that is robert mcculloch. he wanted -- he saw this area nd built a plant here but wanted to bring people to live here. of thethe natural bought area and was looking for a draw. hard that the london bridge had been put up for sale the city of london and thought that was perfect. he was the winning bidder. war driving over -- aware driving over right now. the winning bidder in 1968, took three years to get it shipped here and rebuilt and he opened it in 1971 fp. along with the lake and london bridge toes are the -- those are two biggest draws for our city. people at the time thought they kidding that the london bridge was now going to be and all kindszona rulemors he bought the wrong not true. that is it has been a major attraction for our city. now?ere are we right >> we are on the island. we crossed the bridge. the island, honestly, never existed in the beginning. robert mcculloch needed omething to take the bridge over so he dug out a channel and created it island. as you can see, there's been some housing de

robert mcculloch is the founder of our city. people are familiar with mcculloch chain saws. that is robert p mcculloch. he saw this area, built a plant here, but wanted to bring people to live here. he saw the natural beauty of the area and was looking for a draw. he heard that the london bridge have been put up for sale by the city of london, and he thought, that would be perfect. so he was the winning bidder. >> which we are driving over right now, right? >> we are driving over it now. three years it took to get it shipped here and rebuild. he opened it in 1971. along with the lake and the bridge, those are the two biggest draws for our city. people at the time thought they were kidding, that the london bridge was now going to be located in arizona. there were all kinds of rumors that he brought -- bought the wrong bridge. none of those were true. he knew which bridge you was buying and he purchased the london bridge, and it has been a major attraction for our city. where are we right now? we are on the island across the bridge. the island honestly never existed in the begi

robert mcculloch was an inventor before he came here. he graduated as an engineer in the 1930's. in the 1950's he was looking for a place to test his outdoor motor. he flew over the lake and saw the landing strip at site six, which was an armed our camp for the military and turned into a fishing camp in the 1950's. it had an airstrip so he landed and decided this area would be a perfect place to test these outboard motors. within a year he had the entire , test facility set up, had employees testing the motors on the lake. the longer he stayed here, the more he thought how interesting it would be. there was a lot of land here to develop a city. he purchased more than 16,000 acres of land from the state in order to develop the city that he had envisioned. land, hepurchased the employed an old friend of his from california who was best known for designing disneyland to come and help them design the new city. if you look at our street map , you can kind of tell somebody with a fantastic imagination did that. it looks like a bowl of spaghetti was thrown in a wall and that is where ou

robert mcculloch was an inventor before he came here. he graduated as an engineer in the 30's. in the 1950's he was looking for a place to test his outdoor motor. he flew over the lake and saw the landing strip, which was an armed our camp for the military and turned into a fishing camp in the 1950's. he landed and decided this area would be a perfect place to test these motors. he had the entire test facility set up, had employees testing the motors on the lake. the longer he stayed here, the more he thought how interesting it would be. he purchased more than 16,000 state inland from the order to develop a study that he had envisioned. employed an old friend of his from california would who is best known for designing disneyland to come and help them if you lookew city, at our street map you can kind of tell somebody with a fantastic imagination did that. in reality the streets were designed so everybody had a view of the lake. after he bought the land and decided it would be a great place for people to live, he came up with this fantastic idea of flying people in free of land

us who robert mcculloch >> robert mcculloch, he is the founder of our city.eople are familiar with mcculloch chain saws. mcculloch.ert p. he saw the area, built a plant here, but wanted to bring people to live here. he saw the natural beauty of the area. he was looking for a draw. he had heard that the london bridge had been put up for sale by the city of london, and he thought that would be perfect. so he was the winning bidder. >> which we are driving over it right now. now, are driving it over and he was the winning bidder in 1968. it took three years to get it shipped here, and rebuilt, he opened it in 1971. along with the lake and the london bridge, those are the two biggest draws for our city. people at the time thought they the londong, that bridge was now going to be located in arizona. there were all kinds of rumors that he bought the wrong bridge. none of those are true. he knew which bridge he was buying, and he purchased the london bridge. and it has been a major attraction for our city. >> where are we right now? >> we're on the island. we crosse

why did robert robert mcculloch, maybe tell us quickly who he is and why it came here. >> robert mccullochthe founder of our city. people are familiar with mcculloch chainsaws. that's robert p. mcculloch. he wanted -- he saw this area, built a plant here but wanted to bring people to live here. he saw the natural beauty of the area and was looking for a draw, and he had heard that the london bridge had been put up for sale by the city of london, and he thought that would be perfect. so he was the winning bidder -- >> which we're driving over right now. >> we're driving over it right now. and he was the winning bidder in 1968, took three years to get it shipped here and rebuilt, and he opened it in 1971. along with the lake and the london bridge, those are the two biggest draws for our city. people at the time thought they were kidding that the london bridge was now going to be located in arizona. there were all kinds of rumors that he bought the wrong bridge. none of those are true. he bought -- he knew which bridge he was buying, and he purchased the london bridge. and it's been a major a

i think a lot of people thought robert mcculloch it was crazy for trying to build a city in the middlef the desert. they wondered what he was thinking and how it would attract people to populate a city. see, we are about 54,000 and we are a thriving, bustling city they would not be here if it had not been for him having the vision to start that. host: our c-span cities tour is also available online at c-span's threes american history tv. washington journal continues in a moment. will join which party the house and senate? election coverage starting tuesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern as the results come in from around the country. here speeches from the candidates. at 7:00 a.m.ning eastern, we will get your reaction, taking phone calls live during "washington journal." your primary source for campaign 2018. announcer: c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's public television companies and we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events around the country. c-span is