Boulder City

Boulder City is a town in the Mojave Wasteland, located west of the Hoover Dam and southeast of the 188 trading post.

Background
Boulder City began its life as a federal company town, established in 1931 by the Bureau of Reclamation and Six Companies, Inc. to house the workers contracted to build the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. The town replaced the collection of ramshackle tents and sheds established along the river since the beginning of the dam's construction in 1930. The city would not be incorporated by the state until later in the century.

A peripheral town by the late 21st century, Boulder City survived the Great War almost unscathed and became a frontier, sleepy town functioning until 2277 and the First Battle of Hoover Dam. Vacated by its denizens, the town was packed with high explosives and used as a boobytrap against Caesar's Legion. When Legion forces entered the town, lured in by Chief Hanlon's tactical retreat, the town collapsed around them. For the price of a town, the NCR broke the back of the Legion's offensive and threw it back across the Colorado River. The Boulder City Memorial pays homage to the NCR soldiers who fell during the battle and can be viewed at the western end of town, near the main entrance.

Nearly the entire town was leveled in the battle, sparing only the concrete mixing yard, the Boulder City train station, and the Big Horn Saloon. In the following years, the ruins became a stopover town for caravans and a source of concrete for the NCR's fortifications built up and down the Colorado River, produced using limestone shipped in by train from Quarry Junction. However, because of the recent deathclaw infestation at Quarry Junction, limestone mining has come to a halt, which has, in turn, put a hold on deliveries and production of concrete. All the concrete workers that usually inhabit the town have moved on, leaving only Ike, the bartender of the town saloon, as the only resident.

Layout
There is little of note in the town. The ruins of the former homes and businesses dominate the landscape. At the western entrance, the Boulder City Memorial, honoring the soldiers who died at the First Battle of Hoover Dam, is visited by Private Kowalski. The memorial reads:

Buildings

 * Big Horn Saloon
 * Boulder City train station
 * Boulder City Memorial
 * Great Khan hideout in Boulder City ruins

Notable loot

 * Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap - In the saloon, the second table on the left after entering.
 * Three bottles of Nuka-Cola Quartz - On the middle shelf on the back wall in the saloon, must either be stolen or purchased from Ike.

Related quests

 * They Went That-a-Way
 * Ring-a-Ding-Ding!
 * Boulder City Showdown
 * Defacing the Humble Stone
 * We Must Stop Meeting Like This, III

Appearances
Boulder City appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes

 * Boulder City is based on the real world location Boulder City, Nevada. Lake Mead, located next to Boulder City, is the home of the Hoover Dam.
 * The city's motto of "Home of the Eagles", seen on the Boulder City train station sign, mirrors the mascot and motto of the real world Boulder City High School.