Heintzelman's Point

Heintzelman's Point, a sharp bend in the Colorado River, 47 miles from the mouth of the Colorado River at the top of the influence of the tide in the estuary of the Colorado River Delta during the 19th century, in Sonora, Mexico.^[1]:130

History

Heintzelman's Point was named after Major Samuel P. Heintzelman who was in command of Fort Yuma at the time the name was given to the point during the first expedition to bring supplies up the river by Lieutenant George Derby with the schooner, Invincible. Derby attempting to ascend the river in his longboat met the Major descending the Colorado in his boat at the point.^[2]

References

1. E. Bartlett Webster, Report on the Northern District of Lower California: With Special Reference to the Climate, Water Supply, and Agricultural Production, Present and Prospective, of the La Frontera Subdivision of the Northern District, and the Mineral Resources of the Whole of the Northern District: Extended Comparisons Being Made Between the Northern District and Especially between the La Frontera Subdivision of the Northern District and Southern California in the United States, Press of Frye & Smith, San Diego, 1913
2. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating ... a reconnaissance of the Gulf of California and the Colorado river by Lieutenant Derby, Senate Executive Doc. #81, 32nd Congress, 1st Session, Washington, 1852