--- title: California Desert - Colorado River description: A collection of photos outside of the Colorado River Indian Reservation taken by SW Hammond. canonical_url: https://articles.swhammond.com/content/photography/73-california-desert-colorado-river language: en-GB date: 2025-08-20T01:42:11Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://articles.swhammond.com/content/photography/73-california-desert-colorado-river. markdown-tokens: 850 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://articles.swhammond.com/content/photography/73-california-desert-colorado-river. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. # 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](https://articles.swhammond.com/component/contact/contact/2-the-hud?catid=4) The HUD [ ![Desert plants with cloudy background.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/8b/crit-1-8b2978fd.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/e9/crit-1-e9ba6312.jpg) [ ![Adobe ruins in the desert.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/70/crit-10-70d90f3a.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/5e/crit-10-5e223d0d.jpg) [ ![Adobe ruins in the desert.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/82/crit-11-82e56e38.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/8e/crit-11-8e93adb4.jpg) [ ![Abandoned gas station in the desert.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/7e/crit-12-7e14ddab.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/crit-12-6dd44638.jpg) [ ![Desert plant with flowers.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/0a/crit-2-0a379a26.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/39/crit-2-39c5e0f5.jpg) [ ![Graffiti on an abandoned building in the desert.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/f5/crit-3-f57d155b.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/33/crit-3-339f3d3b.jpg) [ ![Graffiti on an abandoned building in the desert.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/b3/crit-4-b323a45c.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/9d/crit-4-9d6aefeb.jpg) [ ![Black and white. Graffiti on an abandoned building in the desert.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/00/crit-5-00618f97.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/e9/crit-5-e9f567bf.jpg) [ ![Abandoned and run down building in the desert.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/33/crit-6-33ddd1d0.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/dc/crit-6-dc4987ec.jpg) [ ![Office chair and tire abandoned in the desert.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/e6/crit-7-e61ca607.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/1d/crit-7-1d1b9284.jpg) [ ![Adobe ruins in the desert.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/08/crit-9-082e69da.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/f4/crit-9-f44f7f0f.jpg)