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GTG Was lost but now am found
Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 2387 Location: Peoria, Arizona, originally from Rocket City, USA
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phrankster
Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 65 Location: Chandler
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Posted: 4/19/2003, 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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Todd, I kinda felt the same way you did, Veterans Peak, or Freedom Peak, so I suppose they're going to rename the "Parkway" too?
phrank
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kurthzone Thread Killer
Joined: 31 Dec 2002 Posts: 1097 Location: Peoria, Arizona
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Posted: 4/20/2003, 11:18 am Post subject: |
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I like Piestewa. There are already too many places and things named Freedom and Liberty and Veterans. Piestewa sounds good and now is a good time to change the name. Yes there were other Arizona soldiers to die in this war, but she is special and very deserving of the honor. She is special because she was the first Native American Female Soldier to die in combat and she is from Arizona. I for one am tired of "Squaw" as a name. How appropriate it is to give the mountain a new name, yet keep it Native American. It is a perfect time to change the name. I think it would be cool if all of those who feel that the name change is not right would just protest by not hiking there anymore! I wonder how less crowded it would be. Probably not much. So quit crying, shut up and enjoy the nice new sound of Piestewa Peak! _________________ ;o)> |
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cactuscat
Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 459 Location: Phoenix
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Posted: 4/20/2003, 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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Well put, Stan!
I agree that the change from "squaw", to "Piestewa" is especially appropriate because she was a Native American woman.
I think it sounds good, too. |
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ck1
Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 1331 Location: Mesa
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Posted: 4/20/2003, 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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I'm with Stan...I usually don't jump on bandwagons, but it seems right in this case. It is unique. _________________ -Colin
"The Journey is the Destination" |
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Arizonaheat Got Supes Juice?
Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 1741 Location: Mesa, AZ
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Posted: 4/20/2003, 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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Agree or disagree, it does have a nice ring to it. |
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Daddee I once was a slug.
Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 2815 Location: Mesa, AZ
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Posted: 4/21/2003, 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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Well, my problem isn't with the name - they can do what they want there. My question is of the whole legality of the thing. The whole incident created quite the brouhaha with at least one resignation over the whole thing and several people quite peeved.
I won't go into the gory details - lets just say that I wouldn't have any problem with the name if the normal, legal channels had been followed and not the manner in which it was actually executed.
Also - this quote is quite funny actually under the circumstances:
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"Those structures are not permanent, they can easily be torn down or destroyed," Johnson said. "But the peak will be here forever." |
Uh...yea...but they could always change the name again... _________________ "Only small minds want always to be right."
- Louis XIV
"...haven't you lived long enough to know that two men may honestly differ about a question and both be right?"
- Abraham Lincoln |
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ck1
Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 1331 Location: Mesa
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Posted: 4/21/2003, 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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I was surprised that the name was changed this soon...I figured the surge of interest would pass, then swell again after the 5 year waiting period to change a name passed...
I'm in favor of the change either way, and, it seems to be an appropriate selection.
I like that it is a unique name, there is a high level of repetition in Arizona place names... _________________ -Colin
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maryphyl Grand Canyon Enchantress
Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 669 Location: Flagstaff
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Posted: 4/22/2003, 8:29 am Post subject: |
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I like it --just hope everyone learns to pronounce it I hear hoppy for Hopi and kay-bab for Kaibab all the time. _________________ Shikekeh hozhoogo naasha.
I walk in beauty. |
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