Blankenship Bend

Blankenship Bend is a bend on the Colorado River in Mohave County, Arizona. It lies at an elevation of 564 feet / 172 meters.[1]

History

In the 19th century Blankenship Bend formed a horseshoe shaped turn of the river of 180 degrees, that the steamboat men in called the Grand Turn, because it was the largest turn on the Colorado River that was navigated by steamboats. It lay 157 miles above Fort Yuma.[2]:169

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blankenship Bend
  2. Richard E. Lingenfelter, Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1978 Archived 2016-01-18 at the Wayback Machine

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