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Showing posts with label Teddy Roosevelt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Teddy Roosevelt. Show all posts
July 26, 2026

The Petrified Forest's Gateway Ghost Town

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The Petrified Forest was never a secret, but initially, it was not widely known outside of Arizona (except among geologists, among whom news...
June 9, 2024

Teddy Roosevelt in Arizona and Prescott

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Roosevelt speaking in Phoenix, Sep. 1912   The day the Buckey O’Neill Rough Rider monument was unveiled on the Plaza (July 3,1907,) it was h...
April 19, 2020

Gigantic Cinnamon Bears Used to Roam These Parts

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“A continuation of our present practice will result in the absolute extermination of all bears in Arizona within less than five years,” t...
August 18, 2019

1932: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Visits Prescott

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It was late September 1932, and in a little more than a month, the United States would be choosing a new President. That man would be Gov...
May 25, 2019

The Rocky Road That Brought the Rough Rider Monument

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As soon as news reached Prescott of William “Buckey” O’Neill’s death in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, one of his closest friends,...
March 31, 2019

Rough Rider Cofounder Gov. Alexander Brodie

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Because he gave his life during the Spanish-American War, it is Buckey O’Neill who is the most widely remembered Prescott Rough Rider. H...
September 24, 2017

1912: Come to Prescott's First Chautauqua!

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Teddy Roosevelt once said: "Chautauqua is the most American thing in America!" (*1) "Chautauqua is an institution that b...
September 21, 2015

Teddy's Rough Riders Originated in Prescott

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When news arrived of the explosion and sinking of the USS Maine, William "Buckey" O'Neill was the Mayor of Prescott. Buck...
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