The Dover Anthology of American Literature Volume II by Bob Blaisdell

Author:Bob Blaisdell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc.

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1. cayuses: wild horses

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

As president of the United States (1901–1909), Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), a lifelong bird-lover and big-game hunter, created parkland in the United States the size of Western Europe. In the following speech, made at the Grand Canyon (Arizona Territory), in the midst of his awe and appreciation of the Grand Canyon, the rough-riding hero of San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War of 1898 greets some of his former soldiers who hailed from the area. As noted in the speech, irrigation of the arid southwest was one of his other goals. No American president ever accomplished more for the environment. In 1908, Roosevelt put into law the designation of the Grand Canyon as a National Monument.

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