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 ...

Las Vegas has now gone 212 days without rain, and all of Clark County is under either extreme or exceptional drought, but water levels at Lake Mead keep rising. Newsweek reached out to the National ...

when he visited Las Vegas for about an hour, the first sitting president to make a speech there (President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited in 1935, but spoke to dedicate Hoover Dam outside Boulder ...

The man who oversaw the construction of what many consider North America’s most impressive feat of civil engineering is considered a trailblazing pioneer of water management. From 1924 to 1936, Elwood ...

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 ...

Once the Hoover Dam was completed, Las Vegas was able to expand its electrical grid, she said, and that probably helped drive an expansion of neon signs. It was in the late 1940s and early 50s ...

Planning a trip to Las Vegas and looking to add a notable side trip to your itinerary? A visit to the Hoover Dam is just the ...

Las Vegas, though, was looking for salvation ... In 1937 Basic Magnesium, Inc. was established at a site near the now Hoover Dam. The company brought 15,000 new jobs to the area, and was soon ...

Las Vegas blossomed as a key stopping point on ... The dam was renamed the Hoover Dam in honor of President Herbert Hoover on April 30, 1947. 2. Boulder City (early 1930s) Six Companies, Inc ...

Las Vegas has many incredible attractions, but for years, it was missing something — an independent film house. That all changed thanks to philanthropist Beverly Rogers, whose namesake Beverly Theater ...