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Hoover Dam Construction Sign – Nevada/Arizona

January 11, 2023 0 Comments

Hoover Dam Construction Sign - Nevada/Arizona

A sign at the Hoover Dam on the border of Arizona and Nevada, acknowledging the nearly 5 years it took the Bureau of Reclamation to construct the dam between its ground breaking in 1931 and its dedication in 1935. Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. When full it is the largest dam by volume in the United States.  The dam is currently at the center of concerns about drought and climate change in the desert southwest as the in flow of water from the Colorado River decreases and the volume of water in the dam drops, impacting both power generation, and a water source relied upon for agriculture and domestic consumption by more than 40 million Americans.

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Parker Dam – Lake Havasu – California

December 11, 2022 0 Comments

Parker Dam - Lake Havasu - California

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A view of Parker Dam, which is responsible for Lake Havasu on the Colorado River between Arizona and California. The dam is 320 feet high, 235 feet of it buried below the riverbed. The dam was completed in 1938. Lake Havasu provides a water source  for both California’s Colorado River Aqueduct, as well the  Central Arizona Project Aqueduct, which provides agricultural and municipal water to Tucson and Phoenix.  The dam also produces a limited amount of hydroelectric power.

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Ruined Spanish Mission Bell Tower – Tumacacori – Arizona

July 25, 2022 0 Comments

Ruined Spanish Mission Bell Tower - Tumacacori - Arizona

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The ruined bell tower atop the historic Tumacacori Spanish Mission Church, located outside of Tubac, Arizona. The mission dates back to as early as 1691, and was founded by the Jesuit priest Father Eusebio Francisco Kino of the Franciscan order. However the present building dates back only to 1753. The name of the Church translates as “The Mission of Saint Joseph of the Rocky Flat Place”. The building is considered of Spanish Colonial architectural design and is similar in nature to other Spanish mission churches found in California and New Mexico.

The primary mission of the church was the conversion of the local Pima Indians, and more specifically the Tohono O’odham band.

The Franciscans are a monastic Christian religious order within the Catholic Church, that was founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1209.

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