Barnes, Will C. Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1997 p. 95
"This community on the Colorado River is a recreational center and boat landing. Pior to 1900 it served as the Cibola Boat Landing where river steamers unloaded freight and took on wood for their boilers. Formerly a ferry here crossed the Colorado River to Blythe, California. It is also the site of the old Rhodes Ranch.
In 1957 farmers constructed a bridge to enable them to carry their products across the river. Its construction did not come to public attention until small-boat owners complained that the bridge was too low to permit passage under it. Why this community should be called Cibola is not known. There has been much speculation where the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola were, some conjecturing them to be the Hopi Villages, whereas Luxan names the Zuni pueblo (Cibola or Granada) visited by Espejo in 1583.
Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona's names : X marks the place
Falconer Pub. Co. : distributed by Treasure Chest Publications, c1983. P. 151
Webpages
Arizona Ghost Towns: Cibola
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/cibola.html
Sites to See
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge
http://southwest.fws.gov/refuges/arizona/cibola.html
Ehrenberg-Cibola off-highway vehicle guide map / United States Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Yuma Field Office
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53.7/2:AR 4 I/3
Final environmental statement, proposed land acquisition, development
and management, Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona and California
/ prepared by Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, U.S. Department of
the Interior
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1.98:C 41x/final
Report on the Colorado reach, Parker, Palo Verde, & Cibola Valleys
of the Colorado River / Lewis
F788
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Items on the Arizona and Southwest Index
Cibola-National Wildlife-Refuge Informational Brochures
CE EPH SZ-74
Cibola-Cut Why
CE EPH QF-38
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