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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Deputy US Marshal Snow for the picture. He hopes there will be a celebration in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and remembers his visit the previous year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-09
Theodore Roosevelt tells Senator Warren that it was kind of the Cheyenne Frontier Committee to extend an invitation for their show this year, but he must decline because of work pressures. He has written them to decline as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-30
Theodore Roosevelt was sorry he could not see Senator Borah. He asks if Borah will be in Cheyenne or Denver later in the month.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-07-15
President Roosevelt thanks the citizens of Cheyenne for the “handsome saddle and bridle.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-01
Deputy U. S. Marshal Leslie Snow sends Theodore Roosevelt “the best ever” photograph showing “a man being thrown clean.” Roosevelt will be missed at Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-03
Hiram R. McCullough shares his summer travel itinerary with Theodore Roosevelt. He invites Roosevelt and guests to accompany him if possible. McCullough does not need a reply until May 15.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-20
Judson C. Clements, acting chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, reports to President Roosevelt the principal facts established in its investigation of the Union Pacific Railroad. Upon interviewing competitors of the Union Pacific Coal Company, “every dollar of whose stock is owned by the Union Pacific Railroad Company,” the Commission finds that a monopoly on coal production and transport has been established in the area. Further, the Commission recommends remedial legislation as a result of its investigation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-13
President Roosevelt describes a 62-mile horse ride to Cheyenne, Wyoming, he took with Presley Marion Rixey, Senator Francis E. Warren, and Mr. Van Tassel, the owner of the ranch at which Roosevelt’s party ate lunch. After the ride, Roosevelt led a procession into Cheyenne and made a 45-minute speech at the city’s Memorial Day services. Roosevelt adds a post-script describing a second, 30-mile, horse ride to Warren’s ranch.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1903-05-31
President Roosevelt addresses an audience in Wyoming. He commends the state for the service of its citizens in the Civil War, and propounds the ideas that the war was fought over and the idea that all men are created equal. He also expounds on the idea that a man ought not to take the easiest of roads, but the rightest of roads.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-30
Theodore Roosevelt praises the people of Wyoming. If the need arises, the U.S. will have a “cavalry ready made.” Roosevelt is also happy with the gait of the horse that was given him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-01