6/15/2004
6/15/2004
6/15/2004
Landmark information
- Location:
Intake service, US Hwy 95, 10.5 mi N of Blythe at entrance to Palo Verde Diversion Dam - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
5/22/1998 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/15/2004 - GPS Coordinates:
N 33 43.907, W 114 30.947
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Blythe Intake
On July 17, 1877, Thomas Blythe, a San Francisco financier, filed the first legal claim for Colorado River water rights. Oliver Callaway planned a diversion dam and canal which opened in 1877 to irrigate the Palo Verde Valley. This made possible the settlement and development of the valley.