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Charles Trumbull Hayden (April 4, 1825 – February 5, 1900) was an American businessman and probate judge. His influence was felt in the development of Arizona Territory where he helped found both the city of Tempe and Arizona State University. Hayden is also known as the father of U.S. Senator Carl Hayden .
Charles Hayden is generally credited with being the founder of Tempe. He was the first to establish commerce and industry in the area, which made a permanent settlement possible.
Charles Trumbull Hayden came to the western half of the United States in search of economic gain and adventure like the many settlers before him. Shortly after the Gadsden Purchase in the 1850s, Charles Hayden opened a profitable general store in southern Arizona next to the settlement of Tubac.
Charles T. Hayden married Sallie Calvert Davis in Nevada City, California, on October 4, 1876. After the wedding they traveled to San Bernardino by railroad, and continued the journey to Hayden’s Ferry on one of Hayden’s wagons.
Charles Trumbull Hayden, who has been given the title of founder of Tempe, could have stayed in Tucson and remained focused on his flourishing freight hauling business. But, according to archives, his destiny was changed when, while he was on a business trip to Prescott, Hayden was held up for several days by floodwaters on the Salt River.
Freighter and merchant; President of C. T. Hayden Co., general store and flouring mill. Came to Tempe c1871. Lived at 3 W. 1st Street. He was appointed as a Federal ….
Charles Trumbull Hayden was an American businessman and probate judge. His influence was felt in the development of Arizona Territory where he helped found both the city of Tempe and Arizona State University. Hayden is also known as the father of U.S. Senator Carl Hayden.
