On This Day | Planning a Dam
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A party of engineers is making surveys in the vicinity of Garrison where the proposed dam, in connection with the Missouri river diversion project would be constructed, it was learned this week.
— February 1, 1934 | The Ward County Independent
Why We Chose It
The planning for what became the Garrison dam and Lake Sakakawea was in the works as early as 1934 proving that even then — big projects took a long time and a lot of planning. It also goes to show how good the government is at keeping secrets; a few modern conspiracy theorist would do well to take that lesson in.
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