The Hoover Dam Hoover Dam‚ also known as Boulder Dam‚ is a concrete dam built in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. It was built on the border between the states of Arizona and Nevada and it also crosses the border between two time zones‚ the Pacific Time Zone and the Mountain Time Zone. When it was completed in 1935‚ it was the world ’s largest electric power producing facility and the world ’s largest concrete structure. The dam is located about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas. It is named
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Sand Creek.[1] “The Treaty set forth traditional territorial claims of the tribes as between themselves.” [2] Greedy and eager to completely disregard the Treaty of Fort Laramie and head west due to the discovery of gold in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado‚ the Pikes Peak Gold Rush resulted in masses of European Americans emigrating west across Cheyenne and Arapho lands.[1] Suddenly‚ these lands previously deemed useless to the federal government and rightfully owned by the Natives were subject to
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construction of this colossal structure. Even though the Hoover Dam was built during the Great Depression with limited resources and required many hardships to be endured by the people involved‚ it is an amazing architectural marvel that tamed the Colorado River which has stood the test of time and is still in operation today. The spectacular Hoover Dam did not rise easily because of the variety of different hazards to overcome. The construction of the Hoover Dam involved six companies employing
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women‚ adults senior citizens‚ and foreigners. The Grand Canyon has guides to show you some of the key areas that were the best to check out. They’re many ways to experience the Grand Canyon either by walking‚ horseback riding or canoeing in the Colorado River. I got to experience one of the ways to see the Grand Canyon and that was by walking. Once the guide takes you on the trip to the top of one mountain you see the many trails that spread across the mountain‚ you feel the heat slowly starting
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Naturita‚ CO Naturita‚ Colorado is a small town of just over six hundred residents located near the Western border of the state in Montrose County. The town is situated at nearly a mile above sea level‚ in the valley of the San Miguel River. The area is noted for having a desert climate like nearby Southern Utah‚ and being surrounded by areas of greater elevation that are naturally forested. Naturita means little nature and was named by Mrs. Rockwell Blake‚ one of the town’s early residents‚ for
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the Columbine Massacre. Introduction: It was Tuesday‚ April 20‚ 1999. It was an exciting day for me in the fourth grade when I turned 9 years old. However‚ the people of Littleton‚ Colorado remember that day as something more and definitely less exciting than my birthday was. On April 20‚ 1999 Littleton Colorado experienced what we now know as the Columbine Massacre. Two seniors at Columbine High School‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold completed this act killing 12 students‚ 1 teacher‚ and injured
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Shane McCormick 4/21/2013 Principles of Investigation Research Paper 2012 Aurora‚ Colorado Dark Knight Shooting So picture this; imagine thinking that you are going to go see the much anticipated movie‚ The Dark Knight Rises. This might as well be a good night as any to ask the girl‚ who you have been eying for a couple of weeks‚ out on your first date. Nervously‚ you go up to her and ask her if she would like to go see the midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises and get some dinner before
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glittering diamond of assorted colors glowing in the sun.. The park is considered to have some of the most elaborate canyons in the United States. Zion consists of many canyons‚ high Plateau and mesas. The National Park is located at the edge the Colorado Plateau. It is here that one can notice that the rock layers have been changed‚ eroded to what is called‚ “The Grand Staircase”. The mazes of canyons and Plateau’s did not just form over night‚ but through millions of years of erosion and change
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During 1905 and 1907 the Colorado River flooded the Imperial Valley in California causing significant damage (Lusted 8). In 1918‚ Arthur Powell Davis of the Bureau of Reclamation proposes an idea for a large dam in Boulder Canyon (Lusted 8). After nine years of debate the Boulder
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Born in Manassa‚ Colorado on June 24‚ 1895‚ Jack Dempsey rose to boxing stardom in the 1920’s. Dempsey started his boxing career at Young Peter Jackson’s Gym in Salt Lake City at the age of 16. He began his professional career in 1914‚ fighting in small mining towns in Colorado under the name "Kid Blackie". Dempsey emerged from numerous small saloon-floor boxing matches to victory in over 80 professional fights by the age of 24. Dempsey was a hard-nosed‚ fearless boxer‚ perhaps best known for
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