Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam
In 1928, Calvin Coolidge, with the help of, then Secretary of Com-merce, Herbert Hoover signed the Boulder Canyon Project that would build a dam that would separate the Colorado River Ba-sin, create much needed energy for the blooming southwest, and provide a means which commerce can thrive through this area. To-day, the Hoover Dam provides energy for all of Ari-zona, Nevada, and most of Southern California.
Only 30 minutes from the Strip, a Hoover Dam visit is an easy day trip to break up your Las Vegas visit with something different. If you lack transportation, see if your hotel offers tour buses to the dam as well as other locales.
Visitors to the dam can take tours of the inner work-ings of the dam as well as purchase souvenirs at the gift shop on the Nevada side of the dam.