In the early years of the twentieth century, a huge plan to build a dam on the Arizona and Nevada border was formulated. This dam was made to control the Colorado River and give water and hydroelectric power to the developing Southwest. This dam in known as the Hoover Dam. This dam was the largest dam in the world when it was completed. Many farmers looked for ways to redirect the Colorado River to emerging Southwestern communities by using several canals. In 1905, the formation of the inland Salton Sea was caused by the Colorado River breaking through the canal system. Therefore, the job had to be passed onto the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The director of the Bureau, Arthur Powell, is the man who formulated the plan for a dam to be created
