I saw that on the news. Piestewa Peak was Squaw Peak for years. It's in a mountain park entered at 7th Street and Camelback, approximately, that borders on very civilized neighborhoods. A few houses may be off the gas line and have big tanks, although those people have the bucks to buy the pipe.
Some activists found the name Squaw offensive, so they renamed it after a female service woman who drove her Hummer into a fixed object in Iraq. Some genius decided this would be a good name for the highway in that area.
I saw that on the news. Piestewa Peak was Squaw Peak for years. It's in a mountain park entered at 7th Street and Camelback, approximately, that borders on very civilized neighborhoods. A few houses may be off the gas line and have big tanks, although those people have the bucks to buy the pipe.
Some activists found the name Squaw offensive, so they renamed it after a female service woman who drove her Hummer into a fixed object in Iraq. Some genius decided this would be a good name for the highway in that area.
Janet Napolitano, who was our governor at the time.
I forgot, that explains all!