Blythe, California
Riverside County · Population 18,317 · Card no. 10039
A Colorado River farm city on the Arizona line, in irrigated desert country.
- The Blythe Intaglios, enormous figures scratched into the desert floor nearby, were made centuries ago and are best seen from the air.
- Two state prisons are major employers.
- The town is named for Thomas Blythe, who filed the first water claim.
Send this card free
Every incorporated city and town in California has its own painted card here,
free to send by email or by link. No account, nothing to install.