Letter from John W. Samuels to Theodore Roosevelt
John W. Samuels asks for Theodore Roosevelt’s advice on how to get the government to build a new reservoir rather than fix the dam near his farm in Lakewood, New Mexico which is currently part of the Carlsbad Project. Samuels believes abandoning Lake McMillan and building a new reservoir closer to the Carlsbad Project will create thousands of acres of fertile farmland.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-09-30