Bullhead City, AZ news and local guide

In March 1864 the site was a settlement called Hardyville, named for William Harrison Hardy, a New York entrepreneur who, with the backing of George Alonzo Johnson's steamboat company, ran a ferry and steamboat landing where the Mojave Road crossed the river. He built a toll road to the territorial capital at Prescott, was the first postmaster from January 17, 1865, is credited with inventing the riveted mail sack and served in the territorial legislature. From 1864 to 1883 steamboats came upriver to Hardyville, considered the low-water limit of navigation, to supply the mines and carry out their ore. The modern name comes from a rock formation shaped like a bull's head, now almost covered by Lake Mohave. The community that grew up during construction of the dam, completed in 1953, was nicknamed Bullhead and served as headquarters for the project. As Lake Mohave became a tourist destination and the casino town of Laughlin, Nevada, grew across the river, Bullhead City grew quickly, and in 1984 Bullhead City, Riviera and Holiday Shores voted to incorporate under the historic name. Sources Wikipedia: Bullhead City, Arizona