California--Riverside

President Roosevelt believes that Frank A. Miller, owner of a successful hotel in Riverside, California, should be granted a lease for a new hotel in Yosemite National Park, and supplies many letters of reference. Roosevelt tells Assistant Secretary of the Interior Ryan that the rail lines to the park will soon reach completion, and the and the increase in park visitors this will bring necessitates a hotel.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-06

Frank A. Miller and Horace Porter ask Lyman Abbott if Theodore Roosevelt will visit California soon and if he “could be secured for Riverside” as they “must have him.” In a handwritten note, Abbott details that Porter was a former associate and Miller runs an “interesting” hotel.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-16

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

George O. Restall

Language

English

Postcard with a colorized image of President Roosevelt replanting a navel orange tree on May 7, 1903, in front of the Glenwood Inn in Riverside, California. The divided back of the postcard indicates it may have been produced between 1907-1914.

Collection

Fritz R. Gordner Collection

Creation Date

1907-1914

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock orders Inspector Jenkins to proceed as quickly as possible to Riverside, California, and begin his investigation of the situation among the Native Americans at Warner’s Ranch.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-21