Port Famine, Sonora
Port Famine was a steamboat landing and woodyard, supplying wood to the steamboats on the lower Colorado River in Sonora, Mexico, from the 1854 to the late 1870s.
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| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Location | Colorado River Delta |
| Coordinates | 31°54′59″N 115°2′16″W [1] |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1854 |
| Closed | 1870s |
Geography
Port Famine was located 40 miles above Robinson's Landing and 17 miles below Gridiron.[2] Port Famine lay along the east bank of the river 64 miles (103 km) below what is now the Sonora - Arizona border.[3]
References
- EL RÍO Año VI, núm. 22, octubre-diciembre de 2013
- Richard E. Lingenfelter, Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1978, p.12,167
- Lingenfelter, Steamboats, p.10 Map: Steamboat Landings on the Colorado River in the 1850s
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