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K. Corral. FROM THE BEGINNING 31 Arizona’s farming industry grew after railroads reached the state. This Arizona family stands on its farmland in about 1890. sold wheat and beef to the army forts and mining camps. Now, the large markets of California, the Midwest, and the East could be easily reached. Ranchers from Texas bought acres of Arizona grassland to create big cattle and sheep ranches. They loaded the animals onto trains bound for the stockyards of Kansas City. By 1890, copper had replaced silver as Arizona’s most valuable mineral resource.

The arrival of the railroads changed Arizona. This slow-moving, remote territory was now connected to the western and eastern states. Before the railroads, the state’s ranches and farms were usually small. K. Corral. FROM THE BEGINNING 31 Arizona’s farming industry grew after railroads reached the state. This Arizona family stands on its farmland in about 1890. sold wheat and beef to the army forts and mining camps. Now, the large markets of California, the Midwest, and the East could be easily reached.

H 1687 Eusebio Francisco Kino begins founding missions in the area. H 1752 Arizona’s first European H 1922 The Colorado River Compact H 1942 Japanese Americans begin living in internment camps in Arizona. H 1968 The Central Arizona Project, which will deliver water from the Colorado River to central and southern Arizona, is approved. settlement is established at Tubac. S. Supreme Court justice. from Spain, and present-day Arizona becomes part of Mexico. H 1848 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gives most of present-day Arizona to the United States.