Episode 164: Roosevelt Dam

Theodore Roosevelt speaking at the dedication of Roosevelt Dam, March 18, 1911.

It was four years late, some $7 million over budget, and the road to get there was a nightmare, but the construction of the Roosevelt Dam ushered in a new age for the Valley of the Sun. Good thing they got a suitable figure to dedicate it.

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