Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Muir
President Roosevelt writes John Muir about the city of San Francisco trying to gain water rights to the Hetch Hetchy valley. Roosevelt will do what he can to protect the great “natural beauties of this country.” However, the citizens of the area are not standing against the Hetch Hetchy project. Roosevelt worries that he will be seen as interfering in the development of California.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-16
