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Teddy Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. A member of the Republican Party, he was born on October 27, 1858, in New York. Roosevelt was a prominent leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for domestic policies that included trust-busting, regulation of corporations, and conservation of natural resources. His administration is noted for significant reforms and the establishment of national parks and forests.

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Jun 20, 1905

The greatest problem before our people, as before every modern people, is the problem of getting justice as between man and man.

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Jun 20, 1905

The first duty of each one of you here is to carry your own weight to carry yourselves.

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Jun 13, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Uncompahgre Forest Reserve.

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Jun 13, 1905

The public lands in the State of Colorado, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation.

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Jun 12, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Cochetopah Forest Reserve.

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Jun 12, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Montezuma Forest Reserve.

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Jun 11, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as the Cassia Forest Reserve.

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Jun 11, 1905

I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, do hereby make known and proclaim that the boundary lines…

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Jun 11, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Wet Mountains Forest Reserve.

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Jun 11, 1905

the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation

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Jun 11, 1905

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed

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Jun 11, 1905

I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid acts of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that The San Isabel Forest Reserve, in the State of Colorado, established by…

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Jun 11, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as the Park Range Forest Reserve.

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Jun 11, 1905

it appears that the public good would be promoted by further releasing and excluding certain lands from the said forest reserve, and by including therein certain additional lands which are in part covered with timber

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Jun 4, 1905

It appears that the public good would be promoted by further releasing and excluding lands from the said forest reserve.

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Jun 2, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Payette Forest Reserve.

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Jun 2, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The San Juan Forest Reserve.

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Jun 1, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Maury Mountain Forest Reserve.

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Jun 1, 1905

By virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that the Wichita Forest Reserve, in the Territory of Oklahoma, is designated and set aside for the protection of game animals and…

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Jun 1, 1905

The hunting, trapping, killing or capturing of game animals and birds upon the lands of the United States within the limits of said area is unlawful, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of…

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Jun 1, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Lassen Peak Forest Reserve.

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May 29, 1905

Nothing has given Americans better cause for satisfaction than the way target practice has gone up in the navy.

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May 29, 1905

When the accident occurred there were fully twenty minutes when every man knew that any moment the ship might sink.

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May 29, 1905

I feel we owe a peculiar debt of gratitude to those who have taken the lead in securing this building.

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May 29, 1905

Yet there wasn't a touch of nervousness among the men, there was no sign of any one being rattled.

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