Commercial steamship transportation on the Colorado River was of great importance from 1852 through 1877, serving the mining communities of Northern Arizona. Cargo was unloaded at Hardyville, 1 ½ miles south of this point, sometimes returning downstream with barge loads of local ore. Bull's Head Rock, from which Bullhead City derived its name, was located upstream from this point and has been covered by the waters of Davis Dam since 1953. It was once used as a navigation marker and stood at a place where the Mohave Indians forded the river because it was free of quicksand. In 1976, the citizens of the Bullhead area dedicated Bullhead Community Park in commemoration of the peoples of yesterday.