1909 - 1913 1909 - The Desert Power & Water Company's powerhouse
in Kingman goes into operation, serving the gold and silver
mines. 1910 - Arizona Enabling Act passed by Congress. Arizona
Constitutional Convention meets. Population of Arizona exceeds
204,000. 1911 - President Taft vetoes admission of Arizona over
recall of judges. Arizona agrees to make the necessary changes
in its constitution. 1912 - Arizona officially becomes a state
on February 14. Women gain the right to vote in Arizona. 1912 -
The National Old Trails Highway wound its way through Kingman
and Oatman. William Howard Taft was born in 1857 in Cincinnati.
He graduated from Yale and became involved in Ohio politics in
the 1880' s. He served on the Ohio Superior Court from 1887 to
1890; as solicitor general of the United States from 1890 to
1891; on the federal circuit court from 1892 to 1900. He was
appointed governor general of the Philippines in 1901. Helen
Herron Taft was born in 1861 and grew up in Cincinnati. At age
17, she was a guest o