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Tempe Butte (O'odham: ʼOidbaḍ Doʼag) is the official name of an andesite butte of volcanic origin, located partially on Arizona State University's Tempe campus in Tempe, Arizona. It is often referred to by locals as A Mountain , after the 60-foot-tall (18 m) gold-painted letter 'A' near the top.
The Tempe Beach Stadium – The baseball field was built in 1927, and the cobblestone wall which was built around the park in 1934. The Tempe Beach Stadium is located in the corner of 1st St. and Ash Ave. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1985.
The first section to be professionally developed by the Tempe Cemetery Company, was the “Pioneer Section” located adjacent to earlier, pre-1897 burials. [2] [3] The Double Butte Cemetery is located on the baseline and named after the Double Butte Mountain. For the next decade, Double Butte grew to become Tempe's primary burial place.
Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale and the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community on the north, Chandler on the south, and Mesa on the east. Tempe is the location of the main campus of Arizona State University.
Niels Petersen died in Tempe on April 27, 1923, at the age of 78. As a testament to his status in the community, flags were flown at half-mast and all schools and businesses were closed during his funeral. Originally buried in Tempe's Double Buttes Cemetery, he was exhumed and reburied on the grounds of his home next to the grave of his wife ...
According to the city of Tempe, there were other mill buildings on the site since 1874. As an homage to the mill’s past, which used hydro power, a water feature is planned near the mill building.
The Sutter Buttes, though little heralded in modern-day California, have played an outsize role in the state's history. The Maidu people took refuge there for thousands of years during periods ...
Recently, a petition was filed to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to change the name of the Sutter Buttes.