1801 - 1809 1700' s and early 1800' s - The northwest area of
Arizona is populated by native American people: Mohave, Hualapai
and Paiute indians. Spanish Troops campaign against the Apache
Indians in lands that belong to Spain as part of northern
Mexico. Mining, Ranching, and Missionary activity continues to
increase in the area that will some day be Arizona. Thomas
Jefferson was born in 1743 in Shadwell, VA. He studied law at
William and Mary, but was also interested in science and
philosophy. As a delegate to the Continental Congress he drafted
the Declaration of Independence. In1776, he initiated a program
that included the separation of church and state. He served as
governor of Virginia from 1779 to 178l; in1783 he was sent to
Congress. Martha Wayles Jefferson was born in 1748. She was a
widow when she met Thomas Jefferson, perhaps through their
mutual love of music. They were married on New Year's Day, 1772.
The Jeffersons had six children, only two of whom lived to
adulthood. The family was living at