Major John Wesley Powell makes the first recorded trip through the Grand ... opens bids for the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam and Power Plant. The contract is awarded to Six Companies ...

Fallout: New Vegas ultimately culminates in the Second Battle of Hoover Dam. (The first took place a few years before the start of the game.) Three entities all hope to control it: the NCR ...

THE completion, just announced, of the great concrete structure originally known as the Boulder Dam, but afterwards officially designated the Hoover Dam, across the Colorado River in Black Canyon ...

as everyone will be who sees for the first time this great feat of mankind." How did the dam get its name? The Hoover Dam was named in honor of Herbert Hoover, the nation's 31st president.

The start of construction on Hoover in 1930 held the ... Vegas complained that none of the first 1,000 workers placed on Six Companies’ payroll for the dam project were African American.

Yes, Hoover Dam tours can fill up and sell out, especially on weekends and during peak travel seasons. You can buy tickets for the Power Plant Tour online in advance. The Dam Tour is first come ...

as everyone will be who sees for the first time this great feat of mankind." How did the dam get its name? The Hoover Dam was named in honor of Herbert Hoover, the nation's 31st president. As Commerce ...