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  2. Steamboats of the Colorado River - Wikipedia

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    Iretaba City, Arizona Territory, 1864 298 mi (480 km) Fort Mohave, Arizona Territory, 1859–1890 Beale's Crossing 1858– 300 mi (480 km) Mohave City, Arizona Territory, 1864–1869 305 mi (491 km) Hardyville, Arizona Territory, 1864–1893 Low Water Head of Navigation 1864–1881 310 mi (500 km) Camp Alexander, Arizona Territory, 1867

  3. Uncle Sam (1852 sidewheeler) - Wikipedia

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    Capacity. 35 tons. Uncle Sam, was a side-wheel paddle steamer and the first steamboat on the Colorado River in 1852. In November 1852, Uncle Sam, a 65-foot (20 m) long side-wheel paddle steamer was brought by the schooner Capacity from San Francisco to the Colorado River Delta by the next contractor to supply Fort Yuma, Captain James Turnbull.

  4. James Turnbull (steamboat captain) - Wikipedia

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    James Turnbull was the first steamboat captain on the Colorado River. His voyages supplying the Army at Fort Yuma demonstrated that the river was navigable by steamboats. After obtaining a contract to supply the fort, James Turnbull sailed with supplies and the disassembled Uncle Sam, a 65-foot-long side-wheel paddle steamer tug, to the ...

  5. List of historic properties in Yuma, Arizona - Wikipedia

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    San Carlos Hotel – located at 106 1st. Street was built in 1930 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 12, 1984, reference # 84000754. Stoffela Store – located at 447 Main Street was built in 1899 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 7, 1982, reference #82001659.

  6. Arizona Territory - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Territory of Arizona, commonly known as the Arizona Territory, was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863, [ 1 ] until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Arizona.

  7. Nortons Landing, Arizona - Wikipedia

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    GNIS feature ID. 24540. Norton's Landing [2] or Norton's, [3] : 116 was a steamboat landing on the Colorado River, in what was then Yuma County, Arizona Territory. Today it is in La Paz County, Arizona. Nortons Landing is 52 miles upriver from Yuma, Arizona 4 miles above Picacho, California and 18 miles below the Clip, Arizona landing.

  8. Territorial evolution of Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Arizona Territory (CSA), 1861–1865. Territory of Arizona, 1863–1912 [1] North-western corner of the Arizona Territory is transferred to the State of Nevada, 1867. State of Arizona since February 14, 1912. Mexican Boundary Exchanges: In 1927 under the Banco Convention of 1905, the U.S. acquired two bancos from Mexico at the Colorado River ...

  9. Yuma, Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Yuma International Airport. Website. www.yumaaz.gov. Yuma is a city in and the county seat [3] of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The city's population was 95,548 at the 2020 census, up from the 2010 census population of 93,064. [4] Yuma is the principal city of the Yuma, Arizona, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Yuma County.