Winter Visitors Online Directory

2013

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THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER BECKONS YOU … AND IT WELCOMES OUR WINTER VISITORS

By: Stan Usinowicz

Colorado River reservoir levels reflecting 7 years of drought
Photo by: Stan Usinowicz

This is where we live and work, this is our playground.

The Lower Colorado River Basin and California’s Imperial Valley have been a magnet for winter visitors for the past 67 years both for the natural beauty of the area and for the recreation opportunities on the water and in the desert.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, it was a magnet for farmer, miners and ranchers, and it was agriculture interests that lobbied for the most important change to the Colorado River – dams for agriculture, hydroelectric power and municipal water.

Before the explorations of Spain in the 17th and 18th centuries, this was the home of the Pai People: the Cocopahs, Yumans and Quechans; and the hemehuevis and Mohaves – Native American tribes who found a way to sustain themselves during mind-abrading summer temperatures, while enjoying mild winters.

Travel south along the river and you’ll find modern towns, cities and works of man – Hoover Dam at Las Vegas; the casinos of Laughlin; the history of Kingman; natural joy of the Havasu

Parker Dam
Photo by: Stan Usinowicz

National Wildlife Refuge and the Bill Williams River National Refuge, bookends for Lake Havasu and Lake Havasu City; Parker and the Parker Strip; the Colorado River Indian Tribes’ reservation and casino; the swap meet that is Quartzsite in winter; the national wildlife refuges of Cibola

Ed Whitehead's Tire Country

965 S. 4th Ave
Yuma, AZ 85364
928 782-1868 -
http://www.edstirecountry.com

1914 Ford Model T Runabout
Photo by: Stan Usinowicz

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