Victory Steps | Hayden Butte | Tumamoc Hill

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Published 2022-03-13
The Victory Stairs, or Verrado Stairs in Buckeye is located at (33.5104159, -112.5134885) for GPS coordinates, or N Verrado Way, Buckeye, AZ 85396. Google Maps with “Victory Steps at Verrado” brought up the beginning of the stairs. Parking is just south of there, free, with two large lots, and no restrooms.

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The Tempe Normal School class of 1918 was responsible for installing the first letter on Tempe Butte. When the school changed its name to Tempe State Teachers College in 1925, students retained one side of the "N" to form the stem of the "T."

The school changed its name to Arizona State Teachers College, and in 1938, the letter "A" was installed on the butte. In 1952, a bomb blast destroyed the letter. The present "A" stands 60 feet tall and was built of reinforced steel and concrete in 1955.

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Tumamoc Hill is a butte located immediately west of "A" Mountain and downtown Tucson, Arizona. It is home to many radio, television, and public safety transmitters. The 860-acre ecological reserve and U.S. National Historic Landmark was established by the Carnegie Institution in 1903.


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