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The History of Lake Havasu
Robert P. McCulloch created Lake Havasu, by some small miracle,to build a city in a small piece of Arizona desert. The miracleis that he was able to do this without any major highway windingits way through the would-be city. There was no road connectingthis area to the rest of the country. Not only was he able to dothis but also he was also able to transport the historic LondonBridge almost halfway around the globe and reconstruct it in theArizona desert. McCulloch found the site for Lake Havasu when he flew over thearea in search of a location to test the outboard boat motors hemanufactured. Lake Havasu was created with the construction ofParker Dam in the 1930′s. Until this dam was built, what is nowLake Havasu was a remote section of the Colorado River thatwound its way through the rough terrain.However, McCulloch was not the first person to ever venture intothis area that is now Lake Havasu. In the early 1800′s mountainmen made their way along that section of the river. They madetheir livelihood at trapping beavers in the streams and riversin the area. However, the mountain men were forced out of thearea in by the 1830′s by the Mohave Indians. The Spanish also found their way in the Lake Havasu region bymining up and down the river in the nearby mountains. Otherprospectors followed them. Mining camps began to spring up allalong the rivers in this area. These miners discouraged peoplefrom settling the area saying that the terrain was too rough anduninhabitable. With the construction of Parker’s Dam in the mid 1930′s we seethe appearance of small villages and communities in the LakeHavasu area. However, floods that caused the shoreline to widendestroyed most if not all villages and communities. When McCulloch first discovered Lake Havasu, the military hadalready abandoned the area, and the fisherman had reclaimed thearea and the waters. Through shear determination Robert P.McCulloch transported pieces of the London Bridge to Lake Havasuand created a beautiful place for residents and tourists alike.
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