Mohave County Points of Interest

Alamo Crossing, Mohave County Arizona

Alamo Crossing Mohave County Ghost Town

Alamo Crossing is a submerged ghost town hidden beneath the waters of Alamo Lake, Mohave County, Arizona. Alamo Crossing, Mohave County Arizona The town is…
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Aubrey Landing – Mohave County Ghost Town

Mohave County, Arizona Ghost Towns Aubrey Landing (also known as Aubrey City or Aubrey) was a short-lived 19th-century ghost town and steamboat landing at the…
Call's Landing or Callville looking toward the west as it appeared in 1926 - Photo courtesy of R. F. Perkins

Callville, Nevada – Colorado River Steamship Landing

Callville Nevada is a ghost town and Colorado River Steamboat port, which is now submerged below the waters of Lake Mead. Bishop Anson Call founded…
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Cedar Arizona – Mohave County Ghost Town

Mohave County, Arizona Ghost Towns Cedar, Arizona was a short-lived gold, silver, and copper mining town (now a ghost town) in Mohave County, on the…
Cerbat Arizona in 1870

Cerbat Arizona – Mohave County Ghost Town

Cerbat is a historic mining camp and former town located in the Cerbat Mountains of Mohave County, northwestern Arizona, approximately 9-15 miles northwest of present-day…

Chloride Arizona

Chloride Arizona is the oldest continuously inhabited Silver Mining town located in Mohave County, Arizona. The name derives its named from Silver Chloride (AgCl) which…
View showing steamboat Cochan on the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona in 1900 - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Colorado Steamships

The Colorado River, flowing from the Rocky Mountains through the arid Southwest to the Gulf of California, was a challenging waterway—shallow, swift, and prone to…
Mohave County, Arizona Ghost Towns

Cyclopic, Arizona – Mohave County Ghost Town

Mohave County, Arizona Ghost Towns Cyclopic, Arizona is a former mining village and ghost town in Mohave County, located in the Gold Basin Mining District…

Fort Mohave

Fort Mohave is a historic settlement located in the southwestern region of Mohave county, Arizona, United States. Nestled along the banks of the Colorado River…
Mohave County, Arizona Ghost Towns

Franconia, Arizona – Mohave County Ghost Town

Mohave County, Arizona Ghost Towns Franconia is a former railroad siding and unincorporated populated place in Mohave County, northwestern Arizona. It sits at approximately 34°44′22″N…
Mohave County, Arizona Ghost Towns

Gold Basin, Arizona – Mohave County Ghost Town

Mohave County, Arizona Ghost Towns Gold Basin, Arizona (Mohave County) is a historic gold mining district and geographic basin in northwestern Arizona, located in the…
Hoover Damn Bypass seen from the top with Hoover Damn. Photo by James L Rathbun

Hoover Dam

Hoover Damn Bypass seen from the top with Hoover Damn. Photo by James L Rathbun Hoover Dam (originally authorized as Boulder Dam or the Boulder…
Mineral Park, Arizona @1880

Mineral Park Arizona – Mohave County Ghost Town

Mineral Park is a ghost town located in Mohave County Arizona founded in 1870. Once started, operations continued until 1912. The journey was tough just…
Mines of the Oatman district; Up Gold Road Gulch, showing the surface relations of the Gold Road mine, right to left the following are identified; Gold Road Mill, No. 1 shaft, and No. 3 shaft. All the rock included in the view is the Gold Road latite. The generally easterly dip of the flows is distinctly shown. Mohave County, Arizona. 1921.

Oatman Arizona – Mohave County Ghost Town

Perched precariously on the steep flanks of the Black Mountains in Mohave County, Arizona, at an elevation of 2,710 feet (830 meters), Oatman stands as…
Mohave County, Arizona Ghost Towns

Tuweep, Arizona – Mohave County Ghost Town

Mohave County, Arizona Ghost Towns Tuweep (also spelled Tuweap), Arizona, is a remote ghost town in Mohave County on the Arizona Strip, north of the…
Mohave County, Arizona Ghost Towns

Wolf Hole – Mohave County Ghost Town

Mohave County, Arizona Ghost Towns Wolf Hole, Arizona is a ghost town in the remote Arizona Strip region of Mohave County, northwestern Arizona. It sits…