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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QNI_eldorado-canyon_Boulder-City-NV.html
Eldorado Canyon, the site of a mining boom, runs east from here to the Colorado River. Prospectors began digging for gold and silver here, about 1859, forming the Colorado Mining District. The three largest mines, the Techatticup, Wall Street, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D4J_boulder-city-nevada_Boulder-City-NV.html
Originally founded in 1931 as a community for the workers building Hoover Dam, Boulder City was the first planned community in southern Nevada. Designed by Saco Rienk DeBoer, it was a federal reservation. Only workers associated with the building …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJU_rag-town-goddess_Boulder-City-NV.html
Those that came to Boulder City to work on the dam lived in harsh conditions. The oppressive heat of the summers and the unbearable cold of the winters took its toll on many. Even the most mundane chores were difficult in this inhospitable environ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJT_hitchin-a-ride_Boulder-City-NV.html
When the government built Boulder City, it didn't plan for children. But, as the Depression drove workers into southern Nevada to build Hoover Dam, workers brought their families with them. The new town and surrounding desert provided an exciting …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BDO_mckeeversville-boulder-citys-predecessor_Boulder-City-NV.html
In 1930, Michael McKeever set up a small tent house in Hermenway Wash slightly north of Government Survey Camp #1, where he was a government cook. Soon other workers started building homes nearby, and the area became known as McKeeversville. McKee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVJ7_mike-o-callaghan-pat-tillman-memorial-bridge_Boulder-City-NV.html
May all who cross the canyon on this memorial bridge travel their life journeys with the strength and inspiration found in the high ideals and heroic deeds of these brave humble men.
In Memory of these men of heroic sprit who overcame adversity…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVJ6_women-airforce-service-pilots_Boulder-City-NV.html
We Salute all WASPS?YYou have shown that you canfly wingtip to wingtipwith your brothers
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVJ5_twa-terminal-building_Boulder-City-NV.html
In 1938, Transcontinental and Western Air Lines, later Trans World Airlines, began serving Clark County, flying into Bullock Field in Boulder City. The airline believed that Boulder City would be a more lucrative market than nearby Las Vegas, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQEO_the-boulder-dam-hotel_Boulder-City-NV.html
The Boulder Dam Hotel has been part of Boulder City history since its opening in 1933. Designed by Mort Wagner the hotel was built by Paul Stewart "Jim" Webb, Raymond Spilsbury, and Austin Clark. It is located in Cardenas Plaza - known today as Ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQEB_puddlers-break_Boulder-City-NV.html
Legend has it there are many workers buried in Hoover Dam. However, due to the manner in which the Dam was constructed, this would have been impossible. "Puddlers" directed buckets of concrete over empty forms, released the concrete, and then used…