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Published: December 30th 2015
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From Wikipedia at the following link:
"Piestewa Peak (
/paɪˈɛstəwɑː/ py-ess-tə-wah;
O'odham: '
Vainom Do'ag', formerly
Squaw Peak), at 2,610 feet (796 m) is the second highest point in the
Phoenix Mountains, after
Camelback Mountain, and the third highest in the city of
Phoenix, Arizona. It is located in the
Phoenix Mountain Preserve. Piestewa Peak is named in honor of Army Spc.
Lori Ann Piestewa, the first known
Native American woman to die in combat in the U.S. military,
and the first female soldier to be killed in action in the 2003 Iraq War.
" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piestewa_Peak
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