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Port Isabel was a seaport established on Port Isabel Slough in 1865 during the American Civil War in Sonora, Mexico in the mouth of the Colorado River on the Gulf of California.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 19 relations: American Civil War, Colorado River, Colorado River Delta, Colorado River State Historic Park, District of Arizona, Dry dock, Fort Yuma, George Alonzo Johnson, Gulf of California, Montague Island (Baja California), Port Isabel Slough, Robinson's Landing, Schooner, Slough (hydrology), Sonora, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Steamboats of the Colorado River, Tidal bore, Yuma, Arizona.

  2. 1865 establishments in Mexico
  3. Communities in the Lower Colorado River Valley
  4. Gulf of California
  5. History of Sonora
  6. Port cities and towns on the Mexican Pacific coast
  7. River ports
  8. Steamboat transport on the Colorado River
  9. Transportation in Sonora

American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Colorado River

The Colorado River (Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico.

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Colorado River Delta

The Colorado River Delta is the region where the Colorado River flows into the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez) in eastern Mexicali Municipality in the north of the state of Baja California in northwesternmost Mexico. Port Isabel, Sonora and Colorado River Delta are Gulf of California.

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Colorado River State Historic Park

Colorado River State Historic Park, formerly Yuma Crossing State Historic Park and Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park, and now one of the Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites on the National Register of Historic Places in the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area.

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District of Arizona

District of Arizona was a subordinate district of the Department of New Mexico territory created on August 30, 1862 and transferred to the Department of the Pacific in March 1865.

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Dry dock

A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform.

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Fort Yuma

Fort Yuma was a fort in California located in Imperial County, across the Colorado River from Yuma, Arizona.

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George Alonzo Johnson

George Alonzo Johnson (1824–1903) was an American entrepreneur and politician. Port Isabel, Sonora and George Alonzo Johnson are Steamboat transport on the Colorado River.

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Gulf of California

The Gulf of California (Golfo de California), also known as the Sea of Cortés (Mar de Cortés) or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (Mar Vermejo), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from the Mexican mainland. Port Isabel, Sonora and Gulf of California are Colorado River.

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Montague Island (Baja California)

Montague Island, known in Spanish as Isla Montague, is an island at the mouth of the Colorado River in the municipality of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, and is part of the Colorado River Delta and part of a broader region called the Salton Trough. Port Isabel, Sonora and Montague Island (Baja California) are Steamboat transport on the Colorado River.

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Port Isabel Slough

Port Isabel Slough was a deep slough in the Colorado River Delta near the mouth of the Colorado River during the 19th century, within the state of Sonora, Mexico. Port Isabel, Sonora and Port Isabel Slough are Colorado River, History of Sonora and Steamboat transport on the Colorado River.

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Robinson's Landing

Robinson's Landing was a location in Baja California, Mexico. Port Isabel, Sonora and Robinson's Landing are Communities in the Lower Colorado River Valley, Port cities and towns on the Mexican Pacific coast, river ports and Steamboat transport on the Colorado River.

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Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast.

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Slough (hydrology)

A slough is a wetland, usually a swamp or shallow lake, often a backwater to a larger body of water.

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Sonora

Sonora, officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico.

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Southern Pacific Transportation Company

The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States.

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Steamboats of the Colorado River

Steamboats on the Colorado River operated from the river mouth at the Colorado River Delta on the Gulf of California in Mexico, up to the Virgin River on the Lower Colorado River Valley in the Southwestern United States from 1852 until 1909, when the construction of the Laguna Dam was completed. Port Isabel, Sonora and Steamboats of the Colorado River are Colorado River, Gulf of California, History of Sonora and Steamboat transport on the Colorado River.

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Tidal bore

A tidal bore, often simply given as bore in context, is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water that travels up a river or narrow bay, reversing the direction of the river or bay's current.

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Yuma, Arizona

Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. Port Isabel, Sonora and Yuma, Arizona are Communities in the Lower Colorado River Valley.

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See also

1865 establishments in Mexico

Communities in the Lower Colorado River Valley

Gulf of California

History of Sonora

Port cities and towns on the Mexican Pacific coast

River ports

Steamboat transport on the Colorado River

Transportation in Sonora

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Isabel,_Sonora