On this day, 91 years ago today, July 30, 1930, President Herbert Hoover officially authorized the immediate start of construction of Hoover Dam in Black canyon. A 35 miles jaunt outside of what was then, the little town of Las Vegas, Nevada. President Hoover signed the Appropriation Bill (as part…
Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you how much I love Boulder City. You know, the town that built a famous dam!! So when my wife and I decided it was time for a little Staycation, I chose The Boulder Dam Hotel. This is historic hotel was…
Want a fun little hike? Want to see some Hoover Dam History? Then you may want to travel out to Boulder City and walk the Historic Railroad Tunnels. Railroad Tunnels?? About a thirty-minute drive outside of Las Vegas is a little town called Boulder City. It was built to house…
[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvhp-4nRqYg” title=”Breakfast in Boulder City – the Coffee Cup Cafe, History & Wildlife Encounters” description=”Breakfast In Historic Boulder City – The Coffee Cup Cafe” upload_date=”2019-09-29″ thumbnail=”14960″ loop=”no” muted=”no” /] Today’s video is from a recently discovered couple who have lived and worked in Las Vegas in the entertainment world. …
Earlier this week, my wonderful wife and I went out to Boulder City. To the Southern Nevada Railroad Museum. Home to Rail Explorers Las Vegas office. We were there to do the Sunset Railbike Ride! [arve url=”https://youtu.be/IK5WCECUUDs” title=”Riding Sunset Railbike Ride in Boulder City!” /] To refresh your memory: Rail…
So I had to do a dry run for a private tour planned for this coming weekend. That meant I had to drive through Boulder City. Yes, I know, I just Had To! As if I needed a reason to do it! Suddenly a bunch of really nice office filing…
If you drive between Las Vegas and Searchlight Nevada, out towards Boulder City, you have passed it and never knew it was there. In fact, many people living around here don’t know its there. Yet it’s so close to the highway that if you look closely, you may see the…
Who would have ever thought that a little town built in 1931, in the middle of the Mohave desert, far from anything resembling existence, a town built to house the dam workers for what would become Hoover Dam; would one day become home to one of the top film festivals…
In a somewhat surprising move, the new Interstate 11/Boulder City Bypass has been opened in both directions two months ahead of schedule. Instead of October, they had the dedication and ribbon cutting on Thursday. By Friday, the barricades and lane restrictions were gone. So I went for a drive to…
