Las Vegas: Part I – The Hoover Dam

We explore how building The Hoover Dam made Vegas. This is part one in a two part series on the creation of Las Vegas. 

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Recommended Reading
Colossus by Michael Hiltzik  
A Short History of Las Vegas by Barbara Land and Myrick Land 
Hoover Dam: The Photographs of Ben Glaha by Barbara Vilander 
Hoover Dam Construction: Boulder Dam (Part I) (1931) (Video)  
The story of Hoover Dam (Video) 

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