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Bullhead City, situated on the east bank of the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert, is built upon the historical site of Hardyville, founded in 1864 by William H. Hardy. Hardyville was a frontier outpost that flourished for 19 years with a ferry service, trading post, and toll road that extended east to Prescott, Arizona. Gold and silver had been discovered in the mid-1800s, and commerce was thriving as steamboats transporting freight and passengers plied the river. By the 1920s, a series of dams was planned to harness the power of the Colorado River, but work on Davis Dam wasn't started until 1942 and was then delayed until after World War II. Bullhead City evolved after Davis Dam was completed in 1953. Many of the workers who built the dam stayed on, and in the 1960s, land developers promoting the river as a recreational destination made Bullhead a boomtown. Bullhead City was incorporated in 1984.Product Identifiers
PublisherArcadia Publishing Library Editions
ISBN-139781531677022
eBay Product ID (ePID)221791554
Product Key Features
Book TitleBullhead City
AuthorShirin Mcgraham
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicLocal History, People, History
Publication Year2015
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages130 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height244mm
Item Width170mm
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Title_AuthorShirin Mcgraham