La Laguna, Arizona

La Laguna was a gold mining town in New Mexico Territory, now Yuma County, Arizona. It was in existence for a short time from 1860 to 1862. The town was a steamboat landing 20 miles above Yuma, Arizona on the Colorado River. It had a few merchants and a ferry across the Colorado River that served placer miners in the vicinity. When the La Paz gold rush began, La Laguna began to decline and it was soon replaced by Castle Dome Landing, 15 miles to the north, following the discovery of gold in the Castle Dome Mountains. It remained for a time as the site of a store and a ranch, belonging to Jose Redondo, one of the first to mine gold at La Paz.^[1] ^{:40, 62}

The site of La Laguna now lies beneath Mittry Lake.

References

↑ Richard E. Lingenfelter, Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1978

External links

Ghost Towns of Arizona - LA LAGUNA

Municipalities and communities of Yuma County, Arizona, United States

County seat: Yuma

Cities	San Luis Somerton Yuma

Town	Wellton

CDPs	Avenue B and C Aztec Buckshot Dateland Donovan Estates Drysdale El Prado Estates Fortuna Foothills Gadsden Martinez Lake Orange Grove Mobile Manor Padre Ranchitos Rancho Mesa Verde Tacna Wall Lane Wellton Hills

Unincorporated communities	Araby Asher Mohawk Roll Speece Addition

Indian reservations	Cocopah Indian Reservation Fort Yuma Indian Reservation‡

Ghost towns	Arizona City Castle Dome Castle Dome Landing Colorado City Dome Fillibusters Camp Fortuna Gila City Hyder Kofa La Laguna Mission Camp Owl Pedrick's Polaris

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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