^Yah those all seem fitting to me. You could just have the History professors from ASU, NAU and UA figure out who would be worthy or not. Or just let Marshall Trimble decide.
They dont all have to be super important politicians or anything. People who entertained Arizona or had any major contributions should also be considered. Hm lets see if I can come up with a reasonable list of 100:
1. Barry Goldwater
2. Carl Hayden
3. Father Kino
4. Sandra Day O'Connor
5. Frank Luke (already has a statue near the capitol, but Im including him towards my count towards 100).
6. Pat Tillman
7. Ira Hayes
8. William Rehnquist
----Udall family, who'd perhaps not be desrving individually but together you could do a small "Udall plaza" or something:
9. David King Udall (AZ Territorial Legislature, patriarch of Udall family)
10. Don Taylor Udall (AZ statr legislature)
11. Jessie Adison Udall (chief justice AZ supreme court)
12. John Hunt Udall (Mayor of Phx)
13. Levi Stuart Udall (Chief justice AZ Supreme court)
14. Nick Udall (Mayor of Phoenix)
15. Mo Udall (congressman from AZs 2nd, presidential candidate)
16. Steward Udall (congressman from AZs 2nd)
17. John McCain (Im not a fan of him but he's probably important enough to due the presidential run)
18. Percival Lowell
19. Steve Allen
20. Frank Lloyd Wright
21. Jack Swilling
22. Darrell Duppa
23. George WP Hunt
24. Zane Grey
25. Cesar Chavez
26. John Wesley Powell
27. Marcos de Niza
28. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
29. Dwight Harkins
30. "Wallace" aka Bill Thompson
31. "Ladmo" aka Ladimir Kwiatkowski
32. Pat McMahon
33. Waylon Jennings
34. Alice Cooper
35. Isabella Greenway
36. Charles T. Hayden
37. Eddie Basha Sr
38. Done Bolles
39. Steven Speilberg
40. Ernest McFarland
41. John F Long
42. Jerry Colangelo
43. Frank Borman (astronaut Apollo 8)
44. Linda Ronstadt
45. Stevie Nicks
46. Henry F Ashurst
47. Bruce Babbitt
48. Dr Eugene Shoemaker (one of the founders of astrogeology)
49. James Gadsen
50. Del Webb
51. Rose Mofford
52. Charles Poston
53. Sharlot Hall
54. Mary Jane Coulter
55. Ralph Haver
56. Al Beadle
57. Dwight B Heard
58. Bennie Gonzales
59. Paul Coze
60. Phillip Cambell Curtis
61. Robert Maytag
62. James S Douglas
63. John Jacob Rhodes
64. Cochise
65. Bill Williams
66. Dorothy Gilbert
67. John Alsap
68. John Y.T. Smith
Hm Ive sort of hit a mental wall at this point. Surely Ive left out a lot of people and maybe included some that I shouldnt have. But like I said, get actual Historians together and they should be able to come up with something.
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^How many statues do we need for Pat Tillman? The guy got killed by friendly fire. While he is infinitely more heroic than that Piestewa squaw, I don't think we need a statue of him in every part of town.
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Theres on statue of him by the Cardinals stadium and thats it. Would having one more near the Capitol really some travesty?
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But ya, I guess you could do influential people TO the state, not necessarily FROM the state.
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Yah they wouldn't have to be natives since so few people are. Requiring them to be natives would be sort of dishonest and rule out a lot of important people.
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