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February 23, 2013

Courtesy imageThis map shows New Mexico Territory after completion of the Gadsden Purchase.

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Days Past: Arizona becomes a US Territory - Part 1

Arizona's path to statehood began 150 years ago today when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Organic Act that separated it from New Mexico Territory and established it as a territory of the United States in its own right.

By By AL BATES<br>Special to the Courier February 23, 2013