Welcome to the Port Kingman of the TAT Line.
Mohave County was established on 21 December, 1864, it is one of the four original counties of territory of Arizona. Before the Arizona Territory, in 1852, Captain Lorenzo Sitgreaves and U. S. Topographical Engineers surveyed the 35th parallel. Then in 1854, Army Lts. Amiel Whipple and Joseph Ives surveyed the lower Colorado River region. Navy Lt. Edward Beale and his survey crew created the Beale Wagon Road in the 1857-8 along the 35th parallel. Camp Beale Spring was started in 1866, but commissioned in 1871 and deactivated in 1974. Kingman is established in 1882 as siding of the new Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Kingman and Mohave County grew in populations of people and livestock. The cattle ranchers now had a way to get their stock to market and more miners came to the area looking for the mother load. When technology changes, Kingman and Mohave County works to have it available for its citizens. When the dawn of aviation was happening, Kingman set up a small landing strip for any aircraft coming to the area. This is the start of aviation in Kingman and Mohave County.
