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Entrance Fees Coming to Hoover Dam
Like it or not, Seeing the iconic Hoover Dam will soon cost you. Entrance Fees coming to Hoover Dam [more…]
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Don’t Blame Las Vegas for Lake Mead Going Dry
We can all agree that Lake Mead, once the largest man-made reservoir in the world, is going dry. As we watch it disappear, people like to point the finger for this problem on Las Vegas [more…]
History
Who were the Six Companies?
So how did one of the largest dams in the world ever get built in the middle of nowhere in middle of the great depression? How did it manage to actully work? Easy. You get [more…]
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91 Years Ago Today
On this day, 91 years ago today, July 30, 1930, President Herbert Hoover officially authorized the immediate start of construction of Hoover Dam in Black canyon. A 35 miles jaunt outside of what was then, [more…]
Places
Talking About The Hoover Dam Dog
On this date, February 21, 1941, the lovable black lab mutt who had become the unofficial mascot to all the men building Hoover Dam was accidentally killed. I bet you didn’t know that. Many people [more…]
Things to Do
Walking the Historic Railroad Tunnels
Want a fun little hike? Want to see some Hoover Dam History? Then you may want to travel out to Boulder City and walk the Historic Railroad Tunnels. Railroad Tunnels?? About a thirty-minute drive outside [more…]
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The Drive: Las Vegas to Boulder City
A growing segment of the Las Vegas tourist market (before the lockdown) was tourists’ wanting to spend part of their vacation off the Strip. To get away from the bright lights, the crowd, and the [more…]
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Is Hoover Dam Open for Tours?
[arve url=”https://youtu.be/MOxXbkRT9Bk” title=”Are we able to visit the hoover dam during the shutdown?” description=”Is the Hoover Dam open for tourists?” /] Last Thursday, the beginning of the panic in Las Vegas, I decided to [more…]
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Hoover Dam Tours Updates
Hoover Dam is one of the engineering marvels of the modern era and was built literally in the middle of nowhere during the Great Depression. Everyone at the time said it was not going to [more…]
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Remembering Nig, The Hoover Dam Dog
This morning, as I was out capturing pictures of what remained of the “Blizzard of 2019″, I was out at Hoover Dam before the tours started to show up. That’s when I remember what day [more…]
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That Dam Bridge
Sometimes its the strangest things that can get us excited. For many of us in Las Vegas, it’s the opening of a bridge. Yes, a bridge. On October 16, the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge ( Mike [more…]
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Da Bridge!! Da Bridge is almost done
Here are a couple of pics of the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge we keep talking about on the Podcast. When this 1,900 foot span is completed later this year, it will replace having to [more…]