45K views · 618 reactions | The magnificent Hoover Dam, in the Colorado River’s Black Canyon on the border between Nevada and Arizona is one of the seven wonders of the industrial world. Constructed during the Great Depression and dedicated by President Franklin Roosevelt, Hoover Dam tamed one of the world’s most dangerous and unpredictable rivers and created Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States. | Spirit of Nevada | Facebook

Historical biographer Walter Stahr has given us definitive biographies of William H. Seward and Edwin Stanton, two of the ablest and most influential members of President Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet. Earlier this year, Stahr followed those books with the definitive biography of Salmon P. Chase, Treasury secretary under Lincoln and one of the country’s most important antislavery lawyers, one of the few who defended fugitive slaves against state and federal prosecutors. After his stint as a lawyer,

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