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California Desert - Colorado River

I traveled to the Colorado River Indian Reservation along the Arizona and California border to do research for an upcoming novel (The Ballad of Stevie Pearl). I found this abandoned building just outside of the reservation on the California side.

Published

12 April 2016

Refreshed

19 August 2025

Location

Colorado River, California

Author

The HUD
Desert plants with cloudy background.
Adobe ruins in the desert.
Adobe ruins in the desert.
Abandoned gas station in the desert.
Desert plant with flowers.
Graffiti on an abandoned building in the desert.
Graffiti on an abandoned building in the desert.
Black and white. Graffiti on an abandoned building in the desert.
Abandoned and run down building in the desert.
Office chair and tire abandoned in the desert.
Adobe ruins in the desert.
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