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mar 11, 1931 - Contracts are awarded by Bureau of Reclamation for construction of the Boulder Dam—about 35 miles south-east of Las Vegas. Hoover had been a leader in planning the dam in 1922 as Secretary of Commerce. It was officially named the Hoover Dam in 1947

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