We decided to make a quick detour to the iconic Hoover Dam on our way home. I was excited to see a sign on the road to the bridge that told us to be on the lookout for Big Horn Sheep ...

Representatives of the seven Colorado River Basin States sign the Colorado River Compact ... opens bids for the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam and Power Plant. The contract is awarded ...

From outside, this vast construction is about size, scale and spectacle. Once inside, it becomes more about appreciating how ...

Hoover Dam, on the border of Nevada and Arizona, offers tours and scenic views. Visitors can choose between two guided tours: the Power Plant Tour and the Dam Tour. Tours often sell out ...

During the time in the early 1920s when legislation was being crafted to authorize a dam on ... failure to sign on was rendered moot by the approval of the other six states). Hoover was ...

Saturday commemorates the 89th anniversary of the Hoover Dam's completed construction, considered by most experts "a modern miracle" and one of the most visited sites in the world. The 726-foot ...

You'll see more than just the Hoover Dam on this jam-packed outing. After being picked up from your Las Vegas hotel, you'll stop at the Las Vegas welcome sign to snap some photos before heading to ...

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 ...