Inquisitive and single-minded, TR pursued his interest in nature relentlessly — it was a pursuit that would impact America's wild places for decades after his death.Â
Shortly after taking office, TR said of the Panama Canal that, "No single great material work which remains to be undertaken on this continent is as of such consequence to the American people."
The discovery of gold in1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen countries to form a multi-ethnic society in California.
