Callville Bay
{{short description|Waterway in Nevada}}
File:Lake Mead Callville Bay Marina 3.jpg
Callville Bay is a waterway on the northwestern side of Lake Mead in the U.S. state of Nevada. It has a marina and camping resort. Situated east of Las Vegas and upstream from Las Vegas Bay,{{sfn|U.S. Geological Survey|1998|p=16}} it lies within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, which was established in 1935. Its name derives from the settlement of Callville which was established in 1865 by Anson Call under a directive led by Brigham Young. Though the settlement was abandoned in 1869,{{sfn|McClintock|1921|p=281}} and submerged under Lake Mead when the Colorado River was dammed, Callville Bay retained the name.{{sfn|Glass|1983|p=162}}
History
The bay derives its name from the permanent settlement of Callville, known alternately as Call's Landing, Call's Fort, and Old Callville. The settlement, containing residences, a warehouse, and irrigation systems, was established on December 2, 1864, by Anson Call, James Whitmore, A. M. Cannon, Jacob Hamblin and son,{{sfn|McClintock|1921|p=72}} under a directive to Call by Brigham Young. The steamboat port of Callville was used for shipping freight to Salt Lake City. The bay was formed and the settlement was submerged after the Colorado River was dammed to form Lake Mead.{{cite web|title=Callville Bay History|url=http://www.nps.gov/lake/historyculture/callvillebayhistory.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002022419/http://www.nps.gov/lake/historyculture/callvillebayhistory.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2010|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior|access-date=29 September 2013|author=National Park Service}}
Features
File:Lake Mead Callville Bay Marina 6.jpg
A marina, created after the Hoover Dam was built, is a common launching point for boats onto the lake.{{cite book|last=Castor|first=Joseph V. Tingley, Becky W. Purkey, Ernest M. Duebendorfer, Eugene I. Smith, Jonathan G. Price, and Stephen B.|title=SP016: Geologic tours in the Las Vegas area: Expanded edition with GPS coordinates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnaD11HqnXwC&pg=PA67|date=August 2008|publisher=NV Bureau of Mines & Geology|isbn=978-1-888035-12-4|page=67}} It contains 589 boat slips; fishing boats and houseboats are available for rent. Callville also contains a restaurant, lounge, small store, and campground accommodating for about 80 camps.{{sfn|Sehlinger|2007|pp=437, 504}}
Geography
Callville settlement was located on the Muddy River in the extreme southeast section of Nevada.{{cite web|title=Callville, Nevada P.1|url=http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/USHS_Class/id/22331|publisher=Utah Division of State History|access-date=29 September 2013}} The bay is accessed from the land via Callville Bay Road, a turnoff from Callville Bay Junction. The junction is situated {{convert|18|miles}} northeast of Henderson while Echo Bay Junction is {{convert|24|miles}} to the northeast and Overton is a further {{convert|23|miles}}.{{sfn|Preston|Preston|1999|p=23}} The topography is described as hilly, with no flood hazards near the developed area.{{sfn|National Park Service|1985|p=130}}
To the north lies Black Mesa, which is characterized by "pink, brown, and red-brown sandstone and siltstone" that lies by the Bitter Spring Valley fault.{{cite book|title=Geological Survey Professional Paper|year=1984|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_VSrwAAAAMAAJ|access-date=29 September 2013|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_VSrwAAAAMAAJ/page/n55 46]}} The nearby "Callville Mesa" is a flat-topped hill capped by volcanic rock.{{sfn|Tingley|Purkey|Duebendorfer|2008|p=67}} Flora include willows,{{sfn|Sehlinger|2007|pp=437, 504}} oleanders, Russian olives, yuccas, palms, and pines trees.{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Scott|title=Moon Nevada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v3Ld4TYsFIQC&pg=PT171|date=31 May 2011|publisher=Avalon Travel|isbn=978-1-59880-943-5|page=171}}
References
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- {{cite book|last=Glass|first=Mary Ellen|title=Touring Nevada: A Historic and Scenic Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/touringnevadahis00glas|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/touringnevadahis00glas/page/162 162]|date=1 January 1983|publisher=University of Nevada Press|isbn=978-0-87417-074-0}}
- {{cite book|last=McClintock|first=James H.|title=Mormon Settlement in Arizona; a Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xFIoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA281|edition=Public domain|year=1921|publisher=McClintock}}
- {{cite book|author=National Park Service|title=Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Mohave County, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada: Draft general management plan and alternatives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wqnuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA130|year=1985|publisher=U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service|location=Denver}}
- {{cite book|last1=Preston|first1=Thomas|last2=Preston|first2=Elizabeth|title=Places to Hide: Intermountain West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hNXH6FgpcQsC|date=1 February 1999|publisher=Discovery Publishing|isbn=978-0-929760-87-2}}
- {{cite book|last=Sehlinger|first=Robert W.|title=Frommer's Best RV and Tent Campgrounds in the U.S.A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHnWNHl6hoUC&pg=PA504|date=19 March 2007|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-06929-5}}
- {{cite book|last1=Tingley|first1=Joseph V.|last2=Purkey|first2=Becky W.|last3=Duebendorfer|first3=Ernest M.|others=Eugene I. Smith, Jonathan G. Price, & Stephen B. Castor|title=SP016: Geologic tours in the Las Vegas area: Expanded edition with GPS coordinates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnaD11HqnXwC&pg=PA67|date=August 2008|publisher=NV Bureau of Mines & Geology|isbn=978-1-888035-12-4}}
- {{cite book|author=U.S. Geological Survey|title=Circular|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WvskAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA16|series=Circular 1170|year=1998|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior}}
External links
- [http://callvillebay.com/ Official site]
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