The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
On July 7, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam begins. Over the next five years, a total of 21,000 men would work ceaselessly to produce what would be the largest dam of its time, as well as one of the largest manmade structures in the world.
Although the dam would take only five years to build, its construction was nearly 30 years in the making. Arthur Powell Davis, an engineer from the Bureau of Reclamation, originally had his vision for the Hoover Dam back in 1902, and his engineering report on the topic became the guiding document when plans were finally made to begin the dam in 1922.
Source: Construction on Hoover Dam Begins – HISTORY
h/t to theburningplatform
Happy 4th of July to each and every one. Celebrate American Independence in spite of the overreaching government, warts, and the retards that want to destroy it. (Looking at you New York Times.)
To those who would erase history, GFY. Love America or get out! Real Americans don’t take the knee & never will.
If When the civil war comes, I think the first target should be the NYT for their blatant criminality. Burn it down!
Meanwhile, we have managed to stay together for 244 years. Great going & let’s make it another 244. God Bless America! We are the shining light of the world. Never forget it.
God Bless America!
Thanks to bitsandpieces.us
In 1884, the Aztec Land and Cattle Company of Boston began operations in Arizona with its headquarters situated across the Little Colorado River from the site of Saint Joseph (now Joseph City.)
The third-largest cattle company in North America, the organization was better known as the Hashknife Outfit because their brand resembled the old hash knives used by chuckwagon cooks. The next year, the Aztec Company transferred its headquarters to Holbrook, Arizona and in 1886, they purchased one million acres of former railroad land from the Atlantic and Pacific for 50 cents an acre. The ranch claimed a range that stretched some 650 miles, from the New Mexico border to just south of Flagstaff.
The company then bought the Hashknife brand and some 33,000 head of cattle and 2,000 horses from the Continental Cattle Company in Texas, which was going broke because of drought. When the stock arrived by rail, they were let off the train at stops all across northern Arizona. Along with the cattle and the brand, also came a number of original Hashknife cowboys.
Source: The Aztec Cattle Company & the Hashknife Outfit – Legends of America
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Where Grand Mohave Desert meets blue Sonoran Sky
