The key to successful crops in the desert is water retention in the soil. I'm planning to grow corn, squash, and beans in ...

Hoover Dam was called one of the greatest engineering works in history. 5,000 working men and their families came to live in the Nevada desert, all in search of a paycheck. The work was extremely ...

ENNDA managing director Ali Ibrahim Hassan notes that the Eres Teno dam will tap water that overflows from the Ethiopian highlands when it rains. While the Chefachachane is located in the desert ...

Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, who had ensured the growth of Los ...

Harold Ickes, whom Roosevelt chose to become Interior secretary in his administration, decided in May 1933 to revert the name back to Boulder Dam because he felt it “should not carry the name of any ...