Progressive Era: 1890–1920s: Progressive Political Reform
Click image to zoom in.Or view larger version. President Theodore Roosevelt at Yosemite, standing at Glacier Point. 1903. Unknown photographer. Lantern slide. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Edwin R. Jackson.
This is a lantern slide of President Theodore Roosevelt standing on Glacier Point in Yosemite Valley. Roosevelt camped with naturalist and preservationist, John Muir in May 1903. While camping, Muir lobbied Roosevelt, convincing him that the federal government should take control of the valley and the grove in Yosemite Valley, and make it part of the National Park Service. Muir’s efforts were well received. On June 11, 1906 President Roosevelt signed a bill designating the valley and the grove Yosemite National Park.