Days Past: How the state of Arizona got its name: Part II

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President Lincoln finally declared Arizona a separate territory from New Mexico on Feb. 24, 1863. Other names, including "Gadsonia," "Pimeria," "Montezuma," "Arizuma" and "Arizonia" had been considered for the territory.

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