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Q&A with Gov. Doug Ducey
I think that you’ll see a “State of the State” that focuses on things that matter, things that are important inside our state and things that will secure the future for Arizona and put us in a position to continue to grow and prosper.
Building Roosevelt
At first glance, this 1904 photograph looks like a contingent of cavalry guarding captives. It is not. These are the engineers and laborers, and their wives, involved in construction of Roosevelt Dam, one of the first reclamation dams in the U.S.
100 years later, Roosevelt Dam continues to put a charge in the Valley
Oct. 1 marked the centennial of the first day that electricity was permanently run to the Valley from Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The dam was still incomplete 100 years ago, and electricity wasn't even the main focus of the project. Hydro-electric power just happened to be a byproduct of water-delivery efforts.
