From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Director of Power L.R.Douglass, of the Bureau of Reclamation's Boulder Canyon project, presents Harvey W. Boyce, his promotion from apprentice to journeyman electrician in a ceremony in the Nevada wing of the Hoover Dam Powerplant on April 16, 1951. A few moments earlier Mr. Boyce had received his certificateof Completion of Apprenticeship for Electrician from John H. Phillips, third from left. Mr. Phillips, an amature-winder at Hoover Dsam, is a member of teh apprenticeship committee of which M. H. Mitchell, Regional Personal Officer, second from left, is chairman. Mr. Boyce was the first Bureau of Reclamation employee to complete the apprenticeship course. The Boulder Canyon Project was the first throughout the Bureau to establish the apprenticeship training program. Left to right are Lloyd Hudlow, Assistant Director of Power, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Phillips, Steve Wenta, cabinet maker and finish carpenter and a member of the apprenticeship committee, Mr. Boyce, Mr. Douglass, and Morgan J. Sweeney, construction and maintenance Superintendent, Boulder Canyon Project.

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Canoe on Colorado River before the Hoover Dam was built. Seated in canoe L-R are: "Snooks", Ed Schroeder, Art Schroeder, Mrs. Wright (mining Engineer?), Wright's son. Mr. Wright and his family lived on the Colorado River.

Helen Mott Cecil was born in 1916 and grew up in Las Vegas. Her grandparents were miners and her grandmother owned property on the Westside. She recalls a friendly neighborhood and walking back and forth to school with neighborhood children. The family moved several times finally settling at 601 South Main Street. While attending Las Vegas High School she participated in several Helldorado parades with her father and brother. At the age of 15, Helen remembers the constriction of the first downtown post office. When the Hoover Dam started in 1931, her father was the under-sheriff. One of his duties was distributing health cards to prostitutes. Her memories include Saturday night dances in Anderson's Mess Hall in Boulder City, atomic bomb testing at the Nevada Test Site walking to church services on Fremont Street, Woodlawn Cemetery, the old Henderson Townsite and meeting President Roosevelt at the Hoover Dam dedication. As a high school student she served as president and counselor in her Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In 1934 she graduated from Las Vegas High School. Helen held numerous jobs before getting married at the age of 26-bookkeeper, movie theatre usher, telephone operator, and secretarial work. Her husband Bill worked at all three post office locations in the Las Vegas area. At the age of 91, Helen and her sister still live and enioy life in Las Vegas sharing their many memories of early Las Vegas.

Willow Beach, Arizona, on the the Colorado River between Lake Mead and Lake Mohave, approximately 20 miles south of Hoover Dam, 1972. Several buildings are visible, including two motels, a possible visitor's center/rental office, and a possible service station. Both Lake Mead and Lake Mohave are part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area administered by the U.S. National Park Service.