hot_diggity_dog
04-26-2004, 02:12 PM
Well long before you Focker's where born this man was riding a burro to school. And no it wasn't uphill ;) both way's in the snow with flip flops and shorts on either.
We lost one of the oldest true RIVERRATs alive. :(
Graham, shaper of Havasu, dies at 92
A.E. “Bud” Graham, who helped shape Lake Havasu more than 70 years ago, died
Tuesday at age 92. :(
The longtime Lake Havasu City resident grew up on a dairy farm north of Parker. ;)
He rode a burro about 10 miles to the public school in Parker every morning. :eek:
“I could usually make it to school in about an hour,” said Graham during an
interview with Today’s News-Herald in 2000. “It depended on how fast I wanted to go.”
At age 20, Graham was the proud owner of riverboat powered by a Model-T Ford
engine.
He was one of the few people in the area who had experience navigating through the many sandbars and rocks of the once rugged Colorado
River.
When federal officials were searching for a site to build the Parker Dam in 1931, Graham offered to escort them up river.
The only road along the river at that time was an old wagon trail.
The Metropolitan Water District, which would eventually provide water to millions of people in Southern California, soon hired Graham as a surveyor after he completed a correspondence course in construction engineering.
Graham was responsible for surveying much of the land needed for a massive reservoir created by the construction of Parker Dam. That reservoir would be known as Lake Havasu.
Graham retired from the Metropolitan Water District after 22 years. He also
established Graham Water Utilities on the Parker
Strip and was a founding member of Mohave State Bank.
He is also a former member of the Yuma County Board of Supervisors.
In 1971, he moved to Lake Havasu City with beautiful view of the lake he helped create.
In 2001, former Arizona governor Jane Hull issued a proclamation declaring his 90th birthday as official “A.E. Bud Graham Day.”
“I really believe Lake Havasu has a great future,” Graham said. “I’m just
really proud to be part of its history.”
Thanks you for all you did for us Graham
HDD
We lost one of the oldest true RIVERRATs alive. :(
Graham, shaper of Havasu, dies at 92
A.E. “Bud” Graham, who helped shape Lake Havasu more than 70 years ago, died
Tuesday at age 92. :(
The longtime Lake Havasu City resident grew up on a dairy farm north of Parker. ;)
He rode a burro about 10 miles to the public school in Parker every morning. :eek:
“I could usually make it to school in about an hour,” said Graham during an
interview with Today’s News-Herald in 2000. “It depended on how fast I wanted to go.”
At age 20, Graham was the proud owner of riverboat powered by a Model-T Ford
engine.
He was one of the few people in the area who had experience navigating through the many sandbars and rocks of the once rugged Colorado
River.
When federal officials were searching for a site to build the Parker Dam in 1931, Graham offered to escort them up river.
The only road along the river at that time was an old wagon trail.
The Metropolitan Water District, which would eventually provide water to millions of people in Southern California, soon hired Graham as a surveyor after he completed a correspondence course in construction engineering.
Graham was responsible for surveying much of the land needed for a massive reservoir created by the construction of Parker Dam. That reservoir would be known as Lake Havasu.
Graham retired from the Metropolitan Water District after 22 years. He also
established Graham Water Utilities on the Parker
Strip and was a founding member of Mohave State Bank.
He is also a former member of the Yuma County Board of Supervisors.
In 1971, he moved to Lake Havasu City with beautiful view of the lake he helped create.
In 2001, former Arizona governor Jane Hull issued a proclamation declaring his 90th birthday as official “A.E. Bud Graham Day.”
“I really believe Lake Havasu has a great future,” Graham said. “I’m just
really proud to be part of its history.”
Thanks you for all you did for us Graham
HDD