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Travel experiences: The Hoover Dam by Tracy Blankenship Travel experiences: The Hoover Dam Located a mere 30 miles from fabulous Las Vegas, the Hoover Dam is a great day trip suitable for all ages. Construction was completed in March of 1936, and it has been ever since, an engineering marvel, set in an a... More> Travel diaries: The Hoover dam by Marc Phillippe Babineau Pretty much every State border crossing across the United States of America is pretty dismal, a simple sign saying welcome to this state, home of that fruit and these dignitaries and sports heroes. However, one crossing takes your breath away, and t... More>
	Hoover Dam helicopter tours run out of Las Vegas, NV by Marc Phillippe Babineau Taking a helicopter tour of the Hoover Dam is a truly magnificent adventure, filled with awe-inspiring scenery and impossible feats of engineering. You can see from overhead the amazing power of the Colorado river, held back by the Hoover Dam and fo... More> Biography: Herbert Hoover by C. A. Pruit President Herbert Hoover's Presidency has often been measured alongside the greatest financial disaster in American history,the collapse of Wall Street and the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929. But this would be an unfair assessment of his ... More>
Lake Mead Nevada boat tours by Diane Quinn Lake Mead, and the surrounding recreational area, was formed after the construction of The Hoover Dam. The dam itself is still considered by experts to be one of the top ten, engineering wonders of the world. An overview of Lake Mead boat tours is r... More> Movie reviews: The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue (1996) by Leonard Rachiele Each year between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the movie The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue is on television. Commercial stations rips the film with commercials. I cannot find the movie anywhere but keep looking. During the depression in 1930, an unemp... More>
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