Roosevelt Dam
Americannoun
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Construction began in 1903 on the Theodore Roosevelt Dam on the Salt River in Arizona, which Roosevelt himself dedicated in 1911.
From Washington Times ● May 30, 2023
Her family moved to Arizona Territory a few years later and soon benefited from the first great reclamation project, Theodore Roosevelt Dam on the Salt River.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
On this date in 1915, state offices were closed in the Salt River Valley as thousands gathered to witness the first spillage of water over Roosevelt Dam.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 11, 2018
The first major Newlands project, which turned little Phoenix, Arizona, into an agricultural empire and now the nation’s fifth-largest city, bears the name Theodore Roosevelt Dam.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2018
The Roosevelt Dam, Phoenix, Arizona Reclamation and Conservation.—The open country—the deserts, the forests, waterways, and the public lands—interested President Roosevelt no less than railway and industrial questions.
From History of the United States by Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin)
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