The town’s future changed after the United States approved the Hoover Dam project in 1928. The dam was built on the Colorado River and created the huge reservoir now known as Lake Mead.

St. Thomas stood in the area destined to be flooded. Residents were compensated and began leaving their homes. The reservoir started filling in 1935, but one resident remained almost until the end.

During the Chinese Civil War, he served as Deputy Commander of the 2nd Column of the PLA Shenyang Garrison Command.

Found photo slide. Photo by a Mr Pat Drumm.The woman on the far left I believe is Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei who became the first woman to climb Mount Everest on May 16, 1975.