History of California 1900–present conduit and siphons. Average annual throughput is . Davis Dam is located on the Colorado River about downstream from Hoover Dam. Davis Dam stretches across the border between Arizona and Nevada and impounds the Colorado River to form Lake Mohave. The United States Bureau of Reclamation owns and operates the dam, which was completed in 1951. Davis Dam is a zoned earth fill dam with a concrete spillway, in length at the crest, and high. The earth fill dam begins on the Nevada side, but it does not extend to the Arizona side. Instead, there is an inlet formed by
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by John Wesley Powell is a classic of American exploration literature. It is about the Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869 which was the first trip down the Colorado River by boat, including the first trip through the Grand Canyon. Powell's first written accounts of his exploration appeared in the January, February and March 1875 editions of "Scribner’s Monthly" as "The Canons of the Colorado". The Smithsonian published it in book form in 1875 under title "Report of the Exploration of the Colorado