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HARDYVILLE PIONEER CEMETERY
BULLHEAD CITY, MOHAVE COUNTY, Arizona
Hardyville was one of the many Colorado River port and shipping towns, and served as Mohave County's first seat from 1867 to 1872. At Hardy Landing, boats ferried people across the river and the landing also served as a freight depot. At the most, Hardyville had about 20 permanent residents, but more were there at any given time due to people passing through. The post office was established January 17, 1865 and discontinued Feb. 19, 1883. The town was founded by William Harrison Hardy in 1865.



During its lifetime, Hardyville was struck by two major fires, in 1872 and 1873. In 1883 the ferry was moved to Needles, California when the A & P Railroad was completed to that point. The port was deemed obsolete and the town was deserted. It was reborn as Bullhead City with the construction of Davis Dam on the Colorado River below Hoover Dam in the 1940s.