Documents in Year 1903                     

Links of Interest:

• Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth U.S. President

(1901-1909)

• President Theodore Roosevelt visits Yellowstone National Park

(Video clip with historical photos) April 8-24, 1903 - President Roosevelt visits Yellowstone National Park and speaks at the ceremony for the laying of the cornerstone for the Roosevelt Arch at the North entrance to Yellowstone National Park where the figure 8 Grand Loop begins.

• John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt's camping trip in Yosemite

(Delightful Video clip with historical photos) May 15, 1903 - President Roosevelt sneaks away from his delegation to camp in Yosemite with John Muir who discusses making all of Mariposa Grove and Yosemite Valley a national park which happens in 1905 by an act of Congress.

• Buffalo Soldiers of 9th & 10th Cavalry protect National Parks in California

(Interesting Video clip with historical photos) Every spring the US Cavalry left the presidio in San Francisco, CA and made a 2 week trip into the Sierra Mountains to patrol/protect the three National Parks there (General Grant, Sequoia and Yosemite) from vandalism and hunting as well as build roads and fences. Captain Charles Young was the first African American put in charge of a National Park.

• "The Great Train Robbery"

The first silent film, The Great Train Robbery, debuts in 1903.

• World's First Successful Airplane

December 17, 1903 - The Wright Brothers first successful flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

• Edward S. Curtis

(American Photographer of Native Americans 1899-1929)

• Tuna is put into cans. A machine for making peanut butter is patented by Ambrose W. Straub.
  Anderson, Jean American Century Cookbook. p 19