CONSTRUCTION OF HOOVER DAM. by Bureau of Reclamation.
By 1927 when construction of Hoover Dam was authorized to be built, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation had already constructed some of the largest dams in the world. Although the site here had favorable qualities for a massive dam, that in itself added to the challenge of straddling the steep-walled gorge and diverting the huge Colorado River while they prepared the dam's bed and created the concrete barrier complete with hydroelectric generation and highway bridge crossing the Arizona-Nevada border.. Text and photographs report how the project was done and show its immensity. Engineering diagrams, photographs, 48 pages. Historical reprint
ISBN:0-916122-51-4. Historical reprint 1976. Order #: KCPU8060 paper$4.00.

FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE LAKE MEAD REGION. by James S. Holland, Russell K. Grater, David Huntzinger, et. al.
For this desert region explains the drought escapers, drought evaders, and the drought resisters for 121 desert wildflowers near Las Vegas, for Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Also explains the plant communities found here, which serves as an aid to identifying the plants based on habitat. Flowering plants are grouped by color and described with characteristics of  size, stem, leaves, nature and grouping of blossoms--with interesting notes as well such as the animals that might prefer certain species. Color photographs, 40 pages, index.
ISBN: None. Order #: SOPM1313 paper$5.95.

A GUIDE TO THE DESERT GEOLOGY OF LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. by John v. Bezy.
The desert landscape of this Arizona/Nevada area in many places reveals its geological character more clearly for here there is essentially no vegetation cluttering the view and the appearance of the rocks. Presents explanations of faults, alluvial fans, former lake beds, the sand cycle, hot springs, salt deposits,sink holes, volcanic dikes, cross-bedding, graben--30 geologic features in all.. Photos, drawings, 68 pages.
ISBN: 0-911408-51-7. 1978. Covers scuffed. Order #: SOPM1316 paper$4.95.

 

LAKE MEAD IN PICTURES: the continuing story (AZ/NV). by Katherine M. Rohde.
Experience the variety of recreation in this urban wilderness park as you discover how plants, animals, and people have adapted to survive the desert's extremes of temperature and moisture. 9x12, 48 pages, 84 color photos & 2 maps.
ISBN: 0-88714-146-3. 1999. Order #: KCPU8031 paper$11.95.

 

 

LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA: auto tour guide. by Douglas B. Evans.
History and geology along roads in this Arizona/Nevada desert area. Outlines 4 tours with numbered stops pointing out aspects there of geology, history, archeology, and wildlife. Gives an overview of the region's character and history. Tours are: Nevada-Lake Mead, Nevada-Lake Mohave, Arizona-Lake Mead, Arizona-Lake Mohave. These take you to lakeshore beaches and fishing spots, Native American rock art, sites of towns now flooded by the lake, geological oddities, even an historic steamboat race on the Colorado River before the Hoover Dam (was Boulder Dam). Photos, maps, 39 pages.
ISBN: None. Order #: SOPM1321 paper$3.95.

MAJOR JOHN WESLEY POWELL: voyage of discovery--the story behind the scenery. by Dan Murphy.
Travel with Powell on his harrowing 1869 journey of exploration to descend the Green River to the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. 9x12, 64 pages, 63 color photos, 28 maps.
  ISBN: 0-88714-059-9. 2001. Third printing. Order #: KCPU8090 paper$12.95.

 

 

LAKE MEAD--HOOVER DAM: the story behind the scenery (AZ/NV). Maxon.
Landscapes, history, engineering of this Arizona recreation area. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations.
ISBN: 0-916122-61-1. 1981. Second printing. Order #: KCPU4792 paper$8.95.

 

 

 

SNAKES, TURTLES, & LIZARDS OF THE LAKE MEAD REGION. by Russell K. Grater.
33 species (2 turtles, 15 lizards, 20 snakes)--some poisonous and some not, for Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona and Nevada. Each is illustrated and described for identification purposes plus notes on its habitat and how it "makes its living" in this mainly desert region. Color photos, 48 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-911408-58-4. 1981. /Order #: SOPM9556 paper$19.50.

 

 

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ACROSS ARIZONA IN 1883. by Anonymous.
Reprinted from Harper's Monthly, here is an eyewitness account--gathered via train, stage, horse, and on foot--of southern Arizona. The Indians are described, the wild element at Tombstone is reported, and the mission church of San Xavier del Bac is depicted. It was a time of cowboys, City Marshall Wyatt Earp and gambler "Doc" Holliday, and Apaches--the wild frontier days of Arizona long before it became a state. Period engravings. 16 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-011-8. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-011-9. Order #: VIST0011 paper$3.95.


THE CAÑONS OF THE COLORADO-- the 1869 discovery voyage down the Colorado River. by Major John Wesley Powell.
Note the word cañons in the title would today be spelled canyons but we have preserved the usage from the time when this voyage was made and written about by the major himself. From Wyoming, into Colorado, through Utah, to Arizona and the Grand Canyon, and to Nevada--this was the journey of the "Colorado River Exploring Expedition", what Powell called his group of 9 men and 4 boats as they began charting what was the last major unexplored part of the then United States. The trip was not only scientific in its goals, but it naturally became a grand adventure, with two of their party opting to leave the expedition before attempting a furious cascade, only to be killed by Indians. Much of the land and scenery which they drifted or dashed past is today included in National Park System areas.
Illustrations are by Thomas Moran and others. 64 pages.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-059-2. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-059-1. Order #: VIST0059 paper $4.95.

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