Willow Beach was a major trade center for Mojave and Virgin Ancestral Pueblo people along the routes between Coastal California and the American Southwest between 500 and 1200 CE.
[1] Willow Beach is the location of the Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery which is run by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
The hatchery produces Rainbow Trout for sport fishing.
Rainbow Trout are stocked year round.
The hatchery also raises Razorback Suckers and Bonytail Chub, both endangered species.