History historical maps of Arizona

Look at historical maps of Arizona from different time periods. Pay particular changes to the settlements (towns and cities) mapped in Arizona. After looking at all of these resources, you will present your own ideas on the reasons for settlements in Arizona before 1950. [Why 1950? That is about when air conditioners began to be used commonly in Arizona.]

Resource #1: Map of Army Posts (1860-1890):

http://www.history.army.mil/books/AMH/Map14-35.jpg
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~26927~1100226:Map-of-the-military-department-of-N?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No

Resource #2: Map of Spanish Settlements, Missions and Presidios:

http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~930~60171:A-Map-of-The-Internal-Provinces-of-

Resource #3: Notable Arizona Mines:

http://www.azgs.az.gov/images/Minerals/mineralmap.jpg
http://arizonaexperience.org/live-maps/historic-mining-towns-map

Resource #4: Agricultural Settlements Mapped in James McClintock’s 1921 book Mormon Settlements in Arizona:

http://alliance.la.asu.edu/socialstudies/US_AZ/geography/graphics/McClintock_AgSettlement_1.jpg
http://alliance.la.asu.edu/socialstudies/US_AZ/geography/graphics/McClintock_Settlement2.jpg

Resource #5: Animated historical map about westward expansion
Historical map from 1857:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/new_mexico_territory-1857-atlas-rogers-p3.jpg
http://explore-arizona.us/catalogs/catalog141/section314/image1451_65069.jpg

Bird’s eye view of Phoenix in 1885
(click on the first link in this search)

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4334p+pm000110))

Rand McNalley 1925 Map of Arizona:
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search;jsessionid=D1220FFD650AAAE619085298D783D950?QuickSearchA=QuickSearchA&q=1925+map+of+arizona&sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&search=Search

Hammond 1948 Map of Arizona:

http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search?QuickSearchA=QuickSearchA&q=1948+Map+of+arizona&sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&search=Search

Present Day Map of Arizona:

http://maps.google.com/

Referring to the above maps, present your own ideas on the reasons for settlements in the southern half of Arizona before 1950. After looking at the resources, just tell us why you think the different settlements of southern Arizona originated. How did they come to be?

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