Williamsport is a former mining town and present dayghost town, on the bank of theColorado River inLa Paz County, Arizona.
It was also a landing forsteamboats of the Colorado River, first located inYuma County from 1863 through the 1870s, then inArizona Territory.[1]: 34, 167
In the fall of 1863, theEureka Mining District was formed when silver strikes were made in theChocolate Mountains of Arizona.Eureka Landing and Williamsport grew serving these new mines in the district. The landings and mining district appear in the 1865 Map of the new Arizona Territory. Eureka was a small cluster of adobe buildings on the riverbank, 47 miles up river from Arizona City and 2 miles up river from Eureka Landing. Across the Colorado River wasPicacho, California and thePicacho Mining District.[1]: 40, 64, 167
Today the old landing of Williamsport on the riverbank has disappeared. It was located approximately at33°01′48″N114°35′38″W / 33.03000°N 114.59389°W /33.03000; -114.59389.
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