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Yosemite under Federal Control
On October 1st of 1890, Congress set aside over 1,500 square miles of land for what would become Yosemite National Park, America’s third national park. In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
On October 1 of 1890, Congress set aside over 1,500 square miles of land for what would become Yosemite National Park, America’s third national park. In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park.
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The Rough Riders Storm San Juan Hill
The charge up an obscure Cuban hill on July, 1 1898 was a pivotal point in Theodore Roosevelt's political career. When war broke with Spain in April of that year, Roosevelt was serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The "Rough Riders" enlisted cowboys and college men led by Roosevelt under the command of Leonard Wood. They arrived in Cuba in time to take part in the Battle of San Juan Hill. (Pictured: Teddy Roosevelt in his Rough Riders uniform) -
Roosevelt Named President
On September 6, 1901, the popular President William McKinley was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, while his Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, was in Vermont at a speaking engagement. For 13 hours, as Roosevelt made his back to Buffalo using a horse-drawn wagon and then train travel, the office of President technically remained vacant.
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The Coal Strike of 1902
On Friday, October 3, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt called a precedent-shattering meeting at the temporary White House. A great strike in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania threatened a coal famine. The President feared "untold misery with the certainty of riots which might develop into social war." Although he had no legal right to intervene, he sent telegrams to both sides summoning them to Washington to discuss the problem. -
Elkins Act
The law was passed by the 57th Congress and signed by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1903. This Act outlawed the practice of cash refunds on freight charges, usually given to favored high-volume shippers. Any railroad found charging anything other than its published rates faced a punishment. -
Pelican Island, Florida Named First National Wildlife Refuge
On March 14, 1903, President Roosevelt signed an executive order making Pelican Island as the first federal bird reservation. He would establish a network of 55 bird reservations and a national game preservation for wildlife - the forerunner to the National Wildlife Refuge System. But, Pelican Island was the first time that the federal government set aside land for the sake of wildlife. -
Wins 1st Full-Term as President
The Republican Party unanimously nominated Theodore Roosevelt for president at their national convention. Roosevelt called on the voters to support his "square deal" policies. No earlier president had won by so large a margin with 56.4% popular vote. -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
This act prevented manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, Named First National Monument
. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt established Devils Tower as our nation's first national monument. It is an igneous rock formation made by magma and sediment. Northern Plains Tribes lived and held ceremonies near the geologic landscape for thousands of years -
Leaves presidency, Visits Africa
Roosevelt declined to run for presidency in 1908. In 1909, during Taft's inauguration, Roosevelt went out to Africa to hunt big game and collect specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. -
Runs For Presidency, Unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
The Progressive Party of 1912 was an American political party. It was formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt, after a split in the Republican Party between him and President William Howard Taft. The party also became known as the Bull Moose Party after journalists quoted Roosevelt saying "I feel like a bull moose" shortly after the new party was formed.
