Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 20–Senators Porter, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Raggio, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Brown, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

 

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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONRecognizing the 70th anniversary of Boulder City.

 

   Whereas, In 1928, as part of the Boulder Canyon Project Act,

 Congress authorized the construction of a dam in Black Canyon, between

 Nevada and Arizona, to tame the raging Colorado River; and

   Whereas, The dam was named “Hoover Dam” in honor of President

 Herbert Hoover and had many purposes, including the storage of water,

 control of floods and generation of hydroelectric power; and

   Whereas, Hoover Dam would later be selected by the American

 Society of Civil Engineers as one of the “Seven Modern Engineering

 Wonders of the United States”; and

   Whereas, To accomplish the construction of this major project, the

 Bureau of Reclamation would create what was to be a temporary city in

 the barren desert to accommodate the multitude of workers needed to build

 the dam; and

   Whereas, Hoover Dam was built during the Great Depression and jobs

 were scarce, with unemployment as high as 80 percent in some parts of the

 country; and

   Whereas, With no guarantee of food, shelter or work, thousands of

 jobless people packed up their families and flocked to the area, now

 known as “Boulder City,” where jobs were plentiful and housing was

 provided, looking for the American dream; and

   Whereas, Because the city planners had not expected the workers to

 bring their families with them, they had not prepared for the influx of

 women and children and had not provided for schools or churches; and

   Whereas, With true pioneer spirit, the people of Boulder City picked

 up where the city planners had left off, starting schools using chairs and

 desks donated by the people in the community and buying books with

 money from their own pockets; and

   Whereas, Churches were built, businesses were started, and social and

 spiritual ties were formed; and

   Whereas, At the height of the dam construction, Boulder City had the

 largest population in the State of Nevada, with approximately 7,000

 people; and


   Whereas, Some roads in the area were being graded using mules and

others using state-of-the-art equipment, showing the transition of the

 country towards mechanized and technological development; and

   Whereas, After the completion of Hoover Dam in 1935, with the

 dedication of the dam by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the future

 of Boulder City was uncertain, with some considering tearing down the

 houses and abandoning the city; and

   Whereas, The residents who had raised their families and built a

 thriving community in Boulder City were determined to stay in what had

 become known as “the city that built Hoover Dam” and successfully

 fought to become independent of rule by the Bureau of Reclamation; and

   Whereas, The city that started out as a temporary one has flourished

 and is ideally situated close to Lake Mead National Recreation Area,

 Hoover Dam and Las Vegas; and

   Whereas, Listed on the “National Register of Historic Places,”

 Boulder City is home to the stately Boulder Dam Hotel which has housed

 presidents and movie stars; and

   Whereas, Boulder City, once a desert, now provides an oasis of grass

 and trees and many recreational opportunities, including a golf course, a

 swimming pool, a racquetball complex, tennis courts, athletic fields, parks

 and a BMX bicycle track; now, therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly

 Concurring, That the Nevada Legislature hereby declares the week of

 March 11 through March 17, 2001, as “Boulder City Days” in recognition

 of the 70th anniversary of its founding; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Legislature invites all Nevadans to join in the

 celebration of that anniversary; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy

 of this resolution to Robert Ferraro, the Mayor of Boulder City.

 

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