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--Submitted by AHEA
member, Norman Morrison
So who
is this anyway?
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So, who is this steely-eyed,
beknifed
gentleman dressed in buckskin and ready for anything that comes
his way? Is he some kind of desperado or maybe a mountain man of
yore? Further, aside from the nifty armaments, what could he
possibly have to do with today's hunting scene?
It's a slim possibility that you may recognize him,
though it's unlikely. One hint that you won't find helpful is
that this picture was made in 1885. Another is that prior to
this man adopting the great outdoors, he was but a sickly New
York City youth
born to riches and without much promise.
Born in 1858, he graduated from Harvard in 1880,
married, lost both his wife and mother on the same day in 1884
and moved out west the same year. |
I have already mentioned that this
is him in 1885. The picture was taken somewhere in North
Dakota where he ranched and hunted. He was a voracious hunter,
and already in his trophy...possibly method stage
by this time. In 1886 he came back east again, though he made
frequent trips to the great outdoors all of his life.
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Still, you ask...so what? Well...
The man in question is none other than... Teddy Roosevelt,
president of these United States from 1901-1908. He died in
his sleep in 1919, but before he did, and after the 1885
picture was taken he did a remarkable thing...
Using the "Forest Reserves Act" in 1891, he saw
to it that 235 million acres of timberland were set aside as
national forests. Although this didn't have much impact on
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Alabama at the time, he set the
gold standard for all that was to follow as arguably, America's
all time leading conservationist. And...he did this at a time
when it wasn't fashionable.
Later he created 16 national monuments, 51 wildlife
refuges, and 5 new national parks. In essence, what he did was
to remind Americans that our resources aren't infinite and must
be guarded. Thanks to forward thinking like his, we're able to
enjoy more and better than folks in his day had.
So, from the past, comes the future of our great outdoors. TR
left more than a presidential library. He left a legacy that
affects all hunters and conservationists to this very day.
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