On This Day February 25

Phoenix, Arizona, became a city on February 25, 1881. At that time it had a population of about 2,500 people. It was Englishman Lord Darrell Duppa, one of the original settlers, who suggested the name "Phoenix". He saw the prehistoric ruins of the native Hohokam people, who had lived on the land for two thousand years, and predicted that another civilization would rise from them, like the mythological fire bird which was born again from its own ash after it died.

Northern skyline, downtown Phoenix,

WANT MORE THINGS THAT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 25? CHECK OUT MY ONTHATDAY BLOG. HERE'S A LINK