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    Lake Mead

    National Recreation Area AZ,NV

ST. THOMAS ROAD CLOSED

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Date: February 11, 2009
Contact: Andrew S. Muñoz, 702-293-8691

OVERTON, Nev. - The National Park Service has closed the road leading to the St. Thomas town ruins for repair. St. Thomas is in the northern area of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Heavy rains over the weekend washed out a portion of the road. Repair is expected to take at least two weeks.

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Hoover Dam In Take Towers

Lake Mead was named in honor of Dr. Elwood Mead. As Commissioner of Reclamation from 1924 - 1936, he drafted new specifications for a giant project that would dam the Colorado River and create the world's (at that time) largest artificial lake.