Lake Mead National Recreation Area 

1930s Hoover Dam

Boulder Dam and Grand Coulee Dam

Boulder Dam opens

Boulder Dam under construction

Colorado River diverted for construction of Hoover Dam in Nevada

Construction of Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) in Boulder Canyon in Nevada

Construction of Hoover Dam in Nevada

Dedication of site of construction of Hoover Dam in Nevada

During Great Depression in US, Hoover Dam under construction and creation of Tennessee Valley Authority

During Great Depression, men find employment constructing Hoover Dam in Boulder Canyon of Colorado River in Nevada

Explosions fill Boulder Canyon to divert Colorado River at Boulder Dam

Explosions set off in construction of Hoover Dam in Nevada

M-10000 train leaves station and travels to Boulder Dam construction site

Man demonstrates new super camera in Los Angeles used in aerial mapping of Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) and Lake Mead in Nevada

Men in Los Angeles making map of Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) and Lake Mead in Nevada from aerial photos made with new super camera

Nevada Governor James G. Shrugham inspects site of future dam on Colorado River in Boulder Canyon

Pres. Franklin Roosevelt visits Boulder Dam for its dedication

Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur at Hoover Dam

Speedboat races at Boulder Dam

Union Pacific streamlined train running through tunnel at unfinished Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) in Arizona

Water released from Boulder Dam spillways

Arizona Attorney General Opinion 47-043A

Fishery investigation of Lake Mead, Arizona-Nevada, from Separation Rapids to Boulder Canyon, 1978-79

Human-health Pharmaceutical Compounds in Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, and Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, October 2000-August 2001

Installation of bat gates at Lake Mead National Recreation and Tourism Area

Principal Facts for Gravity Stations and Physical Property Measurements in the Lake Mead 30’ by 60’ Quadrangle, Nevada and Arizona

Spring flow into the Colorado River, Lees Ferry to Lake Mead, Arizona

Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 1950

Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 2000

Lake Mead, Boulder Basin, Virgin Basin

Lake Mead, Overton Arm Northern Part, Overton Arm Southern Part

Lake Mead, Temple Bar Area, Iceberg Canyon to Lower Granite Gorge

State of Arizona Surface Management Responsibility, 2000, Lake Mead

Aerial view of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) and Lake Mead in Mohave County

Lake Mead

Lake Mead as it formed behind Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) in Mohave County

Shelters and boats gathered at facilities and beaches along the shores of Lake Mead, above Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) in Mohave County

Sikorsky S-39 Amphibian on Lake Mead

Apache County Independent-News, 1941-01-10

Arizona Days and Ways, 1956-08-26

Brewery Gulch Gazette, 1959-08-13

Arizona Highways, 1998-07

Arizona Highways, 2002-08

Boulder Canyon