Boulder City, Nevada
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Mimi Garat Rodden
Mimi Garat Rodden, an historic preservation consultant and resident of Boulder City, has compiled a fascinating collection of photographs that trace the history of this extraordinary community. Please join us to watch the taming of the mighty Colorado River, and to witness the beautiful western vistas beckon with a promise of new beginnings.
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Boulder City, Nevada - Mimi Garat Rodden
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION ADMINISTRATION OFFICES.
(Courtesy of Bureau of Reclamation.)
Boulder City, Nevada
Mimi Rodden
Copyright © 2000 by Mimi Garat Rodden
9781439611005
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
UNIDENTIFIED COUPLE SITTING IN FRONT OF AN ORIGINAL FAMILY HOME.
(Courtesy of Boulder Dam Museum.)
DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to all the pioneers who came to Nevada to make this a better state, and to the pioneers who helped settle the West.
AN EARLY BOULDER CITY FAMILY IN A 30-FOOT PENSTOCK PIPE SECTION LOADED ON A 32-WHEEL TRAILER FOR TRANSFER FROM THE BABCOCK & WILCOX ROLLING MILL TO HOOVER DAM DIVERSION TUNNELS. They are, from left to right: Everett Godbey, Bun Godbey, Lee Godbey, Dal Baileny, Lina Fahrion holding granddaughter Alice Mae, Erma Godbey, Tom Godbey, Ila Godbey, Monroe Sullivan, Tommy Godbey, Alice Sullivan, Jimmy Godbey, Laura Godbey, Sammette Sullivan, and Joe Sullivan, on December 25, 1931.
(Courtesy of Godbey Family.)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author would like to thank Dennis McBride, Marti Barth, and Joan Kerschner for their contributions towards this book.
Photo Credits
Boulder City Museum and Historical Association, American Legion Post 31,
Bureau of Reclamation Department of the Interior, The Godbey Family,
Grace Community Church, Rose Ann Miele Rabiola,
MRPC, Mimi Rodden, Preservation Consultant.
PLAN OF BOULDER CITY SHOWING THE LOCATION OF BUILDINGS ALREADY CONSTRUCTED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Most of the structures at the left and in the lower section of the city plan were built by one of the Six Companies for their employees.
(Courtesy of Boulder Dam Museum.)
INTRODUCTION
In the beginning, it was a dream—a dream to harness the mighty river for much needed power, and to control the terrible flooding of the lower Colorado. Seven states would have to agree on goals as well as the distribution of water, the gold
of the west. Beautiful western vistas, open spaces, and opportunities beckoned with the promise of new land and new beginnings. All of this amidst the time when the United States was beginning to experience the worst depression in history.
The Boulder Canyon Project Act, as authorized by Congress in 1928, was intended for the construction of Hoover Dam. This was the most significant American public works project of the twentieth century. The first and largest of our nation’s monumental multipurpose reclamation efforts was to tame the awesome Colorado River, a Spanish word meaning red river.
Hoover Dam and the support construction crew were