2003 Symposium

Hoover Dam construction at night

November 5 Wednesday 2003

3 P.M.
Special Collections, Stewart Library

Reception and Photograph Exhibit
“Reporting the Hoover Dam Construction”
“Inside the Hoover Dam Scrapbooks”

Speaker: Phyllis Barber, “A Boulder City Childhood”
Author of “The Desert Shall Blossom” and “How I Got Cultured."

Phyllis Barber grew up in Boulder City, Nevada, which was built by the federal government and Six Companies to house Hoover Dam workers and their families.

November 6 Thursday

10 A.M.
Special Collections, Stewart Library

Panel Discussion
“Water and Power in the American West”

Panelists: Dr. Sara Dant Ewert, Weber State University
Dr. Stephen C. Sturgeon, Utah State University
Moderator: Dr. Richard W. Sadler, Weber State University