On this day in history, July 7, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam began. Over the course of the next five years, more than 21,000 men would work tirelessly to produce what would become the largest ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on July 7, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On July 7, 1930, construction began on Boulder Dam.

Even though I found myself visiting on an aggressively Cleveland weather day - gray skies, bone-chilling wind, and, believe it or not, snow - the lake was still a sight to see from the overlook. Like ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — September 11, 1936 was an electrifying date for Southern Nevada. On this day Hoover Dam began generating power to the area. Lake Mead began filling with water in February of 1935, ...

Having grown up in Southern Nevada and spent a lot of time visiting, teaching and writing about Hoover Dam, I admire it and the people who built it. Megan McArdle (“Infrastructure blues,” Sunday ...

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 ...

On Sept. 30, 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated the Hoover Dam, only he wouldn’t use that name for the dedication.

Decades ago, Laureen and I visited the Hoover Dam with our very young children. We revisited that trip recently, and none of it looked familiar to me. Of course, in all transparency, I sometimes wear ...