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Laughlin Travel Video - Clown Festival

virtualequity@cox.net — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:00:29 PST

Laughlin travel presents a video on the Laughlin car museum and clown festival. There's lots to do in Laughlin Nevada...come see for yourself. Travel Laughlin.

Laughlin Nevada Shows Coming

virtualequity@cox.net — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:45:50 PDT

Laughlin entertainment always has a full schedule for their visitors enjoyment. Laughlin Travel news is posting a Laughlin event schedule for the next six months. Plan ahead and enjoy the show. If you need Laughlin show tickets, get them right at this site from Ticket Master.

Sep 9-14 - Aaron Radatz - 8pm, $30.00, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Sep 13 - Little Joe Y La Familia - 8pm, $15 & $25, Aquarius Casino Resort, 888-662-5825 or 702-298-5111
Sep 16-21 - Trent Carlini - The Dream King - 8pm, $32, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Sep 19 - Styx - 9pm, $25, $35 & $45, Harrah's, 800-447-8700
Sep 20 - Herman's Hermits - 8pm, $25, $29 & $35, Tropicana Express, 800-343-4533
Sep 27 - Kid Rock - 8pm, $61.50 & $71.50, Aquarius Casino Resort, 888-662-5825 or 702-298-5111
Oct 3-4 - Freddy Fender, Jr - TBApm, $TBA, Tropicana Express, 800-343-4533
Oct 3-4 - Tierra & Malo - 8pm, $25, $35 & $45, Tropicana Express, 800-343-4533
Oct 4 - The Temptations and The Four Tops - 8pm, $30 & $40, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Oct 5 - Journey - 8pm, $49.50, $66 & $82.50, Harrah's, 800-447-8700
Oct 7-12 - Ralphie May - 8pm, $30.00, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Oct 11 - Air Supply - 8pm, $25 & $35, Tropicana Express, 800-343-4533
Oct 14-19 - Debbie Reynolds - 8pm, $34, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Oct 17 - Terry Fator - 8pm, $TBA, Tropicana Express, 800-343-4533
Oct 22-26 - Lynn Anderson - 8pm, $30.00, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Oct 25 - Chicago - 8pm, $39.60, $50.60 & $61.60, Harrah's, 800-447-8700
Oct 25 - Ray Price - 8pm, $TBA, Tropicana Express, 800-343-4533
Oct 28-Nov 2 - Riders In The Sky - 8pm, $28.00, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Nov 4-9 - Jon Reep - 8pm, $24.00, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Nov 12-16 - Roy Clark - 8pm, $32.00, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Nov 15-18 - Rich Little - $35, $40 & $45, Harrah's, 800-447-8700
Nov 19-23 - Vicki Lawrence - $35 VIP, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849 -->
Nov 28-29 - Little Anthony and The Imperials - 8pm, $25 & $35, Tropicana Express, 800-343-4533
Nov 28-30 - The Lettermen - 8pm, $30.00, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Dec 2-7 - Kingston Trio - 8pm, $30.00, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Dec 27-30 - Mel Tillis - 8pm, $35, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Dec 31 - Mel Tillis - 7pm, $40, 10:30pm $45, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Dec 29-30 - Chubby Checker - 8pm, $25 & $35, Tropicana Express, 800-343-4533
Jan 1 - Mel Tillis - 8pm, $35, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Jan 10-15 - Ozark Jubilee - 8pm, $26, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Feb 10-15 - Charo - - $34.50 VIP, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Feb 24-Mar 1 - Oakridge Boys - 8pm, $36.50, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Mar 3-8 - The Smothers Brothers - - $34 VIP, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849
Apr 1-5 - Mark Wills - 8pm, $28.00, Riverside Resort, 800-227-3849

Laughlin Nevada Points of Interest

virtualequity@cox.net — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:12:39 PDT

Laughlin Nevada news. There is plenty to do around Laughlin Nevada. In the next two weeks we will bring you various Laughlin Nevada sites to see which are easy day trips.

DAVIS DAM

Located at the northern end of Bullhead City, Davis Dam created the 68 mile long Lake Mohave. Named for a former Director of Reclamation, Arthur Powell Davis, the $67 million earth and rock embankment spans the Colorado River and has a concrete spillway, intake structure and power plant. The dam is 200 feet high and was completed in 1953 to control floods and to generate hydroelectric energy. Best viewing of the dam is from Davis Camp in Bullhead City or from River Road in Laughlin, Nevada. The dam is closed to traffic.

Laughlin Nevada Travel News - New Arizona Charter Flight

virtualequity@cox.net — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:12:39 PDT

Glendale to Laughlin: $159, including airfare and lodging.

Roll of quarters not included.

A charter airline and a casino resort have launched the first passenger-service flights from Glendale Municipal Airport, just west of Loop 101 off Glendale Avenue.
Vision Airlines, in partnership with Don Laughlin's Riverside Resort and Hotel, will fly passengers from Glendale to Laughlin/ Bullhead International Airport for three-day trips Thursday through Sunday, or four-day trips Sunday through Thursday.

For now, the flights are being tried on an introductory basis through mid-August, but could be extended.

The 15-year-old Las Vegas-based charter airline has a fleet that primarily consists of 30-passenger Dornier 328 jets and turboprops, according to its Web site.

As gas prices and a tighter economy pinch travelers' pocketbooks, promoters bill the charter flights as an inexpensive getaway.

Laughlin is 200 miles northwest of Glendale, just across the Nevada line on the Colorado River.

Early-week flights are less than one hour direct. Late week flights are two hours with a connection in Mesa.

Glendale's airport has largely been a hobbyists' airport, with numerous single-engine plans renting space there.

In the past year, services have been updated to attract corporate jets and private business travelers.

The runway is long enough to accommodate some jets, and charter services have used the airport during large sporting events at nearby University of Phoenix Stadium.

To find out more about the flights to Laughlin, or make reservations, call 1-800-227-3849, or visit http://www.riversideresort.com and click on "flights."

Laughlin Nevada cyclist named inductee into the US Bicycling Hall of Fame

virtualequity@cox.net — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:12:39 PDT

Laughlin Travel News. Twenty seven years ago, a pre-teen girl named Cheri Elliott got talked into signing up for an amateur BMX race at Prairie City, south of Folsom. After much prodding from her parents and older brother, she duct taped her pant legs tight, donned an oversized white motorcycle helmet and climbed onto her clunky Huffy bicycle with her racing number scribbled across a paper plate taped to her handlebars to race against experienced armor-clad youths riding custom racing machines.
Nobody expected her to place. But unfortunately for the other racers who had their hearts set on coming home with that first-place trophy, Elliott dominated the track to win the first of many victories of a 20-year cycling career that would eventually lead to 14 national and world championships in both BMX and mountain bike racing.
Laughlin's Elliott was recently announced as an inductee into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame this November 2 for her contributions to the sport of BMX racing. The news coincides with the sport making it's debut among both men and women in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
In 1980's, Elliott's name was a staple among BMXers. Having won virtually every women's title during her first two years, she decided to break the gender barrier to compete against men. “Nobody understood why I wanted to race the guys,” she said. “I just wasn't being challenged enough and I felt like I had to move up to the next level.” Elliott defied opinions by winning several national events and trophy dashes. She could jump higher and soar farther than almost any other racer on the track, becoming the iconic “Rosie the Riveter” of the sport.
Elliott retired from BMX racing in 1985 at the age of 15 after paving the way for many other women to become serious competitors in the sport. Elliott intended to focus on a more traditional, professional career. She graduated high school and attended college at CSU Sacramento with no intent of returning to the sport. But during her senior year in 1993, she read an article about a former BMX rival, Lee Donnovan, who had gone on to dual-slalom mountain bike racing. “I thought ‘what the heck is this? If she can do it, I can do it, too!' So I called up a friend of mine who got me a bike and a sponsorship and took me up to Vale for my first race.”
“I didn't do well...actually it scared me half to death. Riding down a ski slope was very fast and scary...nothing like BMX .”
Undeterred by her early harrowing experience, Elliott decided to take another stab at racing, joining the KHS factory team and committing herself to training full-time. By the end of the 1994 racing season, she had been named the NORBA national dual-slalom champion.
Early mountain bikes bore very little resemblance to the full-suspension monster machines of today, Elliott said, making the ride a lot more challenging. “There was no rear suspension, and front suspension was brand new,” she said. “You only had about an inch of cushion. They were basically cross-country bikes that we were riding on some treacherous terrain...it wasn't until ‘95 that I saw Missy Jovi show up with this mac-daddied out, full-suspension Cannondale that had about five inches of travel. Now the bikes get like nine or 10.”
Elliott's racing career sunsetted in 2001 with a spine-wretching crash that nearly paralyzed her early in the season. “I hit this great big jump, covering about 30 feet,” she said. “I clipped the edge of the landing and went flying into the next berm. I hyperextended by back and watched my feet fly over my head. I heard a ‘crunch' and knew something was wrong.” An MRI following her accident showed significant damage to several vertebrae, which created pressure on her spinal cord that led to temporary partial paralysis of her right leg. She took the injury as a sign to move on from racing and has since pursued a career as a real estate broker. “I felt like I had dodged the bullet with that one,” she said. “Others haven't been so lucky.”
At 38, Elliott still looks the part of a hardcore racer with powerful shoulders, muscular legs and a pixie smile that doesn't detract from her image. She still rides for recreation, she says, dropping off flyers at various properties for sale around the community. “And I'll still go ride on a BMX track just for fun,” she says.
Although no longer a competitive cyclist, Elliott remains a champion of BMX racing, calling it a sport that's more accessible than most people realize. In 2007, she and her brother Kent Elliott founded the national team Next Generation. She also sponsors several athletic teams through her broker business at ERA.
Regarding her upcoming hall of fame induction, Elliott said she wishes she could give the award to the sport itself. “It changed my life,” she said. “I am who I am today because of the sport. For me to get the award myself seems almost selfish. I've decided it to all of the women about to make their debut in BMX in the Olympics this August.”

Laughlin Nevada soon to get Estil Wallace

virtualequity@cox.net — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:12:39 PDT

Laughlin Travel news. Laughlin Nevada can soon be looking to host up and coming singer/songwriter Estil Wallace. Check out a sample of his work. A new album called ellusion soon to be out. For more information go to www.estilwallace.com or email virtualequity@cox.net. Look out Laughlin.

Laughlin Nevada's ingredients for fun: casinos, river and adventure

virtualequity@cox.net — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:12:39 PDT

Recipe for desert fun: Begin with a river, line it with hotels, add a few casinos, mix in some restaurants, sprinkle well with shops and call it Laughlin Nevada.
This is the original recipe used in 1966 when Don Laughlin bought a boarded-up motel, plus 6.5 acres of riverfront property on the Nevada side of the Colorado River just north of Bullhead City, Ariz. What began as a four-room motel with a few slots, two gambling tables and a 98-cent chicken dinner grew into the 1,200-plus room Riverside Resort Hotel and Casino and the town of Laughlin grew around it.
The recipe was perfect.
Today Laughlin Nevada draws visitors year round for its indoor and outdoor activities. Whereas Las Vegas has gone supernova with its phenomenal growth, Laughlin Nevada has maintained a small town vibe. Many of its regular visitors muse fondly on how Laughlin casinos reminds them of Las Vegas before it went bling.
Several of the big laughlin casinos have places along the river with familiar names like Harrahs and Golden Nugget. The recently renovated Aquarius Casino Resort had originally opened as the Flamingo Hilton and it still bears the Flamingo crest below its Aquarius logo.
Gambling is a big part of the action in Laughlin, but it's not what keeps people coming season after season. Laughlin's Colorado River setting makes it the perfect family playground. The Laughlin Bay Marina has a boat launch, 110 boat slips in the lagoon, a dry storage with maintenance facilities, a ship store, full-service restaurant and a sandy beach.
After a sumptuous buffet breakfast at your hotel, you can stroll out to the riverwalk and watch all manner of personal watercraft such as Jet Skis and Waverunners cavorting in the river below. Watching is not much fun, though. Head on over to one of the many rental outlets run by Laughlin Watercraft Adventures and rent your own for the hour or the day.

Those who love the water, but don't like to get wet will find plenty of opportunities for other adventures. Laughlin steamboat cruises for dinner, cocktails or just sightseeing are available from Laughlin River Tours and purchased dockside at Aquarius and Edgewater. Over at the Riverside Resort you can pick up a sightseeing cruise on the Laughlin resort's flagship, U.S.S. Riverside. These sightseeing tours meander along the river, under the Laughlin City Bridge and up to Davis Dam. A guide narrates the cruises, sprinkling engineering facts, desert history and local legend into the tour.
Speedier types may prefer one of the jet-boat tours that runs down the river from Laughlin to Havasu City and under the London Bridge. This 58-mile stretch flows through the spectacular Topock Gorge, a section of river that zigzags through the jagged desert mountains.
Part of the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, the gorge holds many secrets to early desert life. Petroglyphs can be found within the canyons surrounding Topock and are only accessible from the river. Bighorn Sheep and wild horses live in the area and are often seen drinking on the water's edge.

Adventurous types bring along kayaks or canoes for the long paddle through Topock Gorge. Outfitters in Laughlin can set you up if you don't have your own gear. The quiet of the desert out here is like nothing you can imagine, the rippling of the river and the splash of your paddle the only sounds you hear. The river is gentle through the gorge, so don't expect whitewater rapids. The current helps you downriver, but be ready for an arduous trek back upriver. Desert River Outfitters in Bullhead City offers equipment rental as well as guided river trips. Bring a lunch and plenty of water, because there's no riverside cafes along the gorge and it's a full day trip by kayak or canoe.
What's a river without fish? The Colorado River is home to dozens of species of fish, including several varieties of bass, trout, crappie and flathead catfish. All of these can be fished from the river, but are plentiful through Topock Gorge. You can pick up a fishing tour with Capt. Doyle's Fun Fishing Guide Service. Bring your own lunch and drinks and Capt. Doyle's provides the licenses, stamps and fishing equipment.
Just above the Davis Dam to the north of Laughlin is Lake Mohave with its 200 miles of shoreline carved into the bluffs and canyons of the Mohave Desert. Don't have a boat? No problem. You can rent one at Katherine's Landing and explore the lake's secluded coves and beaches. Be sure to take a picnic lunch and plenty of water and other beverages because there's nothing out there but water, sky and sunshine.
Water activities in Laughlin help cut the heat from summer's sting. But when the day is done and everyone's itching for a cool shower and dry clothes, the city is there for you. All of the large hotels have buffets at prices that don't bust the family budget. Top entertainers and local talent fill the showrooms and clubs with choices from country to pop to rap. Games awaits big and little kids, with arcades for the young and casino action for the young-at-heart.
If you're planning a trip to Laughlin Nevada this summer, consider going Aug. 15-16 for the Pirates of the Colorado River Regatta. Locals and visitors compete on a rocking ride down the river in homemade pirate-themed floats made from inner tubes, river floats, kayaks, canoes or any nonmotorized floatation device. The festivities begin the evening of Aug. 15 at Bullhead Community Park, and launching takes place the following morning from both sides of the river. Awards are given at a celebration picnic the end of the regatta.
Is there a better recipe for summer fun? Make Laughlin travel plans.

Laughlin Visitors Bureau relates new plans during meeting of local Rotary Club

virtualequity@cox.net — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:12:39 PDT

Lauglin Nevada news- The Laughlin Visitors Bureau of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority accomplishes its goals seven different ways, a regional sales representative told the Laughlin Rotary Club at its June 25 breakfast at Harrah's Laughlin.A major rebranding to bring more tourists to Laughlin, whose number of visitors has decreased steadily to about 3 million, has been unveiled.
Laughlin's new motto, “It's Like You Own It,” replaces “Laughlin, Founded on Fun.”Regional Sales Representative Cherie Westbrook works for new club President Meg McDaniel at the LVB.
Westbrook noted the LVB's role complements the Laughlin Chamber of Commerce and the Laughlin Tourism Commission. It is to bolster the local economy as a destination marketing organization.Westbrook's presentation showed advertising, sales strategies, mass media, web sites, being an industry voice, promoting special events and having an international representation as the tools used.She said the bureau will expose Laughlin to new markets and new segments of existing markets.“We work with the meeting teams at all the resorts (in Laughlin) to bring in groups of all sizes and types,” she said.In presentations in southern California, she noted many people either don't know Laughlin exists or think of it only as a bunch of casinos on the river.“They don't realize we have hiking, biking, birding, old mines, petroglyphs, historical sites and Route 66, plus the river,” she added.Thus, while gambling “is important to our local economy, it is not the only attraction,” she concluded.The LVCVA opened the Laughlin Visitors Center, home of the LVB, in 1989, and it is supported by the authority's portion of a 9 percent hotel tax.McDaniel pointed out extensive authority research shows the average visitor budgets $760 for a trip to Laughlin, even though he or she might not spend that much. Still, she maintained, “That's pretty good and healthy for our local economy.”The authority's number crunchers list $465 million a year from the special tax as going to Clark County and its five cities, $453 million a year to the Clark County School District, which serves Laughlin and Searchlight, $279 million a year to transportation agencies, such as Las Vegas-based CAT bus system and the Laughlin-based Southern Nevada Transit Coalition (Silver Rider) for rural Clark County, $104 million a year to the Nevada Tourism Commission, which funded a $20,000 southern Nevada birding grant, and $80 million a year to the Nevada Transportation Department.Westbrook said three of the authority's eight foreign offices account for 70 percent of the visitors from outside the USA.

Laughlin Nevada Casino Drive Video

virtualequity@cox.net — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:12:39 PDT

This video shows the layout of Laughlin Nevada down the casino drive. A good view of Laughlin casinos, hotels, and clubs.

Laughlin, Nevada pictures and video - DesertUSA

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Laughlin, Nevada pictures and video - DesertUSA

Laughlin travel news. Click on the link above if you want current information on Laughlin Nevada. This will tell tell you whats happening with Laughlin shows, events, and even the current Laughlin Nevada weather.

Laughlin Nevada Travel Information

virtualequity@cox.net — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:12:39 PDT

Laughlin Travel News
Poker and petroglyphs in Laughlin, Nevada
The riverfront gambling Mecca offers cheaper rates, more visitor perks and a casual pace.
Laughlin, Nev.

If Las Vegas is the rock star of the gambling world, energetic with plenty of edge, then Laughlin is the lounge singer -- thinning on top and slightly off-key. Still, that lounge act is entertaining in a curious sort of way and, best of all, there's no cover charge.
Laughlin, Nev., which hugs the banks of the Colorado River about 30 miles north of Needles, Calif., boasts 11 hotel-casinos with more than 10,000 rooms. The town has been called "Vegas Lite" and "Vegas Junior." I prefer "Vegas on Valium." Don't expect to make a dash for the bar or the pool. The senior citizens who occupy many of the hotel rooms keep the pace at a crawl. There's no edginess here, but for some that's part of the attraction.
"It's just more laid-back," says Chris Connelly, a 50-year-old information-technology worker from Corona, as he stands on the Laughlin Riverwalk outside the Aquarius Casino. "You can dress in shorts and sandals and you don't feel like you're underdressed. Vegas now seems like it's for singles, a younger crowd that wants to get dressed up all the time."
Connelly and his wife, Julie, a real estate agent, regularly take the road less traveled -- U.S. 40 out of Barstow, rather than Interstate 15 up to Vegas. "We come here every couple of months," she says. "This is more of a fun atmosphere, and it's more affordable."
Julie Connelly says room comps, which are given to bigger spenders, are easier to get in Laughlin. "We haven't paid for a hotel here in probably 10 years," she adds.
But even those visitors without comps quickly discover that their dollars go further in Laughlin. According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, hotel rooms in the Colorado River community cost less than a third of what a visitor to Vegas can expect to pay: an average of $42 a night, compared with $132 a night 90 miles up the road in Sin City.
Laughlin's a place where visitors can get outdoors. Recreational opportunities abound, even for folks who aren't exactly buff.
Several hotels have docks along the river, from which various boat tours motor north to Davis Dam -- a little sister of Hoover Dam farther upstream -- and south as far as Lake Havasu City, about 60 miles downriver.
My favorite destination, however, is Grapevine Canyon in the New- berry Mountains just west of town, where ancient petroglyphs abound in a spectacular, yet easily accessible, setting.
Just seven miles from Casino Drive -- the last two miles along a washboard-like dirt road -- is the parking lot, which is also the trail head to the canyon. An easy five-minute walk brings visitors to the mouth of the canyon and the first of the many works of rock art, some of which, according to scientists, were made more than 800 years ago. There are drawings of humans as well as bighorn sheep and other creatures that dwell in these parts. I couldn't figure out what all of them depicted, but many of them were clearly of snakes. They, too, live here but are rarely seen by hikers.

Laughlin Nevada Trail Ride - Viva Laughlin

virtualequity@cox.net — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:12:39 PDT

Arizona Trail Ride - Viva Laughlin!
Four-Wheeling, Ghost-Town Exploring, And Trail-Riding

Laughlin Travel. Ghost towns to explore, trails to see, gold mines to tour, and a fine steak or crab legs waiting back at headquarters. Your wife wants to spend a week by the pool with restaurants within walking distance. Your kids want to play on their ATVs or PWCs. And you want to go four-wheeling. There's only one place where your family can do it all - Laughlin, Nevada!
Laughlin is about 100 miles southeast of Las Vegas and about 5 miles north of the Mojave Road trailhead, just inside Nevada's southern-pointing arrowhead alongside the mighty Colorado River. With California to the south and Arizona across the river to the east, the area is known as the tristate area. And, it's an area that abounds with trails and historic places to visit, including several ghost towns.
Ignoring the Colorado River flowing beneath your hotel window, let's start with some close-in easy wheeling spots. State Route 163 (one of the shortest state routes in Nevada - it connects Casino Road with U.S. Route 95) heads westward, uphill to U.S. 95. All along its south side are hills and canyons that seem to be designed just for ATV riding. There are plenty of places to unload the ATVs or to camp, and the trails are perfect for family four-wheeling on ATVs. Some of them might even present a challenge for your stock SUV. With the exception of some dirt roads leading to coves and camping spots on the shores of Lake Mojave and the Christmas Tree Pass Road, the north side of S.R. 163 is off-limits to off-roading because it's all part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. (Christmas Tree Pass Road is an unpaved "shortcut" between S.R. 163 and U.S. 95 that winds through some very scenic rock formations and past an extensive collection of ancient American Indian petroglyphs.)
You'll find the broken ground between the parking area and the Golden Gem's remains very steep, loose, and rocky. Be careful! A walking stick may prove its worth on this hill alone.
Now let's head across the river for the closer of the two ghost towns we're going to visit on this trip to Laughlin: Cerbat, Arizona. Nevada S.R. 163 ends in the middle of the bridge, and Arizona S.R. 68 begins and immediately turns left at the Arizona side of the bridge. Follow S.R. 68 27 miles east through Golden Valley and toward Kingman. Hang a left on U.S. 93 (which goes across Hoover Dam back into Nevada) for 5.7 miles. Set your odometer because your next right turn, County Road 255, is very difficult to spot unless you slow down just before you get there. C.R. 125, a left turn, is very easy to spot. You'll follow C.R. 125 for a half mile, then turn right onto Cerbat Road. We'd suggest 4WD at this point because when we last visited the site the sand wash through which Cerbat Road goes is very soft. Just before the site of Cerbat, the road starts a shallow climb out of the sand wash until you're overlooking a currently operating mine just before reaching Cerbat.
Named for the mountain range where it's located, Cerbat is an Indian word meaning bighorn sheep, which were once common in the area (you might also be lucky enough to see wild horses in the Cerbat area). Cerbat mines began opening in the 1860s when rich gold and silver veins were found, and a settlement was born in the early 1870s (it was even the Mohave County seat for a few years in the '70s). Cerbat never had more than a hundred residents or so in its isolated location, yet it did have a doctor and a lawyer. Three mines were developed: the Esmeralda, the Golden Gem, and the Vanderbilt. Today, the Golden Gem Mill and the mine's head frame still stand among scattered debris, but nothing else is left of this once-active township. Please note: Keep track of your kids and dogs as there is a deep, uncovered shaft not far from the base of the mill and a few smaller shafts scattered about. Also, please don't bother the folks at the working mine. If they're bothered too much they could consider closing the road.