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 ...

Las Vegas, though, was looking for salvation, and found it in the form of a dam. The story goes that in 1928 when the Swing-Johnson act authorized the Boulder Dam, Las Vegans went down to the ...

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 ...