1877 - Life of the Salton Sea

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Event Title: 1877 Categories: ALL, Places, Events, EarlyHistory, FullTimeline Timelines: Full Timeline, Early History, ALL

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The Southern Pacific Railroad completed a railway from Los Angles, through the Salton Sink and Colorado Desert, to Yuma, AZ.

This was the first major step in developing the region that would soon become the Imperial Valley.

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Southern Pacific Railroad Train Depot in the Salton Sink

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Life of the Salton Sea