Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-08 | Page 12 | Nevada Town Deserted as Boulder Lake Rises

Nevada Town Deserted As Boulder Lake Rises BOULDER CITY Nev Feb 8 UP The UP-The The little jUle farming town of or St. St Thomas was abandoned by its residents today to the advancing advancing advancing ing waters of Boulder Dam lake All but a few families who will stay until the water laps their thir doorsteps moved their belongings as Boulder dam approached its I. I full Il height o of 1232 feet and the Colo Cob r river backed up deeper and deeper per behind it H. H 5 c c- Garrison Boulder City undertaker undertaker un- un left here to carry out his contract with the government to nOve two graveyards whose sites will be under water He will move 74 H graves from the St. St Thomas cemetery cerne- cerne tery and 13 from Kaolin Many of the graves are the resting places of southern Nevadas Nevada's Mormon Mormon Mornion Mor- Mor mon nion pioneers who made the desert into fertile valleys The bureau of oC reclamation which purchased the 9 acres to be covered covered cov coy ered by the mile lake Jake is paying to have the graves moved to any anyone one of ot three sites specified by surviving relatives sixteenth One-sixteenth of the dam was brought to full height yesterday and approximately third one-third more willbe will willbe willbe be completed within a few days The lake behind the barrier Ismore is ismore more than 30 feet deep It is ris rising ng slowly because much much- of ot the Colorado's Colorados Colo Cob rados ratios flow Is being released for irl ir- ir l downstream lm S