The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America (175 page)

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The tallest tree ever recorded was a 414-foot Douglas fir discovered in British Columbia during the late nineteenth century. The largest in the United States was an 800-year-old tree called Hyperion in Redwood National Park, 379 feet tall.

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While not dismissing the Michauds’story, Gail Evans-Hatch and Michael Evans-Hatch in
Place of Passages: Jewel Cave National Monument Historic Resource Study
raise the possibility that Burdett Parks, a cowboy at the nearby X-4 ranch, actually made the discovery first.

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In 1908 British East Africa combined Uganda, Kenya, and Tanganyika (Tanzania).

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Roosevelt and London eventually patched up their differences. London, in fact, endorsed T.R. for president in 1912 believing the Bull Moose Party was a variant of democratic socialism.

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The exception was Midway, which in 1909 was the relay station for the commercial Pacific Cable Company’s trans-Pacific wire.

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