Mohave
County was established on 21 December, 1864, it is one of the four
original counties of territory of Arizona. Before the
Arizona Territory, in 1852, CaptainLorenzo Sitgreaves and U. S.
Topographical Enginneers surveyed the 35th parallel. Then in 1854, Army
Lts. Amiel Whipple and Joseph Ives surveyed the lower Colorado River
region. Navy Lt. Edward Beale and his survey crew created the
Beale Wagon Road in the 1857-8 along the 35th parallel. Camp
Beale Spring was started in 1866, but commissioned in 1871 and
deactived in 1974. Kingman is established in 1882 as siding of
the new Alantic and Pacific Railroad. Kingman and Mohave
County grew in populations of people and livestock. The cattle
ranchers now had a way to get their stock to market and more miners
came to the area looking for the mother load. When technology
change,Kingman and Mohave County did not want to left behind. When the
dawn of aviation was happening, Kingman set up a small landing
strip for any aircraft coming to the area. This is the start of
aviation in Kingman and Mohave County.
