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Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover Participates in the First ...  Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover Participates in the First American Demonstration of Electromechanical Television (April 7, 1927). Use two fingers to...
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President Coolidge and Secretary Hoover - Presidential Image ...  President Calvin Coolidge, left, and Herbert Hoover stand together in 1928. From 1921 to 1928, Hoover served as secretary of commerce for Presidents Warren Harding ... Secretary Hoover developed navigation, irrigation, and flood control projects. As chairman of the Colorado River Commission, he oversaw the interstate...
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Herbert Hoover and the Great Mississippi Flood | Hoover Institution  May 19, 2011 ... The Mississippi River is expected to crest at 57.5 feet at Vicksburg today, a foot ... Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover broadcasts a plea to the nation to donate funds for disaster relief for the victims of the Mississippi flood, April, 1927. ... and making radio and press appeals that helped raise millions of...
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map of historical sites by county - South Carolina State Library ...  and SCAAHC Secretary); Urica P. Floyd (Vice-President, South ..... and Burial Association, helping that .... Front Jacksonville School, built by the ... flooding. Back Boylan Street here was originally named Red Cross Street in recognition ...... Beaufort River is nationally important .... Eddings Point Community Praise House.
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Behind the Picture: 'The American Way' and the Flood of '37 | TIME  Mar 24, 2014 ... For years it has been 'the image' of the Great Depression -- but the story ... U.S. Edition .... Margaret Bourke-White's 1937 picture of African American men, women and ... 15, 1937, issue of LIFE magazine that focused on how the flood ... even then, clearly the strongest of the bunch, it's worth recalling that it...
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Cabinet Members Under F. D. Roosevelt - Infoplease  Secretary of Commerce, Daniel C. Roper, 1933. Harry L. Hopkins, 1938. Jesse H. Jones, 1940. Henry A. Wallace, 1945. Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins,...
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Herbert Hoover - Wikipedia  Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874  October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933. A Republican, as Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s he introduced ... Hoover is the most recent cabinet secretary to be elected President of the United States, as...
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Whitford - History of the Canal System of New York ... - The Erie Canal  The prosperity which had followed the opening of the Erie, section by section, ... In the western section of the state, in the valley of the Genesee river, was an ... important sections of New York State and the valleys of the Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri. ... as the result of a message of Governor De Witt Clinton in February, 1825,...
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Johnstown Flood National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)  The South Fork dam failed on Friday, May 31, 1889 and unleashed 20,000,000 tons of water that devastated Johnstown, PA. The flood killed 2,209 people but it...
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Colorado River Map -- National Geographic  Explore an interactive map of Colorado River diversions, dams, ecosystems, stories, ... The Colorado River supplies water for 30 million people. .... about 14.7 million acre-feet per year and is allocated among seven states and Mexico. ... The water levels of the river's two largest reservoirsLake Mead and Lake Powell,...
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Clara Barton | American Red Cross Founder | Who is Clara Barton  Barton perceived an immediate need in all this chaos for providing personal assistance .... needed supplies up and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to assist flood victims. In 1889, she and 50 volunteers rode the first train into Johnstown, ... In 1896, Barton directed relief operations on behalf of victims of unrest in Turkey...
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Cabinet Members Under Harding - Infoplease  Secretary of the Interior, Albert B. Fall, 1921. Hubert Work, 1923. Secretary of Agriculture, Henry C. Wallace, 1921. Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover,...
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Erie Canal opens - Oct 26, 1825 - HISTORY.com  The Erie Canal opens, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via ... of communication was used to inform New York City of the historic occasion. ... Today, the Erie Canal is used mostly by pleasure boaters, but it is still ... Republic of Vietnam is now in existence and that he will serve as the nation's first president.
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NOVA | Storm That Drowned a City | A 300-Year Struggle | PBS  Storm That Drowned a City homepage ... A never-ending battle against high waterboth floodwaters and high water .... The 7,000-foot-long Bonnet Carr spillway is finally completed. ... In April, the worst flood since 1927 hits the city. ... as well as within the Industrial Canal and along the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet.
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Herbert Hoover: Domestic AffairsMiller Center  Herbert Hoover took office in 1929 with a display of optimism and the ... James Davis, Secretary of Commerce Robert Lamont, and Secretary of Agriculture Arthur Hyde. ... He directed the Department of the Interior to improve conditions for Native ... and reinforcing causes of the nation's most severe economic crisis: structural...
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Herbert Hoover and the Colorado River - Hoover Dam | Bureau of ...  Mar 13, 2015 ... Official Bureau of Reclamation Web Site for Hoover Dam. ... construction of the dam, how it works, and how to take a tour of the dam. ... Bust of President Herbert Hoover. ... The great dam which bears his name, spanning the Colorado River ... Known early in his career as "The Great Engineer," he was now...
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Herbert Hoover - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com  Find out more about the history of Herbert Hoover, including videos, interesting ... On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a law that made "The ... At the start of World War I (1914-18), Hoover dedicated his talents to humanitarian work. ... Hoover's success earned him an appointment as secretary of commerce...
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American Red Cross - National Park Service  Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in 1881 and remained at its helm until 1904. ... for 18 peacetime relief efforts and relief work during the Spanish-American War. .... The Johnstown Flood of 1889 claimed over 2,200 lives. ... Barton directed the establishment of shelters; distribution of clothing, food, and medical...
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Bureau of Reclamation Engineering Achievements ---Bureau of ...  So big and strong, yet beautifully graceful is Hoover Dam that it stands as an American icon, ... How they came to be built is the story of the Bureau of Reclamation, but the story of dams is .... To deal with their concerns, Wisner and Wheeler designed an arch dam, but did .... The dam was a major undertaking on a major river.
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7 Things You Might Not Know About the Hoover Dam - History Lists  Sep 14, 2015 ... Did you know that the Hoover Dam supplies electricity to more than 20 million people? ... dam would be named for his boss, President Herbert Hoover, who had ... for a number of Americans, who blamed him for the Great Depression. .... stricter regulations for dam employees and visitors were enacted and...