The Fort Peck Dam is shown near completion in a 1938 photograph, but just days later a landslide took out part of the dam, killing seven workers at the site and creating a near panic in camps below.

Construction on the Fort Peck Dam began in 1933 and finished in 1940, employing 40,000 to 50,000 workers from across the state and country. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Telling the story in one hour of the herculean effort it took to redirect the longest river in the U.S. and construct the Fort Peck Dam was a challenge for filmmaker Scott Sterling. The result ...

When the famous photographer Margaret Bourke-White made her iconic 1936 Life magazine cover shot of the still-under-construction spillway at Fort Peck Dam – the very first cover of the magazine ...

1,700 miles from the Missouri River’s mouth, Fort Peck Dam and its powerhouses stand as a testament to engineering prowess. Construction was authorized by President Roosevelt on Oct. 24 ...

Fort Peck Dam. Fort Peck Dam . Special | 56m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Chart the history and construction of Fort Peck Dam, which tamed the mighty Missouri. Thousands of men and their ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved spending more than $42.9 million to repair damages to Fort Peck Dam after the record 2011 flooding that broke levees and ...

Fort Peck Dam was completed in 1940 after seven years of construction. It is the largest hydraulically filled dam in the United States.

Sylvia Smith Stugelmeyer was born in the shadow of the Fort Peck Dam while it was still under construction. Her family farm and the dam continue to resonate through her life and those of her ...

Fort Peck Dam remains the largest hydraulic filled earthen dam in the world. The other big dams of the era, Hoover and Grand Coulee, are constructed of concrete.