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On the recordMay 8, 1905
The eastern part of Colorado, which fifteen years ago was considered as only a country for sage brush and jack rabbits, has now come up so that it has relatively as great a future as any other part of the state.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Sterling, Colorado

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