Away from the Cares of State – President Roosevelt Ready to Enter Yellowstone Park (1903) 

This photograph of Theodor Rosevelt on horseback was taken on June 11, 1903 in front of Yellowstone Park’s entrance. The intended audience of this photograph was for Americans to see the active efforts of the President and his intentions for a parks service. The photograph shows a smiling President Rosevelt arriving at Yellowstone’s entrance accompanied by Yellowstone’s superintendent John Pitcher with railroad cars in the background. The group is going to explore the highlights of the park such as Old Faithful and animals such as the American Bison and discuss the future plans for the park. I found this source at the Library of Congress website. The Library of Congress is an extremely reliable source that has a great deal of information on all American history. 

Letter from Theodor Rosevelt (1905)

This letter titled Personal was written by President Theodor Rosevelt on January 17, 1905. Rosevelt was the twenty sixth president of the United States of America and used his power to create the United States Forest Service creating 150 national forests and 18 national monuments. The letter is written responding to claims by two John Muir and William Colby about the government not doing enough for protecting and preserving Yosemite park. This source is so interesting because of the direct discussion of plans about Yosemite and the obvious intentions of Theodor Rosevelt to protect the park and all inside it. Additionally, It contains direct dialog from Theodor Rosevelt commenting on his efforts to create Yosemite. I found this letter on the internet. It comes from a very reputable source, The Library of Congress which contains other personal letters and speeches from Roosevelt’s presidency that affects the National Parks.