| Robert P. McCulloch created Lake Havasu, by | | | | Havasu. In the early 1800's mountain men made |
| some small miracle, to build a city in a small piece | | | | their way along that section of the river. They |
| of Arizona desert. The miracle is that he was able | | | | made their livelihood at trapping beavers in the |
| to do this without any major highway winding its | | | | streams and rivers in the area. However, the |
| way through the would-be city. There was no | | | | mountain men were forced out of the area in by |
| road connecting this area to the rest of the | | | | the 1830's by the Mohave Indians. |
| country. Not only was he able to do this but also | | | | The Spanish also found their way in the Lake |
| he was also able to transport the historic London | | | | Havasu region by mining up and down the river in |
| Bridge almost halfway around the globe and | | | | the nearby mountains. Other prospectors followed |
| reconstruct it in the Arizona desert. | | | | them. Mining camps began to spring up all along |
| McCulloch found the site for Lake Havasu when | | | | the rivers in this area. These miners discouraged |
| he flew over the area in search of a location to | | | | people from settling the area saying that the |
| test the outboard boat motors he manufactured. | | | | terrain was too rough and uninhabitable. |
| Lake Havasu was created with the construction | | | | With the construction of Parker's Dam in the mid |
| of Parker Dam in the 1930's. Until this dam was | | | | 1930's we see the appearance of small villages |
| built, what is now Lake Havasu was a remote | | | | and communities in the Lake Havasu area. |
| section of the Colorado River that wound its way | | | | However, floods that caused the shoreline to |
| through the rough terrain. | | | | widen destroyed most if not all villages and |
| However, McCulloch was not the first person to | | | | communities. |
| ever venture into this area that is now Lake | | | | |