In October 1866, Herman Ehrenburg was shto at Dos Palmas, California, on the road to La Paz from San Bernadino. The town bearing his name was established soon thereafter, one reason for its coming into existence undoubtedly being that the Colorado River shifted its course and left La Paz high, dry, and useless as a steamboat shipping point.

In 1870 Ehrenburg had two hundred thirty-three residents and was considered the principal landing for freight to be shipped overland to Prescott. According to Hinton, the town consisted of "one struggling street of Adobe houses facing the river.." All that remains of Ehrenburg today is the old cemetary and the scarcely visible foundations of a few buildings."

P.O. Est. September 20, 1869. Discountinued December 31, 1913, Re-established 1958.

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1960
P. 374

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Websites

Arizona Department of Commerce Community Profile- Ehrenburg, Arizona
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/ehrnberg.pdf

Ehrenburg, Arizona Local Government Website
http://www.coloradoriverinfo.com/ehrenberg/chamber/

The Arizonan.com Ehrenburg, Arizona
http://www.arizonan.com/Ehrenberg/
 

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