Car Rental in Phoenix

Phoenix is the capital of the US state of Arizona located in its southern part. It was founded in 1881 on the site of a settlement abandoned by the Indians. Long before that, tribes of Hohokam people who inhabited the territory of a modern city for more than a thousand years, had turned once deserted and lifeless territory into a fabulously beautiful oasis. They built irrigation channels unique for those times, which allowed irrigation of large-scale fields. Over time, climatic conditions have changed significantly, and the well-developed irrigation system could not save these places from drought. The native Americans had to leave their home. The settlement had been abandoned for several hundred years.
The founder of the present city is the famous military leader Jack Swilling, who arrived in these places in 1867 and founded a farm on the site of the old Indian settlement. It is noteworthy that he continued to use the irrigation system designed by the natives, some channels of which are still functioning even today. Over time, more and more settlements began to appear around the farm, and in 1868 a post office was opened here - an inalienable attribute of all American cities of the 19th century.

Phoenix received its official status of the city much later, in 1881, when its area was inhabited by more than 2.5 thousand people. The city becomes the capital of the state in 1912, and in ten years grows into its largest settlement. The city inherited its name from the first settlers: in translation from the Hohokam language, "Phoenix" means "Hot Summer".
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