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22-511: The Volcans are a northwest–southeast range with an approximate length of 13 miles (21 km) and width of 7.5 miles (12.1 km). They define the western side of San Felipe Valley , with the San Felipe Hills defining the east side. Julian and the historic Coleman gold mining district lie on the southern margin of the range. Lake Henshaw is just to the northwest. This San Diego County, California –related article

44-734: A "Proclamation to the People of the Territory of Arizona", taking possession of the territory for the Confederacy, with Mesilla as the capital and himself as the governor, establishing Confederate Arizona . Baylor's subsequent dismantling of the existing Union forts in the territory left the white settlers at the mercy of the Apache , who quickly gained control of the area and forced many of the white settlers to seek refuge in Tucson. On August 28,

66-506: A conference held in Tucson that convened on August 29, 1856. The conference issued a petition to the U.S. Congress, signed by 256 people, requesting organization of the territory and elected Nathan P. Cook as the territorial delegate to Congress . In January 1857, the bill for the organization of the territory was introduced into the House of Representatives , but the proposal was defeated on

88-669: A convention met again in Tucson and declared that the territory formed the previous year was part of the Confederacy. Granville H. Oury was elected as delegate to the Confederate Congress. Oury drafted legislation authorizing the organization of the Confederate Territory of Arizona. The legislation passed on January 13, 1862, and the territory was officially created by proclamation of President Jefferson Davis on February 14. The following month, in March 1862,

110-599: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . San Felipe Valley, California 33°05′51″N 116°27′48″W  /  33.09750°N 116.46333°W  / 33.09750; -116.46333 San Felipe Valley is an inland valley of the Peninsular Ranges , located in eastern San Diego County, California . Most of the valley is protected within the San Felipe Valley Wildlife Area . The San Felipe Hills define

132-783: Is an interagency nature preserve protecting most of the valley. Primary units of the preserve were formerly the Rutherford Volcan Mountain Ranch (northern half, 6,690 acres) and the Rancho de Valle San Felipe (southern half, 7,485 acres). Adjacent protected areas are the Volcan Mountains Wilderness Preserve Park on the west, and the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel Reservation on the northwest. Arizona Territory The Territory of Arizona , commonly known as

154-798: The Arizona Territory , was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863, until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Arizona . It was created from the western half of the New Mexico Territory during the American Civil War . Following the expansion of the New Mexico Territory in 1853, as a result of

176-532: The Gadsden Purchase , several proposals for a division of the territory and the organization of a separate Territory of Arizona in the southern half of the territory were advanced as early as 1856. These proposals arose from concerns about the ability of the territorial government in Santa Fe to effectively administer the newly acquired southern portions of the territory. The first proposal dates from

198-605: The New Mexico territorial legislature adopted a resolution in favor of the creation of the Arizona territory, but with a north–south border along the 109th meridian , with the additional stipulation that all the Indians of New Mexico would be removed to northern Arizona. In April 1860, impatient for Congress to act, a convention of 31 delegates met in Tucson and adopted a constitution for a provisional territorial government of

220-540: The San Felipe Fire. San Felipe Valley, was home of Native American people and in the 19th century a village site was located in the valley near Scissors Crossing . The land route opened in 1828 between Sonora, Mexico and Alta California , the Sonora Road passed up the valley to Warner's Pass at the top of the valley on its way to Los Angeles . Rancho Valle de San Felipe that encompassed much of

242-556: The Territory. I shall this day proceed to organize said government. The provisions of the act, and all laws and enactments established thereby, will be enforced by the proper Territorial officers from and after this date. A preliminary census will forthwith be taken, and thereafter the Judicial Districts will be formed, and an election of members of the Legislative Assembly, and the other officers provided by

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264-574: The U.S. House of Representatives, now devoid of the southern delegates and controlled by Republicans, passed a bill to create the United States Arizona Territory using the north–south border of the 109th meridian. The use of a north–south border rather than an east–west one had the effect of denying a de facto ratification of the Confederate Arizona Territory. The house bill stipulated that Tucson

286-521: The abandoned stage station was a military outpost of the Union Army called Camp San Filipe , a rest stop on the road between California and Fort Yuma and the Arizona and New Mexico Territories . After the war, later stage lines from California to Arizona used the station from 1867 to 1877, before the railroad reached Fort Yuma making the stage route obsolete. The San Felipe Valley Wildlife Area

308-580: The area south of 34°N. The delegates elected Dr. Lewis S. Owings as provisional governor. At the outbreak of the Civil War, sentiment in the territory was in favor of the Confederacy . Territorial secession conventions called at Mesilla and Tucson in March 1861 adopted an ordinance of secession, established a provisional Arizona Territory with Owings as its governor, and petitioned the Confederate Congress for admission. The Confederacy regarded

330-583: The eastern side of the San Felipe Valley, and the Volcan Mountains define the west side. The valley begins at the northeastern end of Earthquake Valley and extends northward. It is northeast of Anza Borrego Desert State Park and east of Julian . California State Route 78 (east/west) and County Road S-2 (north/south) pass through the San Felipe Valley. On May 23, 2013 a CALFIRE controlled burn escaped containment, becoming

352-451: The grounds that the population of the proposed territory was as yet too small. Later, a similar proposal was defeated in the Senate . The proposal for creation of the territory was controversial in part because of the perception that the New Mexico Territory was under the influence of southern sympathizers who were highly desirous of expanding slavery into the southwest. In February 1858,

374-592: The territory as a valuable route for possible access to the Pacific Ocean , with the specific intention of capturing California . In July 1861, a small Confederate force of Texans under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John R. Baylor assaulted Fort Fillmore at Mesilla in the eastern part of the territory. After the fort was abandoned by the Union garrison, Baylor's force cut off the fleeing Union troops and forced them to surrender. On August 1, 1861, Baylor issued

396-484: The valley was granted in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to Felipe Castillo. The Sonora Road later became the route of Kearny and Cooke whose Mormon Battalion made Cooke's Wagon Road along the route from Yuma Crossing , that from 1849 was heavily traveled by Forty-niners and later immigrants to the state of California , and known as the Southern Immigrant Trail . This was the route that from 1857

418-660: Was admitted to the Union as the 48th state on February 14, 1912. Proclamation to the People of Arizona. I, John N. Goodwin , having been appointed by the President of the United States, and duly qualified, as Governor of the TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, do hereby announce that by virtue of the powers with which I was invested by an act of the Congress of the United States, providing a temporary government for

440-554: Was finally moved to Phoenix on February 4, 1889. The boundaries for the original territory, if they had kept their same size, would have made present-day Las Vegas part of Arizona. In 1867, though, Congress transferred the Arizona Territory's northwestern corner, specifically most of its land west of the Colorado River, to the state of Nevada . This reduced the territory to its current area. The territory

462-616: Was to be the capital. The final bill passed the Senate in February 1863 without the Tucson-as-capital stipulation, and was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on February 24, the date of the official organization of the U.S. Arizona Territory. The first capital was established in 1864 at Prescott , in the northern Union-controlled area. The capital was moved to Tucson in 1868, and back to Prescott in 1877. The capital

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484-552: Was used as a water and rest stop by the stagecoaches of San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line and from 1858 by the Butterfield Overland Mail . The Overland Mail had San Felipe Station , a major stage stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail , it being the headquarters for the Mail Agent in charge of the twelve stage stations between Warner's Ranch and Fort Yuma . From 1861 to 1865 in the American Civil War

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