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Army/Settlers -- AD 1800 to AD 1900
The United States of America is born.
AD 1775 -- American revolution begins in Concord, MA.
AD 1776 -- Signing the Declaration of Independence.
The Good and the Bad
AD 1826 -- A group including Kit Carson comes to the Valley.
AD 1864 -- King Woolsey names "Montezuma Well" pueblos thinking they are Aztec ruins.
AD 1884 -- Edgar A. Mearns does first digging at Montezuma Castle.
AD 1892 -- Cosmos Mindleoff surveys Verde Valley.
Fort Verde -- 1875: Fort Verde maintains order.
Early Settlers -- around 1870. During this period, pot hunters, sometimes called "thieves of time," ransacked the ruins for artifacts. |