BACK WHEN BOULDER DAM PROJECT WAS GETTING UNDER WAY ... THERE WAS NO AREA 51 .. AND THE FED'S NEEDED SOME PRIVACY FOR VARIOUS MILITARY AND SECRET PROJECTS ... THUS "A FEDERAL TOWN" ... NO GAMBLING ... NO LIQUOR .. NO PROSTITUES .. JUST SILENT HARD LABORERS TO WORK ON TUNNELS AND THE GIANT BOULDER DAM. THE SIX COMPANIES DAM CONTRACTORS WERE HIRED TO BUILD VERY QUIETLY ... SOME ADDITIONAL SECRET TUNNELS AND UNDERGROUND FACILITIES TO BE USED FOR VARIOUS GOVERMENT CLASSIFIED PROJECTS. I LIVED IN BOULDER CITY FOR A FEW YEAR'S AND EXPLORED THE CITY LIMITS EXTENSIVELY WITH MY BIG 4X4 CHEVY. I WAS AMAZED AT THE AIR CONDITIONER VENTS AND ELECTRICAL BOXES ... OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE? I FOUND HEAVY METAL DOUBLE STEEL DOORS COMING OUT OF THE GROUND THAT YOU COULD NOT SEE UNLESS YOU WERE ON TOP OF THEM. BOULDER CITY AIRPORT WAS HOME TO TWA AIRLINERS FOR AWHILE AND THE OLD HANGER TERMINAL IS STILL THERE ... OLD ARMY AIR FORCE PLANES WERE STORED IN BOULDER AFTER THE WAR ...I WAS CURIOUS AND OF COURSE LOOSE TALK IN THE LOCAL BARS WITH THE OLD TIMERS WHO LIVED IN BOULDER REVEALED SOME INTERESTING STORIES. ... BOULDER CITY WAS A FEDERAL TOWN UP UNTIL 1960 OR SO ... THEY HAD A GUARDED GATE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY STAFFED BY FEDERAL MARSHALLS WHO CHECKED ALL CAR, TRUCKS ETC. FOR CONTRABAND, LIQUOR, EXPLOSIVES ETC. THE GATES WERE CLOSED CERTAIN HOURS AND NO ONE WAS LET IN OR OUT UNTIL DAWN. RESIDENTS GOT A LOT OF FREE-BEES LIVING IN BOULDER ... FREE ELECTRIC ... CHEAP GOV'T. HOUSING ... CHEAP FEDERAL CONTROLLED STORES AND FOOD ... ANYWAY I CALL IT "OLDER BOULDER" ... STILL NO GAMING ... BUT THEY NOW HAVE LIQUOR AND HAVE BECOME MORE TOURIST FRIENDLY .... DID YOU KNOW THAT DESI ARNEZ JR. (I LOVE LUCY) ... LIVES IN BOULDER CITY AND OWNS THE BOULDER CITY THEATRE ... IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN BOULDER CITY LATELY ... A MUST SEE NOW! .... LOT'S OF COOL COLLECTIBLE SHOPS AND GOOD CAFE'S! .... THANKS FOR READING MY POST ... AS ALWAY'S YOUR COMMENTS ARE MOST WELCOMED! ... RICH BURGEL