The community first started as an Army Air Corps rest camp during World War
II on the shores of Lake Havasu. In 1958, Robert P. McCulloch purchased 3,353
acres (13.57 km) of property on the east side of Lake Havasu along
Pittsburgh Point, the peninsula that eventually would be transformed into
"the Island". After four years of planning, McCulloch Properties
acquired another 13,000 acres of federal land in the surrounding area. Lake
Havasu City was established on September 30, 1963 by a resolution of the Mohave
County Board of Supervisors as the Lake Havasu Irrigation and Drainage
District, making it a legal
