[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 25 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1638-S1639]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     BOULDER CITY 75TH ANNIVERSARY

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today to commemorate the 75th 
anniversary of Boulder City, NV.
  Boulder City lies 24 miles east of Las Vegas, and 40 miles from 
Searchlight near Lake Mead. It's very close to my hometown, 
Searchlight, and it is a city dear to my heart. Boulder City is a 
Nevada treasure, and I am proud to honor them today.
  Boulder City was created by the Federal Government on March 11, 1931, 
to provide housing to the thousands of people who built the Hoover Dam. 
Because Boulder City was operated as a Government reservation, the 
residents could not buy homes and unlike its neighboring cities, liquor 
and gambling were prohibited. In fact, gambling is prohibited in 
Boulder City to this day.
  As the first planned community built in the United States, Boulder 
City has gone to great lengths to maintain its small town feel. Boulder 
City only sees about 400 new residents each year due to a growth 
control ordinance that was enacted in 1979.
  Boulder City is most widely known as the home of the Hoover Dam. 
Twenty-one thousand men worked for 5 years and poured more than 5 
million

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barrels of cement to complete the work on the $49 million dam. Forty-
nine million dollars adjusted for inflation equals $676 million. Named 
after President Herbert Hoover, the dam is located in the Black Canyon 
of the Colorado River. It sits on the border between Nevada and Arizona 
and sees 13,000 to 16,000 people cross it each day.
  Mr. President, it is important that everyone understand that Boulder 
City is more than just the home of the Hoover Dam, more than just a 
tourist attraction. It is a city whose people exemplify what being a 
Nevadan is all about. I invite all my colleagues here in the Senate and 
all the people of this great country to experience a part of Nevada 
that I love.

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