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In the winter of 1857-58, an Army lieutenant
named Joseph Christmas Ives brought a 54-foot iron-hulled stern-wheeler up
the river, steaming north from the Sea of Cortes to the foot of Black
Canyon, not far from where Las Vegas presently sprawls. Upon his return,
Ives filed a report saying that the lower Colorado River was suitable for
year-round navigation and "would be found an economical avenue for the
transportation of supplies to various military posts in New Mexico and
Utah." The surrounding country, in contrast, struck him as worthless: "The
region explored after leaving the navigable portion of the Colorado ... is
not of much value. Most of it is uninhabitable, and a great deal of it is
impassable ... Ours was the first and will doubtless be the last party of
whites to visit this profitless locality," Ives wrote.
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