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To: Michael.SF.

Back in the mid-90’s, I worked for a tribe in southern California. These guys had almost 40 miles of absolutely gorgeous, pristine shoreline along Lake Havasu. Early on in their casino adventures, they had Bally’s come in and lay out an entire hotel, casino, water park to be built on the shoreline. They could have been raking it in, had they been able to get past the inter-family squabbles and power struggles.


7 posted on 06/04/2024 10:15:24 AM PDT by dware (Americans prefer peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom)
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To: dware
I know exactly where you are referring: Havasu Landing

In the '60's my aunt and her brother-in-law both 'owned' cabins just north of the landing. The land though was leased out by the tribe, at a very modest cost. I am guessing on the number of these cabins, but I would say 25-30 were there and most right on the water. In the '90's my aunt was kicked out and given 24 hours to vacate. Not easy for a woman in her late '70's.

just looked at google earth to see that area now. Cabins are all gone, but the Casino is on what was a campground (if I remember correctly. If you look closely along that shoreline, just north of the landing, you can see a boat ramp, which was put in by her brothers, her two sons and four other cousins (including me).

9 posted on 06/04/2024 11:11:13 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (Pray for Biden: Psalms 109: 8)
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