Walkers can step back into Hoover Dam history while getting some of their daily steps in Boulder City. The town, about a half-hour south of Las Vegas, helped build Hoover Dam. A self-guided walking ...
Saturday commemorates the 89th anniversary of the Hoover Dam's completed construction, considered by most experts "a modern miracle" and one of the most visited sites in the world. The 726-foot-high ...
A visit to Hoover Dam, that iconic concrete giant straddling the Colorado River at the border of Nevada and Arizona, offers history, power and jaw-dropping views. Visitors can walk around the site and ...
Andrew J. Dunar teaches history at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is the co-author of Building Hoover Dam: An Oral History of the Great Depression. He answers a few questions about major ...
Around this time, 89 years ago, the Hoover Dam began supplying electricity to the city of Los Angeles.Finished in 1935 and located along the Nevada and Arizona state lines, the concrete arch structure ...
The Boulder Dam: Later renamed the Hoover Dam, began operation. President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a button in Washington to signal the startup of the dam’s first hydroelectric generator. The 60 ...
Bored into the desert cliffs above Lake Mead lies a trail once vital to the building of Hoover Dam. The Historic Railroad Trail offers sweeping views, echoing tunnels, and a rare chance to walk the ...
The sinful river -- The road to Black Canyon -- The arch https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!973253 ...
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