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Did steamboats bring passengers and supplies from California to Arizona?

by | Oct 1, 2007 | Inside History

Did steamboats bring passengers and supplies from California to Arizona? Sue Burwell Scottsdale, Arizona The 2,100-mile monthly voyage from California to Arizona took only 12 days by the steamer, Newbern, in 1871. First class tickets cost $90 and steerage cost $40. Passengers traveled another four to five days to get from Port Isabel at the mouth of the Colorado, upstream to Fort Yuma in Arizona, then four more weeks to get from Fort Yuma to Fort Mohave. Before the arrival of the Southern Pacifi


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