Teddy Roosevelt: “Irrigation should be far more extensively developed than at present…”

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Irrigation should be far more extensively developed than at present, not only in the States of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains, but in many others, as, for instance, in large portions of the South Atlantic and Gulf States, where it should go hand in hand with the reclamation of swamp land.

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Teddy Roosevelt

Republican · New York

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Roosevelt advocates for the extensive development of irrigation across various states, linking it to land reclamation efforts.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Irrigation should be far more extensively developed than at present, not only in the States of the Great Plains and the…”

Editor's note · Context