history of a small town in Arizona - bullhead city, Arizona

In this video we go over the history of small town in Arizona that borders Nevada and California.
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[@XL400]

Moved here a few years ago. Good video. Still see hardyville signs around. Love no freeway traffic.

[@eddiecarrascojr]

Thanks for stopping by. Yes I agree not having traffic is a nice part about living in this small town.

[@stacysmith9080]

No Freeway Traffic...since when...95 is Bumper to Bumper

[@dyllanmendoza9918]

I am born & raised in Bullhead City (my family came from Mexico in the end of the 1990s)

[@eddiecarrascojr]

Thanks for tuning in. The City has changed a bit since covid but it has really grown from the 90s. Hopefully this will help the tourism out.

[@joseppi4cinqua]

My grandparents had a river house on the Colorado river for all of our family to visit growing up. We loved bullhead city. Playing in the arcades while parents gambled at the Colorado bell. We’d take the boat across the river to Nevada to chill at the cove. Spent a lot of time there growing up. We’re sad they sold the place a while back. I actually searched for history of bullhead city lol. Pretty cool. Never knew about the rock or the path through to Oregon from the colony’s. And the river was used as a trade route. Awesome

[@eddiecarrascojr]

It's nice to visit when it isn't 100+ degrees. The river is a huge plus to visit. Definitely recommend watching my small town/ghost town series.

[@joseppi4cinqua]

@@eddiecarrascojr I’ll never go there again.

[@briankay4229]

I remember, back in the 80's, you would see bumper stickers that said "Where the Hell is Bullhead City?".

[@eddiecarrascojr]

It's funny you mentioned that. Some shops here in BHC still sell them.

[@EGYPTIANEYES76]

AHHHHH MAN... WAS I REALLY SOLD? 😭

[@arttaggerr2233]

Ha! I still have my hat that says that.

[@arttaggerr2233]

No one can ask Where is Bullhead, now. Not now hat the President of United States visited!

[@eddiecarrascojr]

@@arttaggerr2233 That is true. Most of the town was shut down when the president flew in for a quick pep rally. It was interesting seeing so many people crowding the airport.

[@bobbishop9339]

Just a note here, the casino's are on the Nevada side not in AZ. But they are just across the river. Many new people who relocated to BHC came from Calif.

[@eddiecarrascojr]

I did notice that when visiting family in BHC. It's probably the cost of living and freedom you don't get in California.

[@cassiusdio6048]

Moving there as soon as I can, always wanted to move to Arizona and after all my years in Massachusetts I’ve had enough! And bullhead city seems like the perfect place, and btw I will not bring any Massachusetts mentality with me, lol. I want to travel (RV) the surrounding states, spend time in the mighty Colorado river, enjoy the weather and start a small business. So watch out Arizona, I’m coming.

[@dukefurst5741]

I hope you can handle 70mph sustained winds and 123 degree summers.

[@briankay4229]

@@dukefurst5741 Better than 22 below zero wind chill, and 101 inches of snow on your porch 😆

[@dukefurst5741]

@@briankay4229 That’s for sure! 👍🏻

[@stacysmith9080]

Its ok..Bring them....they already have all the wak jobs there

[@eddiecarrascojr]

We will definitely keep an eye out.

[@heatherfisher9959]

Back in the day before the expensive park fees, when all was free and before it became closed off us locals used to jump off the bridge behind the damn. I remember when it was all you had to cross the river. My grandma had a really bad car wreck on it. But ysa nice video!

[@eddiecarrascojr]

The park for the river has become more expensive still worth it since they have updated the amenities. Thanks for the comments.

[@heatherfisher9959]

I lived there for a very large part of my life! It's not as small as my time there😂! I went to BHC to my grandmas since I was born. I'm 46 moved full time at 12 yrs. They did not have Walmart yet!

[@eddiecarrascojr]

I use to live there as well. There is a Sam's Club and a much larger Wal-Mart in Ft Mohave.

[@heatherfisher9959]

I know! And every other store on the planet. When I officially moved there, there was only KMart,TG&Y, , And saw Walmart come in. The regular one. We had to go to Vegas to get many things special. Lol Like dresses for dances. Only grocery store was Bashes. 😂

[@heatherfisher9959]

My grandma moved in like 2014. Do to health. I took care of her for a time. My cousin is still there.

[@heatherfisher9959]

My grandma moved in like 2014. Do to health. I took care of her for a time. My cousin is still there.

[@stacysmith9080]

I grew up there....been there off and all my whole life..just moved away 3 years ago......even though its got really cool History......Its a terrible place to live now

[@eddiecarrascojr]

Haha 😂 I agree. But it's a good and boring place to raise a family.

[@heatherfisher9959]

Raise a family??? Are we talking about the same place??? 😬😑Shoot in 1989 it was not. And we did not have all the bars around the schools. Casinos or a tiny movie theater, and the skating rink for fun. Not to mention the dangerous river! The lake was bad if you were to young and could not swim. There was nothing to do but bad stuff. And it just has houses now instead of all mobiles and trailers. With all the big stores! And some new parks. People drugs etc is still the same. But really cool video. I remember when they built the bridge in front of the damn.

[@stacysmith9080]

@@heatherfisher9959 well. Alot changed since then....Now fort mohave, Bullhead city is one and Mohave Valley is pretty much connected

[@heatherfisher9959]

Yeah I know. It's grown all in homes. I've been there not too long ago. It can grow and be the same. More schools are nice. Some better then others.

[@sergioleon4181]

Animo Edy JR mucho suerte en su proyecto 👍🍀🍀🍀

[@eddiecarrascojr]

Gracias!

[@ttmallard]

Lived & mtbiked the archeology/geology it's all over. An archeology history book from the museum fills in 8000-4000yrs ago it dried from forested hills to flood agriculture by ~4000. The climbs to hills above town have sandy beaches from a flood depth lake in spring from the hills upstream of Havasu dammed the Colorado to that height. It's why they only built ramadas near the river to get cleaned away planting crops as the water receded. The casino is on Tribal lands farming still a mainstay. The Mojaves ran to SanDiego in 3 days to hang out & collect seashells, very tough, like the Tarahumara. On rides on roads & dirt tracks fairly easy to find debitage, chips & flakes many jasper few obsidian, parallel to the railroads went upvalley to peaks, worth it, epic rides. 🍺

[@eddiecarrascojr]

Might have to look into the archeological history. I really miss learning about older history. Thanks for sharing.

[@Blend-24]

The “hardy lifestyle here”? What? What happened to William Hardy who owned a steamboat company.

[@eddiecarrascojr]

Might need to make a more in-depth video. Many people asked about Don Laughlin as well. Might need to do a deeper dive to each topic.

[@1000kennedydk]

I think we are going for "refueling" rather than "refuelment". Or perhaps we are going for "refoulement"?

[@eddiecarrascojr]

Refoulment is an alternative. Not everyone loved traveling there especially when it was a summer with average 120s.

[@captdoug]

You need to make it over to the museum at the community park and refresh your facts a little bit. Nice video though

[@eddiecarrascojr]

Next time! I tried to visit it when creating the video sadly it was under construction. So I used the Bullhead City history book by a local historian as reference. Thanks for the feedback though.

[@David-kh3xp]

Don't they say living at the Colorado River and you have all of your teeth, you must be from California. People who live around the Colorado River on the Arizona side, look sad and unhealthy.

[@eddiecarrascojr]

At times it can be like that.

[@vickywhitesell7482]

Bullhead City, hottest place in the USA! Yuck! Ohh yeah, been there n left asap.

[@eddiecarrascojr]

Summers are hell and winters get nothing but wind. It is a unique version of hell.

[@josephaugello1527]

There are over 43000 people in bullhead city. Not that small anymore.

[@eddiecarrascojr]

It was pretty small from the cities I've lived. It has probably gone up since the last census. My guess is around 50,000 people now.

[@tshaffer9681]

Been there.

[@eddiecarrascojr]

And what did you think of the small town? Interesting history for how small it is.

[@robertboisclair1758]

Hahaha too bad it was named after our politaian William hardy

[@eddiecarrascojr]

That is very true.

[@lewis7315]

Did you mean NevaZona ???

[@eddiecarrascojr]

Haha yes, funny enough I don't hear people say Nevazona often. Since we are also close to California we hear Cali-nev-ari more often.

[@barryf5479]

Well, CalNevAri is right up the hill from BHC. No joke. It's actually a town nearby. Coming in from Las Vegas, you'll see Harry Reid's hometown of Searchlight Nevada. A real speed trap town. You can't even coast through it without exceeding the ever-changing speed limit. They used to have a cop car by the McDonald's with an (get this) inflatable "cop" sitting in the driver's seat to scare people in to driving slow. It's still a speed trap town.