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2345:Symbols
2325:Museums
2253:Phoenix
2243:Arizona
2197:Commons
1950:Insular
1927:Insular
1867:Wyoming
1843:Alaska
1838:Montana
1832:Arizona
1714:Florida
1702:Alabama
1674:Orleans
1668:Indiana
1440:Arizona
1197:May 18,
943:Phoenix
915:Capital
848:Mesilla
810:Indians
799:slavery
785:as the
738:204,354
725:122,931
715:+118.2%
702:+318.7%
656:History
642:Arizona
628:of the
551:Phoenix
516:Society
477:present
448:Periods
432:Arizona
379:Arizona
300:•
287:•
274:History
190:Phoenix
169:Capital
116:of the
69:improve
36:Arizona
2840:Tucson
2757:Tucson
2722:Peoria
2654:Cities
2619:Navajo
2614:Mohave
2604:La Paz
2594:Graham
2574:Apache
2340:People
2263:Topics
1873:Hawaii
1820:Dakota
1808:Nevada
1796:Kansas
1755:Oregon
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1130:, 1848
1102:, 1853
1096:, 1871
966:Nevada
939:Tucson
884:Apache
795:Senate
779:Tucson
741:+66.2%
728:+39.3%
712:88,243
699:40,440
556:Tucson
536:Cities
526:Places
492:Topics
423:on the
393:Nevada
277:
221:
183:Tucson
58:, but
2752:Tempe
2629:Pinal
2386:Crime
2330:Music
2303:Index
2239:State
1826:Idaho
1221:from
1187:(PDF)
1167:Stat.
1153:Notes
875:Union
686:9,658
638:state
474:1945–
2830:Mesa
2762:Yuma
2717:Mesa
2644:Yuma
2624:Pima
2589:Gila
2007:Cuba
1906:Guam
1784:Utah
1749:Iowa
1538:ISBN
1517:ISBN
1495:2009
1462:ISBN
1444:ISBN
1413:2018
1385:ISBN
1358:ISBN
1327:ISBN
1289:2024
1257:ISBN
1199:2020
832:and
734:1910
721:1900
708:1890
695:1880
682:1870
670:Pop.
666:Year
616:The
546:Mesa
2241:of
1354:245
1323:113
1171:664
988:I,
640:of
506:Law
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