City originally known as Hardyville and was named such until the town burned down in 1873. It was reborn as Bullhead City in the 1940s as a base camp for the building of the Davis Dam. Below is a description of Hardyville by Will C. Barnes.
"On Colorado River about 10 miles north of Fort Mohave. After Captain W. H. Hardy who established a trading post and ferry here in 1864. Important river point often called Hardy's Landing. Was at head of steamboat transportation. McClintock says: "Haryd had an extensive place here. There was a store, warehouse, hotel, blacksmith shop, and several dwellings." Arizona Sentinel March 20, 1873. Mentions the total destruction of Hardyvill by fire on Marhc 18, 1873. Post Office established June 7, 1865, Wooster M. Hardy, Post Master."
Barnes, Will C. Arizona
Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1997.
P. 197
City Profile-Arizona Department of Commerce
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/bullhead.pdf
Local Government Website
http://www.bullheadcity.com/
Bullhead City (Desert USA)
http://www.desertusa.com/Cities/az/bullhead.html
The Arizonan
http://www.arizonan.com/BullheadCity
Bullhead City Bee
http://www.bullheadcitybee.com/
Mohave Valley News
http://www.mohavedailynews.com/
Colorado River Museum
355 Hwy 95 BULLHEAD CITY AZ 86429-8920
(928) 754-3399
http://www.daviscamp.com/museum.html
Davis Dam
Davis Dam Field Division
Bullhead City, Arizona 86429
(520) 754-3628
http://dataweb.usbr.gov/dams/az10309.htm
http://www.lc.usbr.gov/~pao/davis.html
Bullhead City, land of early gold mining/ by Roman Malach.
F819
.B84 M3x
Items on the Arizona and Southwest Index
Davis Dam & Power Plant: Informational Material
CE EPH QD-5
Bullhead City, Arizona: Informational Brochures; 1950-
