Robert Paxton McCulloch
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ITS OBVIOUS TO US NOW WHAT A VISIONARY
MCCULLOCH WAS, BUT BACK IN THE DAY, CRAZY WAS
PROBABLY A MORE COMMON WAY OF DESCRIBING HIM.
HE SPENT ABOUT $10 MILLION DOLLARS ON A BROKEN
BRIDGE TO PUT OVER A RIVER THAT DIDN'T EXIST IN A
BARREN DESERT. HE REGISTERED THE LONDON BRIDGE AS
AN ANTIQUE. MAKING IT INTO GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD
RECORDS AS THE LARGEST ANTIQUE EVER SOLD.
IN 1963, MCCULLOCH BOUGHT 26 SQ MILES OF
DESOLATE DESERT AT $73 AN ACRE WHICH WAS TO
BECOME LAKE HAVASU. THAT WAS THE LARGEST SINGLE
TRACT OF STATE LAND EVER SOLD IN ARIZONA AT THE
TIME. TO UTILIZE THE AIRSTRIP ALREADY ON WHAT IS
NOW THE ISLAND, MCCULLOCH DEVELOPED AN AIRLINE TO
BRING IN PROSPECTIVE LAND OWNERS AND BUSINESS TO
THE AREA. PROMOTED AS A "FREE FLIGHT TO PARADISE".
PASSENGERS WERE GREETED BY THE LARGEST FLEET(40)
OF IDENTICAL WHITE JEEPS IN THE WORLD TO BE THEIR
TAXIS. THE FREE FLIGHTS BROUGHT IN 137,000
PROSPECTIVE BUYERS.
AT THE TIME OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE LONDON
BRIDGE, THERE WERE 3,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN LAKE
HAVASU. YET, 100,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE EVENT
INCLUDING BRITISH DIGNITARIES.
MCCULLOCH CERTAINLY THOUGHT BIG, WHICH SEEMS TO
RUN IN THE FAMILY. HIS GRANDFATHER MADE A FORTUNE
INVESTING IN THE INVENTIONS OF THOMAS EDISON. HE
ALDO FOUNDED MILWAUKEE'S PUBLIC UTILITY SYSTEM.
MCCULLOCHS FATHER WAS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
RAILWAY COMPANY. EVEN HIS IN LAWS, WERE THE BRIGGS
OF BRIGGS AND STRATTON.
MCCULLOCH WAS, BUT BACK IN THE DAY, CRAZY WAS
PROBABLY A MORE COMMON WAY OF DESCRIBING HIM.
HE SPENT ABOUT $10 MILLION DOLLARS ON A BROKEN
BRIDGE TO PUT OVER A RIVER THAT DIDN'T EXIST IN A
BARREN DESERT. HE REGISTERED THE LONDON BRIDGE AS
AN ANTIQUE. MAKING IT INTO GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD
RECORDS AS THE LARGEST ANTIQUE EVER SOLD.
IN 1963, MCCULLOCH BOUGHT 26 SQ MILES OF
DESOLATE DESERT AT $73 AN ACRE WHICH WAS TO
BECOME LAKE HAVASU. THAT WAS THE LARGEST SINGLE
TRACT OF STATE LAND EVER SOLD IN ARIZONA AT THE
TIME. TO UTILIZE THE AIRSTRIP ALREADY ON WHAT IS
NOW THE ISLAND, MCCULLOCH DEVELOPED AN AIRLINE TO
BRING IN PROSPECTIVE LAND OWNERS AND BUSINESS TO
THE AREA. PROMOTED AS A "FREE FLIGHT TO PARADISE".
PASSENGERS WERE GREETED BY THE LARGEST FLEET(40)
OF IDENTICAL WHITE JEEPS IN THE WORLD TO BE THEIR
TAXIS. THE FREE FLIGHTS BROUGHT IN 137,000
PROSPECTIVE BUYERS.
AT THE TIME OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE LONDON
BRIDGE, THERE WERE 3,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN LAKE
HAVASU. YET, 100,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE EVENT
INCLUDING BRITISH DIGNITARIES.
MCCULLOCH CERTAINLY THOUGHT BIG, WHICH SEEMS TO
RUN IN THE FAMILY. HIS GRANDFATHER MADE A FORTUNE
INVESTING IN THE INVENTIONS OF THOMAS EDISON. HE
ALDO FOUNDED MILWAUKEE'S PUBLIC UTILITY SYSTEM.
MCCULLOCHS FATHER WAS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
RAILWAY COMPANY. EVEN HIS IN LAWS, WERE THE BRIGGS
OF BRIGGS AND STRATTON.
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