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Centuries ago, prehistoric cultures living along the Colorado River created gigantic figures on the surface known to archaeologist as "Intaglios." Also known as the Blythe Geoglyphs, archaeological dating suggests that these particular features are about 1100 years old. Since then, the Colorado River-dwelling Mojave peoples occupied the area.

The city of Blythe was named for English developer/financier Thomas Blythe, who first came here in 1877 and established primary water rights on the Colorado River. It was incorporated on July 21, 1916. Blythe came to California hoping to turn the Colorado River Valley into another Nile River Valley. For the most part, he succeeded. Modern irrigation methods have allowed the desert to become a rich farming and recreational area. Some mining still occurs in the Palo Verde Valley.
Six miles north of Blythe is the site of the original Blythe Intake, where the first legal claim for Colorado River Water was made. Water was transported from here to the nearby, desert Palo Verde Valley which is now lush farmland.

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Blythe is a city in Riverside County area. The community is in the Pacific Standard time zone.

The latitude of Blythe is 33.610N. The longitude is -114.595W.

The population, at the time of the 2000 census, was 12,155.

Blythe is on the Colorado River, at the Arizona border

The community was named after Thomas Blythe, developer and financier.

Blythe, California City Information