Where Lake Mead is today, there used to be a town called Latter-day Saint in the 1880s.

There was a population of 500 people in this town and simple life was going on here.

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But then-President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill in 1928 to build the Boulder, later Hoover, dam.

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Due to the construction of this dam, Lake Mead was formed on this town.

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Due to the construction of the dam, water started filling in the town and the water level was increasing continuously.

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Due to the rising water level, the residents of the city were forced to leave the town.

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Rising water completely covered the town and flooded 60 feet above the surface

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This was not the first time that there was a flood here, even before this ancient people had occupied this area and cultivated it.

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