March 12 of that same year, the St. Francis Dam ... map). Los Angeles received the first “soft and filtered water” from the CRA on June 20, 1941, but Pasadenans found the taste of Colorado ...

Major John Wesley Powell makes the first recorded trip through the Grand Canyon and down the length of the Colorado River ... the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam and Power Plant.

Long before Hoover Dam became a symbol of American engineering, the modest Laguna Dam quietly made history. Journey to the site where the taming of the Colorado River began—and uncover the overlooked ...

If you're deciding on 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 ...

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 ...

Peter McBride From its source high in the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado River channels water south ... 110 miles long and formed by the Hoover Dam. But at the lake’s edge they can see lines ...

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

The mountains that feed the Colorado River with snowmelt are strikingly dry, with many ranges holding less than 50% of their ...