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<br />-"'" ---- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />!!II <br /> <br /> <br />'.";'1 <br />.'" <br />::~ b M <br />:.i." One of the wurld"s Qutstmuli,!,s" <br />[f)',j engineering achiel--ernents.........l1oove <br />I~~l Il'lill b;} tire Burenu oj Reclarnotio' <br />~ ma,'e,~tic in its clean gracefullines~ <br />"'. <br />JoiI lIool'er Dam stands u,ith one shoul" <br />I~" against the ]\'evada wall and the 01 T. <br />again..'it the Arizona ualf of Black Co <br />\~}rOrel"-er to control the wild Colorado <br /> <br />,~ . <br />" ~ <br />.~.., ., <br />~r~'. ~ . t< .~. ':~. <br /> <br />f) <br />f ~ <br /> <br />(\ <br /> <br />17-1~ <br /> <br />I Cl J.). <br />I' J } <br />1./ <br />G\ Y\ 'S <br /> <br />fo,-e,vord <br /> <br />- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- <br /> <br />fUJLLI:'Vr; SWIFTLY (In its tortUOllS COllLH; Iluou{!h the hot. arid, sOli/h. <br />li'es/all United Slates. {Hillerillfl, ils lI'ay I"rough deep canyons, the Co[orad!) <br />InlS c()!lsilh~red A"wrica's most dangerous river. <br />Jf(1lI"_5 desperate need oj water caused him early to lurn speculating eyes <br />on the Colorado, bilt nhellcver he tmnpered ldlh the river he brought disaster <br />uponhim.'If'/j.' <br />Fanners, kmpll>J by jerll:Je desert soiL lappf'd the Colorado for Irater to <br />irrigate and cre(l/(~ rich gardens-but Ill/Filially the river rose hI destruclivc <br />floodtide to destroy their crops, ami (If/III/oily the river's flow Ju,'indlcd <br />au.cay so dUll alllivillf, fltillKs /l'en' faced with uxlIer shortages. <br />A grellt cry ./inally aros,' for the control and conservation of the walers <br />of the Colorado, the mmt valuable /latural reS(JllJU' of (J de,H:rt empire. <br />Tlte cry It'a,~ an.Hrercr!. Rureau of Reclamation ellginars successfully <br />mastered the Colorado hy Cl'('nting one of the most significant engweenng <br />acltiCV('mellts of at! time~llo()ver !Jam. <br />The dramatic achievement oj building Hoover Dam and the benefits <br />TI'_wlring from IIw completed project have arollsed IJ>orld-/Dide interest. To <br />tell. hri(~{Ly, the !Josie story of these achiet'enu'nts and to trace tliP. ramifications <br />~j the resulting bene/its is the province of this booklet. <br />