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.
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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