How did the dam get its name? The Hoover Dam was named in honor of Herbert Hoover, the nation's 31st president. As commerce secretary, Hoover had a pivotal role in proposing the dam's construction ...

A feat of modern civil engineering, Hoover Dam has stood tall and brought billions ... After Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the election in 1932 and Herbert Hoover became a lame-duck president ...

During the time in the early 1920s when legislation was being crafted to authorize a dam on the Colorado River, Herbert Hoover served as Secretary of Commerce for President Warren Harding.

Major John Wesley Powell makes the first recorded trip through the Grand Canyon and down the length of the Colorado River. The one-armed Civil War veteran followed this expedition with a second ...

Saturday commemorates the 89th anniversary of the Hoover Dam's completed construction, considered by most experts "a modern miracle" and one of the most visited sites in the world. The 726-foot ...