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Photograph of the Cottonwood Campground drainage area construction site flooded with water from spring thaw, standing nearby are unidentified park staff in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1967-03-01
Theodore Roosevelt looks at issues related to Hetch Hetchy Valley, California. He will consider the options that John Muir presented: damming Lake Eleanor and letting San Francisco get water from the Tuolumne tributaries.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-27
Gifford Pinchot sends Theodore Roosevelt an open letter to Woodrow Wilson on the waterpower situation. The White House told the press that the letter was not timely, so it has been given little attention. Pinchot would like Roosevelt to use the letter in a speech, perhaps calling attention to the importance of water powers in the production of munitions. Pinchot feels that he and Roosevelt must actively fight the Wilson administration’s actions on conservation or “these men are going to tear big holes in the policy which you established.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-02-03
Gifford Pinchot reflects on the conservation record of the Woodrow Wilson administration in this open letter. Pinchot believes that because Wilson refused to take sides, or took the wrong side, the question of the people winning in the Shields and Myers waterpower bills and the Phelan oil bill is questionable. It is not possible to compromise with men who would use public resources for private profit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-09-20
Emilio del Real sends a copy of letters relating to a matter Hugh J. Reilly has overseen in Cienfuegos, Cuba. The letters do not directly answer Reilly’s request to construct an aqueduct and a system of sewers, but avoid the question, noting that all the people of Cienfuegos want is water, however it comes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-15
Photograph of six horses being watered at Marsh Pass on the west side of the San Francisco Peaks. Three unidentified men and a dog are shown in the photograph.
1913
Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt lying on their stomachs, drinking water from a pool near Rainbow Bridge in Utah.
1913
Theodore Roosevelt takes particular pleasure in seeing the children of Nevada. He also emphasizes the important contributions of the state’s pioneers. Irrigation will change the agricultural industry in Nevada.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-19
William II, the German Emperor, wearing a crown and a regal robe with a ribbon that states “Sons of Cold Water,” sits at a table with other military figures. Count Leo von Caprivi pours a glass of “Ice Water” for William to drink. The others are drinking wine or champagne. Caption: His actions are praiseworthy, but his speeches at banquets indicate his great need of a strict adherence to cold water when he dines out.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-10-03
A large hand labeled “The Public” depresses a lever on a large bottle labeled “Sulzer” in which the face of William Sulzer appears. A stream of seltzer water labeled “Direct Primaries” splashes two diminutive figures labeled “Barnes” and “Murphy.” Caption: It requires only a little pressure to start something.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-06-11
A group of Native Americans on horseback, including “Dixon, Teddy, Perkins, [and] Pinchot,” circle a water hole labeled “The Presidency,” which is being guarded by two men labeled “Taft” and “Brother Charlie.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-04-17