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 ...

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.

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 ...

Walkers can step back into Hoover Dam history while ... loop is completed at Boulder Dam Hotel. Walkers learn that City Hall was originally Boulder City’s first school because many dam workers ...

Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, Hoover Dam was called one of the greatest engineering works in history. 5,000 working men and their families came to live ...

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.

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 ...