Chimehuevis Landing, California

Chimehuevis Landing, a former river settlement, on the Colorado River, across from Lake Havasu City, in San Bernardino County, California, now a ghost town, but the location is now under Lake Havasu.

History

Chimehuevis Landing was a landing for the steamboats of George Alonzo Johnson's Colorado Steam Navigation Company, on the Colorado River. It was located 240 miles up river from Yuma, Arizona, 20 miles above Aubrey City and 2 miles down and across the river from Liverpool Landing and 58 miles below Fort Mohave the next woodyard.^[1]^:34,68,168

Today

The site of the former landing is under Lake Havasu across the river from Lake Havasu City.

References

↑ Richard E. Lingenfelter, Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1978 Archived January 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.

Municipalities and communities of San Bernardino County, California, United States

County seat: San Bernardino

Cities and towns	Adelanto Apple Valley Barstow Big Bear Lake Chino Chino Hills Colton Fontana Grand Terrace Hesperia Highland Loma Linda Montclair Needles Ontario Rancho Cucamonga Redlands Rialto San Bernardino Twentynine Palms Upland Victorville Yucaipa Yucca Valley

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Unincorporated communities	Afton Amboy Angelus Oaks Argus Arrowbear Lake Arrowhead Farms Baldy Mesa Bell Mountain Blue Jay Bryman Cadiz Cajon Junction Cedar Glen Cedarpines Park Cima Crafton Crest Park Cushenbury Daggett Danby Declezville Devore Earp El Mirage Essex Fawnskin Fenner Forest Falls Goffs Green Valley Lake Guasti Halloran Springs Havasu Lake Helendale Hinkley Hodge Ivanpah Johnson Valley Kramer Kramer Hills Kramer Junction La Delta Landers Ludlow Mojave Heights Mount Baldy Mountain Home Village Mountain Pass Newberry Springs Nipton Oro Grande Parker Dam Parker Junction Patton Pioneer Point Pioneertown Red Mountain Rimforest Skyforest Sugarloaf Sunfair Sunfair Heights Trona Twin Peaks Venus Vidal Vidal Junction Wild Crossing Yermo Zzyzx

Indian reservations	Chemehuevi Reservation Fort Mojave Indian Reservation

Ghost towns	Agua Mansa Atolia Bagdad Barnwell Beal Belleville Calico Chambless Chimehuevis Landing Crucero Hart Ivanpah Kelso Lanfair Milligan Olive City Pasinogna Politana Prado Providence Ragtown Rice Rincon Seventeen Mile Point Siberia Silver Lake Vanderbilt

Coordinates: 34°27′16″N 114°23′16″W / 34.45444°N 114.38778°W / 34.45444; -114.38778

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