 Lake Mead |
Boulder City was originally conceived in 1931, and “finished” in 1932, as housing for the workers on Boulder Dam, as it was then called. Alcohol sales, membership in unions and all forms of gambling were prohibited in the city. Originally property of the Bureau of Reclamation, it became an incorporated city in 1960, after the Bureau relinquished control in 1958.
This is part of a continuing series on Las Vegas and the surrounding environs. If you take a tour of the dam and choose to go by SUV instead of bus, you may get a driver/guide who do more than just take you to the dam.