New legislation and billions of dollars spent revolutionizing mental healthcare, families reunited and a memorial built which now serves as a final resting place for those who remain left behind.
I really wanted to see it while he was a part of it, Perigo said.
Zegers helped fill in the timeline on Garretson's early life and travels west.
A 1909 Johnstown directory listed him as a tinner.
Cambria County documents reveal he got married in 1913.
A draft registration in 1918 indicates he worked as a fire builder for Goodrich Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio.
Then 1930 and 1940 Census records list him as divorced and a patient in Oregon's mental institution.
He died there in October 1941.
WJAC-TV was there when Perigo traveled to Oregon to meet Zeger and to visit the memorial and neighboring psychiatric hospital where her great-great uncle spent the last 16 years, four months and 25 days of his life.
There he is! 2696, Perigo said. That's so neat. That's so neat that he's a part of it. 2696. I just can't believe he came all this way and ended up here.
The director of medical records agreed to release Garretson's patient file.
Perigo finally learned why he was
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Joseph Lane | Wikipedia audio article
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Joseph Lane
00:00:59 1 Early life
00:02:28 2 Mexican-American War
00:03:24 3 Oregon territory and statehood
00:05:01 4 Military operations against Native Americans
00:05:47 5 Vice-presidential nomination and political decline
00:07:01 6 Later years
00:08:05 7 Death and legacy
00:09:10 8 Footnotes
00:09:19 9 Works cited
00:09:43 10 Further reading
00:10:06 11 External links
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- Socrates
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Joseph Joe Lane (December 14, 1801 – April 19, 1881) was an American politician and soldier. He was a state legislator representing Evansville, Indiana, and then served in the Mexican–American War, becoming a general. President James K. Polk appointed Lane as the first Governor of Oregon Territory. When Oregon was admitted as a state in 1859, Lane was elected one of Oregon's first two U.S. Senators.
In the United States presidential election, 1860, Lane was nominated for vice president of the pro-slavery Southern wing of the Democratic Party, as John C. Breckinridge's running mate. Lane's pro-slavery views and sympathy for the Confederate States of America in the Civil War effectively ended his political career in Oregon.
A son was later elected U.S. Representative and a grandson U.S. Senator, making Lane the patriarch of one of the state's most prominent political families.
Robert F. Kennedy | Wikipedia audio article
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Robert F. Kennedy
00:03:07 1 Early life
00:07:26 1.1 St. Paul's and Portsmouth Priory
00:09:26 1.2 Milton Academy
00:11:40 1.3 Relationship with parents
00:14:06 2 Naval service (1944–1946)
00:16:50 3 Further study and journalism (1946–1951)
00:21:10 4 Senate committee counsel and political campaigns (1951–1960)
00:21:25 4.1 JFK Senate campaign and Joseph McCarthy (1952–1955)
00:24:28 4.2 Stevenson aide and focus on organized labor (1956–1960)
00:26:50 4.3 JFK presidential campaign (1960)
00:29:22 5 Attorney General of the United States (1961–1964)
00:32:03 5.1 Berlin
00:32:43 5.2 Organized crime and the Teamsters
00:34:26 5.3 Civil rights
00:41:41 5.4 U.S. Steel
00:42:22 5.5 Death penalty issues
00:42:52 5.6 Cuba
00:45:57 5.7 Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
00:50:46 6 Vice presidential candidate
00:54:02 7 U.S. Senate (1965–1968)
00:54:09 7.1 1964 election
00:55:40 7.2 Tenure
01:04:04 7.2.1 Vietnam
01:09:18 8 Presidential candidate
01:15:37 9 Assassination
01:17:36 9.1 Funeral
01:19:52 9.2 Burial
01:21:57 10 Personal life
01:22:07 10.1 Family
01:23:20 10.2 Attitudes and approach
01:27:28 10.3 Religious faith and Greek philosophy
01:28:41 11 Legacy
01:31:43 12 Honors
01:35:01 12.1 Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.
01:36:12 13 Writings
01:36:49 14 Art, entertainment, and media
01:37:43 15 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. Kennedy, like his brothers John and Edward, was a prominent member of the Democratic Party and has come to be viewed by some historians as an icon of modern American liberalism.Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the seventh child of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy. After serving in the U.S. Naval Reserve as a seaman apprentice from 1944 to 1946, Kennedy returned to Harvard University and graduated in 1948. He received his law degree from the University of Virginia and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1951. He began his career as a lawyer at the Justice Department but later resigned to manage his brother John's successful campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1952. The following year, he worked as an assistant counsel to the Senate committee chaired by Senator Joseph McCarthy. He gained national attention as the chief counsel of the Senate Labor Rackets Committee from 1957 to 1959, where he publicly challenged Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa over the corrupt practices of the union and authored The Enemy Within, a book about corruption in organized labor.
Kennedy resigned from the committee to conduct his brother's campaign in the 1960 presidential election. He was appointed United States Attorney General after the successful election and served as the closest advisor to the President from 1961 to 1963. His tenure is best known for its advocacy for the civil rights movement, the fight against organized crime and the Mafia, and involvement in U.S. foreign policy related to Cuba. After his brother's assassination, he remained in office in the Johnson Administration for several months. He left to run for the United States Senate from New York in 1964 and defeated Republican incumbent Kenneth Keating. In office, Kennedy opposed racial discrimination and U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. He was an advocate for issues related to human rights and social justice and formed relationships with Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez.
In 1968, Kennedy became a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency by appealing to poor, African American, Hispanic, Catholic and young voters. His main challenger in the race was Senator Eugene McCarthy. Shortly after winning the California primary around midnight on June 5, 1968, Kennedy was mortally wounded wh ...
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Arizona | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:09 1 Etymology
00:02:52 2 History
00:07:21 2.1 20th century to present
00:12:33 3 Geography and geology
00:15:45 3.1 Earthquakes
00:17:14 3.2 Adjacent states
00:17:38 4 Climate
00:20:41 5 Demographics
00:22:18 5.1 Race and ethnicity
00:23:31 5.2 Languages
00:25:01 5.3 Cities and towns
00:29:16 5.4 Religion
00:30:31 6 Economy
00:31:28 6.1 Employment
00:31:54 6.2 Largest employers
00:32:08 6.3 Taxation
00:33:09 7 Transportation
00:33:18 7.1 Highways
00:33:26 7.1.1 Interstate highways
00:33:39 7.1.2 U.S. routes
00:34:22 7.2 Public transportation, Amtrak, and intercity bus
00:35:32 7.3 Aviation
00:36:53 8 Law and government
00:37:02 8.1 Capitol complex
00:38:05 8.2 State legislative branch
00:39:44 8.3 State executive branch
00:41:15 8.4 State judicial branch
00:42:42 8.5 Counties
00:43:09 8.6 Federal representation
00:44:08 8.7 Political culture
00:49:15 8.8 Same-sex marriage and Civil unions
00:51:09 9 Education
00:51:18 9.1 Elementary and secondary education
00:51:58 9.2 Higher education
00:52:55 9.3 Public universities in Arizona
00:53:25 9.4 Private colleges and universities in Arizona
00:53:35 9.5 Community colleges
00:53:43 10 Art and culture
00:53:52 10.1 Visual arts and museums
00:55:23 10.2 Film
00:56:42 10.3 Music
00:59:46 10.4 Sports
01:00:33 10.4.1 College sports
01:01:34 10.4.2 Baseball
01:02:30 11 Miscellaneous topics
01:02:39 11.1 Notable people
01:05:42 11.2 State symbols
01:07:08 12 See also
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- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Arizona ( (listen); Navajo: Hoozdo Hahoodzo Navajo pronunciation: [xòːztò xɑ̀xòːtsò]; O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak Uto-Aztecan pronunciation: [ˡaɺi ˡʂonak]) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western and the Mountain states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona, one of the Four Corners states, is bordered by New Mexico to the east, Utah to the north, Nevada and California to the west, and Mexico to the south, as well as the southwestern corner of Colorado. Arizona's border with Mexico is 389 miles (626 km) long, on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.
Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912, coinciding with Valentine's Day. Historically part of the territory of Alta California in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase.
Southern Arizona is known for its desert climate, with very hot summers and mild winters. Northern Arizona features forests of pine, Douglas fir, and spruce trees; the Colorado Plateau; some mountain ranges (such as the San Francisco Mountains); as well as large, deep canyons, with much more moderate summer temperatures and significant winter snowfalls. There are ski resorts in the areas of Flagstaff, Alpine, and Tucson. In addition to the Grand Canyon National Park, there are several national forests, national parks, and national monuments.
About one-quarter of the state is made up of Indian reservations that serve as the home of 27 federally recognized Native American tribes, including the Navajo Nation, the largest in the state and the United States, with more than 300,000 citizens. Although federal law gave all Native Americans the right to vote in 1924, Arizona excluded those living on reservations in the state from voting until the state Supreme Court ruled in favor of Native American plaintiffs in Trujillo v. Garley (1948).
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Arizona | Wikipedia audio article
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Arizona
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Arizona ( (listen); Navajo: Hoozdo Hahoodzo Navajo pronunciation: [xòːztò xɑ̀xòːtsò]; O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak Uto-Aztecan pronunciation: [ˡaɺi ˡʂonak]) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western and the Mountain states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona, one of the Four Corners states, is bordered by New Mexico to the east, Utah to the north, Nevada and California to the west, and Mexico to the south, as well as the southwestern corner of Colorado. Arizona's border with Mexico is 389 miles (626 km) long, on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.
Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912, coinciding with Valentine's Day. Historically part of the territory of Alta California in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase.
Southern Arizona is known for its desert climate, with very hot summers and mild winters. Northern Arizona features forests of pine, Douglas fir, and spruce trees; the Colorado Plateau; some mountain ranges (such as the San Francisco Mountains); as well as large, deep canyons, with much more moderate summer temperatures and significant winter snowfalls. There are ski resorts in the areas of Flagstaff, Alpine, and Tucson. In addition to the Grand Canyon National Park, there are several national forests, national parks, and national monuments.
About one-quarter of the state is made up of Indian reservations that serve as the home of 27 federally recognized Native American tribes, including the Navajo Nation, the largest in the state and the United States, with more than 300,000 citizens. Although federal law gave all Native Americans the right to vote in 1924, Arizona excluded those living on reservations in the state from voting until the state Supreme Court ruled in favor of Native American plaintiffs in Trujillo v. Garley (1948).
Arizona | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:25 1 Etymology
00:03:12 2 History
00:08:15 2.1 20th century to present
00:14:05 3 Geography and geology
00:17:40 3.1 Earthquakes
00:19:19 3.2 Adjacent states
00:19:45 4 Climate
00:23:12 5 Demographics
00:25:02 5.1 Race and ethnicity
00:26:24 5.2 Languages
00:28:09 5.3 Cities and towns
00:32:59 5.4 Religion
00:34:23 6 Economy
00:35:26 6.1 Employment
00:35:55 6.2 Largest employers
00:36:10 6.3 Taxation
00:37:19 7 Transportation
00:37:29 7.1 Highways
00:37:37 7.1.1 Interstate highways
00:37:52 7.1.2 U.S. routes
00:38:39 7.2 Public transportation, Amtrak, and intercity bus
00:39:58 7.3 Aviation
00:41:33 8 Law and government
00:41:42 8.1 Capitol complex
00:42:52 8.2 State legislative branch
00:44:45 8.3 State executive branch
00:46:26 8.4 State judicial branch
00:48:04 8.5 Counties
00:48:33 8.6 Federal representation
00:49:40 8.7 Political culture
00:55:26 8.8 Same-sex marriage and Civil unions
00:57:33 9 Education
00:57:42 9.1 Elementary and secondary education
00:58:28 9.2 Higher education
00:59:31 9.3 Public universities in Arizona
01:00:03 9.4 Private colleges and universities in Arizona
01:00:14 9.5 Community colleges
01:00:23 10 Art and culture
01:00:32 10.1 Visual arts and museums
01:02:15 10.2 Film
01:03:44 10.3 Music
01:07:09 10.4 Sports
01:08:02 10.4.1 College sports
01:09:10 10.4.2 Baseball
01:10:12 11 Miscellaneous topics
01:10:21 11.1 Notable people
01:13:49 11.2 State symbols
01:15:24 12 See also
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There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Arizona ( (listen); Navajo: Hoozdo Hahoodzo Navajo pronunciation: [xòːztò xɑ̀xòːtsò]; O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak Uto-Aztecan pronunciation: [ˡaɺi ˡʂonak]) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western and the Mountain states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona, one of the Four Corners states, is bordered by New Mexico to the east, Utah to the north, Nevada and California to the west, and Mexico to the south, as well as the southwestern corner of Colorado. Arizona's border with Mexico is 389 miles (626 km) long, on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.
Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912, coinciding with Valentine's Day. Historically part of the territory of Alta California in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase.
Southern Arizona is known for its desert climate, with very hot summers and mild winters. Northern Arizona features forests of pine, Douglas fir, and spruce trees; the Colorado Plateau; some mountain ranges (such as the San Francisco Mountains); as well as large, deep canyons, with much more moderate summer temperatures and significant winter snowfalls. There are ski resorts in the areas of Flagstaff, Alpine, and Tucson. In addition to the Grand Canyon National Park, there are several national forests, national parks, and national monuments.
About one-quarter of the state is made up of Indian reservations that serve as the home of 27 federally recognized Native American tribes, including the Navajo Nation, the largest in the state and the United States, with more than 300,000 citizens. Although federal law gave all Native Americans the right to vote in 1924, Arizona excluded those living on reservations in the state from voting until the state Supreme Court ruled in favor of Native American plaintiffs in Trujillo v. Garley (1948).