They dubbed a marshy area along the way Las ... of Las Vegas. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Boulder Dam, a massive engineering feat, in 1935. The dam was renamed the Hoover ...

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 ...

THE completion, just announced, of the great concrete structure originally known as the Boulder Dam, but afterwards officially designated the Hoover Dam ... south-east of Las Vegas, Nevada ...

Sitting about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas, the Hoover Dam spans the Colorado ... by a terrazzo floor with a celestial map noting the dam's dedication date: Sept. 30, 1935.