Cal-Nev-Ari
CAL-NEV-ARI
Originally known as Stage Field, this was an outlying airfield of Camp Ibis, one of the
eleven camps established within the Desert Training Center, California-Arizonan
Maneuver Area during World War II. Developed by General George S. Patton, Jr., the
vast area was used from 1942 to 1945 to train troops for duty overseas.
With the closure of the training area, much of the land reverted to the control of the
Bureau of Land Management. Slim Kidwell, who had been operating the Torrance
Airport, located the field while flying over the area. He saw promise in the area, and
decided to build a new community in southern Nevada. Using the Pittman Act, Slim and
his wife Nancy filed on 640 areas in 1965.
Naming the area Cal-Nev-Ari for its location near the three states, the Kidwells began
building. Originally without a well, they hauled water from the Colorado River. Once
water was assured, the couple built a fly-in community which today boasts over 300
residents.
Dedicated this 11th day of October, 2009
By the Queho Posse #1919, Billy Holcomb #1069, Platrix #2, and Peter Lebeck #1866
Chapters of E Clampus Vitus.
In conjunction with the Clark County Centennial,
Nancy Tidwell, and the Residents of Cal-Nev-Ari
Submitted by @dbwilldo.