In 1914, the California Southern Railroad (not to be confused with the earlier railroad linking Barstow and San Diego) was incorporated to build 42.2 miles from a point known as Blythe Junction (Rice) to reach Blythe via a passage between the Big Maria Mountains and the Little Maria Mountains.
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Ripley, California, was a town named after him when the Arizona and California Railroad's Blythe Branch was originally intended to be a shortcut to San Diego until his retirement/death as the branch reached to the town in 1920.
The subdivision and siding are still in use, but have since changed hands and currently belong to the Arizona and California Railroad, a short line serving southeastern California from Rice to Cadiz, California and southwestern Arizona at Parker.