First called Boulder Dam, the big dam helped create energy, distribute water through the Southwest. Some want to get rid of ...

The Hoover Dam is the most visited in the world, but it is far more than just a tourist attraction and remains vital to the surrounding region.

Hoover Dam is a tourist attraction in itself because of its epic size and location Why was it built? It was constructed to control flooding along the Colorado River and provides water and ...

Hoover Dam is a tourist attraction in itself because of its epic size and location Why was it built? It was constructed to control flooding along the Colorado River and provides water and ...

The Hoover Dam can produce enough electricity for roughly 1.3 million Americans each year. But that power is dwindling.

The Hoover Dam in Nevada was built two years ahead of schedule. (Lennox Mclendon/AP) On July 7, 1930, Interior Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur sent an order to Elwood Mead, the commissioner of reclamation.

Hoover Dam was built during the Great Depression. In 1931, thousands of men worked to build the dam, according to the National Park Service.

Built over five years during the Great Depression and named after President Herbert Hoover, the Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River's Black Canyon at the border between Nevada and Arizona.