Rocky Point
Puerto Peņasco, Mexico, or to us gringos known as Rocky Point, began its life close to 90 years ago. In the 1920s Puerto Peņasco was known as Cerro de Peņasco and was merely a temporary camp for passing fishermen. Over the years that small fishing camp began to develop into a full fledged fishing community and Americans began to notice the potential of the area as a tourist destination. Presently Rocky Point is in a transitional phase, drifting away from its roots as a shrimping town and quickly becoming one of Mexico's most popular tourist destinations. Discovered in the early 1920s by two wandering fishermen named Victor and Benjamin Bustamante, Rocky point seemed destined to remain a small fishermen's encampment. That was, until a well known Mafioso and close associate of Al Capone named John Stone took interest in Rocky Point. In 1929 Stone had built Rocky Point's first hotel and drilled a well so the town could finally have fresh water. Stone and his guests enjoyed fishing, hunting, gambling, and drinking (this was during prohibition) until 1931 when the Mexican government took away Stone's business license and forced him out. Once again Puerto Peņasco returned to being a
Phoenix and Tucson retirees fill trailer parks with their luxury motor homes and occupy time shares year-round in Rocky Point. They come for the beautiful days and the quiet, relaxing nights. Puerto Peņasco has also become quite a nice place to take the family, with a year-round carnival and a large variety of family oriented activities it is now a more popular place to take the kids than ever. Rocky Point's popularity with today's youth is growing, almost doubling, every year. Quad rentals, taco stands, sandy beaches, and a drinking age of only 18 furnish the younger crowds with hours of entertainment on a year-round basis. "The sun goes down and it's time to party..." this is a popular quote heard in a song about Rocky Point. They couldn't be more correct, when the sun goes down people of all ages stop sun-tanning and head out to the clubs where a wide assortment of entertainment can be found. Music, dancing, karaoke, upscale, downscale, young, and old, it can all be found in Rocky Point night life. 2. www.rockypoint-mexico.com April, 2001 In 1936 Mexican president Lazero Cardenas visited Rocky Point and he too, saw its vast potential and ordered a pier constructed for the fishing boats. He also began building a railroad to connect Rocky Point with Mexicali and the border. During World War II the United States government, along with cooperation of the Mexican government, built a paved road connecting Rocky Point to the border. The U.S. government feared attacks on its west coast ports and this gave them access to a backup port on the Sea of Cortez. Transformin
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