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Description: Fort Yuma (on hill), steamboats on the Colorado River, and structures at Yuma Crossing — in the Lower Colorado River Valley of the Southwestern U.S. Fort above the historic river crossing and port — linking the southeastern Californian Colorado Desert and points west with Yuma, Arizona and points east, and the region with foreign goods shipped upriver from Mexico. Lithograph of the river port settlement and fort — circa 1875. Fort Yuma is: one of the contributing properties within the Yuma Crossing Historic District, in Imperial County, California and Yuma, Arizona; a listed California Historical Landmark and National Historic Landmark; and on the National Register of Historic Places in Imperial County, California. Located within the present day Quechan Reservation.
Title: Fort Yuma California 1875
Credit: Old Print Shop.com item 43137
Author: George Baker
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