Colorado River Ferries

Ferries of various size and design once provided transportation across the lower Colorado River linking Arizona with California, Nevada and Utah.

Ferrymen plied their trade from Yuma to Pearce Ferry. The first ferry on the river was started at Yuma Crossing ...

Colorado River Storage Project / Glen Canyon Dam

Reclamation: Managing Water in the West

Colorado River Storage Project

In recognition of the vision of the Colorado River Storage Project Act of 1956 and the significant contributions the act has made to the development of the Upper Colorado River Basin states, ...

Rice Culture in Colorado County

The rice industry did not spread into the coastal plains region west of Houston until the very end of the 19th century. In 1898, Captain William Dunovant (1845-1902), a local plantation owner and entrepreneur, planted 40 acres of rice at ...

Site of Fort Colorado

(Also called Coleman’s Fort)

June, 1836 - November, 1838.

Established and first commanded by

Colonel Robert M. Coleman.

Succeeded by Capt. Michael Andrews

And

Capt. William M. Eastland.

An extreme frontier outpost occupied by Texas Rangers to protect Anglo-American civilization ...