Amid the woozy desert haze springs an incongruous streak of blue. Lake Mead is the most mirage-like thing I’ve ever seen that ...

With the success of the Hoover Dam—the project was completed two years ahead of schedule—the men of Six Companies were emboldened to take on new challenges. Stephen Bechtel, son of Warren and ...

The Hoover Dam, located on the border between Arizona and Nevada, is one of the most famous landmarks in the United States. Completed in 1935, this colossal structure was primarily built to ...

Sitting about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas, the Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River and the Black Canyon (which separates Nevada and Arizona). The immense concrete structure – which confines ...

St. Francis, a curved gravity dam like the later Hoover Dam, was completed in 1926. On March 12, 1928, two years to the day after the reservoir began to fill, the St. Francis Dam failed ...

For citizens shaken by the tumultuous effects of the Great Depression, the Hoover Dam project provided two ... broad ridge above Hemenway Wash, neared completion. Boulder City was essentially ...

The excursion is along the Colorado River's Black Canyon National Water Trail— crossing the widest single-arch concrete ...

If you're planning things to do in Las Vegas, you may be considering a day trip to the Hoover Dam – the National Historic Landmark that diverts water from the Colorado River to various corners ...