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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 458 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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capital of See also:Arizona, U.S.A., and the See also:county-seat of Maricopa county, situated on the See also:Salt See also:river, in the See also:south central See also:part of the See also:state. Pop. (189o), 3152; (1900), 5544 (935 being See also:foreign-See also:born and 148 negroes); (1910) 11,134. It is served by the Arizona Eastern and the See also:Santa Fe, See also:Prescott & Phoenix See also:railways, the former connecting at Maricopa (35 M. distant) with the See also:Southern Pacific and the latter connecting at Ash See also:Fork, near Prescott (194 M. distant), with the See also:Atchison, See also:Topeka & Santa Fe. The See also:city is a popular See also:winter and See also:health resort, with a See also:fine dry See also:climate. The city is the see of a See also:Protestant Episcopal bishopric. About 3 in. See also:north of the city is the Phoenix (non-See also:reservation) boarding-school for See also:Indians, supported by the See also:United States See also:government, with an See also:average attendance of about 700 pupils. The city lies in a See also:great See also:plain, in the centre of a region of pastures, gardens and orchards, the largest and most beautiful farming See also:district of Arizona, irrigated with See also:water stored by the great See also:Roosevelt See also:dam (about 70 M. north-See also:east of Phoenix). See also:Local interests are almost entirely in See also:agriculture, stock-raising and See also:fruit-growing. In the surrounding region are several large See also:ostrich farms and a small See also:exhibition See also:ranch. Phoenix was settled in 187o, became the county-seat on the organization of Maricopa county in 1871, was incorporated in 1881, and became the capital of Arizona in 1888.

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