SALT LAKE CITY — While the rivalry between BYU and the University of Utah has a lot of people claiming one school's dominance over the other, there's just no topping the "Block U."

I spoke with U of U officials to learn more about the storied landmark.

If there's one thing that you see a lot around campus at the University of Utah, it's the letter U. A "U" here, a "U" there, "U"s on golf carts, benches and buildings. Little "U"s and big "U"s dominate the campus, but there's one "U" that rules them all.

"We're really proud of the Block U. We are actually one of the first in the country to have a monument letter on the hill," said Rebecca Walsh, university's communications director.

In 1905, students hiked the hill and wrote a U and added 1905 for their class year.

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