NOTE ON SOURCES 291 local newspapers such as the Daily Astorian (Oregon), The Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, and the Ogden Standard-Examiner. Among secondary materials that offered excellent insight were the many volumes available on western railroad building (see Selected Bibliography). David F. Myrick’s collection of books and his incredible knowledge of railroad building, particularly in Nevada, filled a number of holes. Alfred E. Perlman, Western Pacific Railroad, “The Feather River Route” (New York: The Newcomen Society of North America, 1975), provided an excellent narrative of that adventure. Much has been written on the Hoover Dam project. Among the most informative was William H. Gates, Hoover Dam, Including the Story of the Turbulent Colorado River (Las Vegas: Hoover Dam Scenic Corporation, 1982). The Utah Construction/Utah International Collection includes records of Six Companies, particularly the Minutes of the Executive Committee of Six Companies, which reveal the inner workings of the joint venture. Extensive interviews with Johnny Horrigan and Irma Hogan brought color into the account and were of great value, as were insightful memoranda and letters of reminiscence, written by such company insiders as Marriner S. Eccles. Industry periodicals, such as The Streets, Constructor, Western Construction News, Roads and The Earth Mover, and Electrical West ran numerous articles on the engineering marvel and its impact on the West. Clippings from newspapers all over the country, found in the company archives, lent important contemporary viewpoints and commentary on the project. Also important to the Hoover Dam chapter were corporate histories and other materials relating to Utah’s partners in the venture, including Morrison Knudsen, Kaiser, and Bechtel corporations. Of less importance but containing useful data were the publications on the dam produced by the Bureau of Reclamation. After the 1930s, a company newsletter entitled Utah Reports became increasingly valuable, providing almost a chronological history of the company. Combined with the Lubbers and McInerney histories, a comprehensive outline of events and a compendium of data readily came forth to elaborate the story of the company’s growth into the heady 1950s and ’60s. At that point in