Historical Marker
Hoptown
Historical marker location:
109 South 3rd Street, Tombstone, Arizona
( Marker is on South 3rd Street south of East Allen Street, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2009
Chinese Section. 1879.
The first documented European exploration of Arizona was in 1539: Spanish explorer Marcos de Niza became the first European to explore what is now Arizona in 1539. He claimed the area for Spain and named it "Arizona" after a Native American word meaning "silver-bearing."