ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

House: TI DP 7-0-0-0

HCM2007: state route 69; urge renaming

Sponsor: Representative Nguyen, LD 1

Caucus & COW

Overview

Urges the Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names (ASBGHN) to rename State Route 69 into five equal sections.

History

It is declared the public policy of this state that natural or artificial objects, places or things continue to be known by the names they now bear, as determined by ASBGHN, so that the historical record of the state may be protected and preserved (A.R.S. § 41-835).

In 1864, the route between Dewey and Prescott was declared the first public road in the new Arizona Territory, according to Arizona Department of Transportation. This route was being used by the United States Army as part of a route from Fort Whipple, outside Prescott, to Fort McDowell, east of Phoenix. The original Black Canyon Highway followed a Native American trail that wove along the Agua Fria west of Phoenix, twisted through a gorge and traipsed up a plateau that spreads from the Bradshaw Mountains to the edge of the Verde River valley. State Route 69 is currently named Black Canyon Highway and runs from Interstate 17 to Prescott.

Provisions

1. Urges ASBGHN to rename State Route 69 into five equal sections as follows:

a. World War II Veterans Memorial Highway;

b. Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway;

c. Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Highway;

d. Desert Storm Veterans Memorial Highway; and

e. Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans Memorial Highway.

2. Urges the Secretary of State to transmit a copy of this Memorial to the Chairperson of ASBGHN.

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6. Initials LM/IC HCM 2007

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