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The Purchase: Lands
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In 1861, during the American Civil War, the Confederacy formed the Confederate Territory of Arizona, including in the new territory mainly areas acquired by the Gadsden Purchase. In 1863, using a north-to-south dividing line, the Union created its own Arizona Territory out of the western half of the New Mexico Territory. The new U.S. Arizona Territory ... included most of the lands acquired in the Gadsden Purchase. This territory would be admitted into the Union as the State of Arizona on February 14, 1912, the last area in the lower 48 to receive statehood.
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With an elevation of 5086 feet, Purchase Knob stands out in the profile of mountains in this area. The name of this pinnacle came from the original owner of this property. After the Civil War, Colonel Love was deeded a large tract of land that included this 550 acres. He named it the "Purchase Property". The name stuck and the current owners, the McNeil's chose that name for this beautiful donation.
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The purchase is contingent on a mutually agreeable development agreement and plan, environmental testing and other conditions that generally accompany a land sale of this type. The city will bring public utilities into the site as part of the agreement.
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