President Roosevelt And Gifford Pinchot

October, 1907 image of then-President Teddy Roosevelt with the chief of the US Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot, on the river steamer 'Mississippi.'... more

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President Roosevelt And Gifford Pinchot

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October, 1907 image of then-President Teddy Roosevelt with the chief of the US Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot, on the river steamer 'Mississippi.' This picture was taken on the trip of the Inland Waterways Commission down the Mississippi River. The purpose of this trip was to awaken interest in the development of the nation's inland waterways; more than twenty governors took part in the trip. Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt (1858-1919) was the 26th President of the United States (1901-1909). He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his cowboy persona and robust masculinity. He was a leader of the Republican Party and founder of the short-lived Progressive (Bull Moose) Party of 1912. Before becoming President, he held offices at the city, state, and federal levels. Roosevelt's achievements as a naturalist, explorer, hunter, author, and soldier are as much a part of his fame as any office he held as a politician. Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) was the first Chief of the United States Forest Service (1905-1910) and the 28th Governor of Pennsylvania (1923-1927, 1931-1935). He was a Republican and Progressive. Pinchot is known for reforming the management and development of forests in the United States and for advocating the conservation of the nation's reserves by planned use and renewal. He called it "the art of producing from the forest whatever it can yield for the service of man." Pinchot coined the term conservation ethic as applied to natural resources.

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February 20th, 2013