I am not exaggerating when I call it a modern marvel. Go ahead and visit, tell me if I am right. The best part is it can be visited in less than a day, and that includes a leisurely lunch in the town that was specially built for the workers that built the dam. I am talking about Boulder City. It pretty much looks the same as it did almost a hundred years ago.Getting back to Hoover Dam. It is about twenty five miles south of the strip, built in 1930 – 1936. A marvel of engineering. What makes it even more amazing that at that time there was nothing in that part of Nevada, not even a telephone or electric line. Everything had to be built from scratch, in the middle of nowhere, during the depression. It created one of the largest artificial lakes in the world. Lake mead extends over 115 miles. Hoover Dam is 720 feet high, and contains 4,400 000 cubic yards of concrete, enough to build a road from coast to coast. A very nice half day trip will take you to the lake and to the dam. The bridge that was built to shorten the trip to Arizona is over 1 000 feet above the Colorado River. In other words it is 300 feet above the dam. Get a nice specialty coffee at the Boulder City Company store, pick up a t shirt, or a book by local authors. I recommend “Nevada a Strange State”. Also available at rkmarketing@embarqmail.com, http://www.bouldercitycompanystore.com, http://www.lasvegasvisitor.com

We are very engaged in helping local artists, this expensive space is a donation. This month we have three books that are nice. They are: Nevada a Strange State, Silveropolis, and The Great Lake Mead Water Caper. Buy them on Amazon. All proceeds go to the artist.