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On the recordJanuary 11, 1907
Nature has through many centuries protected this great depression from overflow, but the restless river, constantly shifting, has annually threatened to break through the banks.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Message to Congress on the Threatened Destruction by the Overflow of the Colorado River in the Sink or Depression known as...

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