While visiting TR National Park, I read a story about TR having a boat stolen by some lowlifes out in Wyoming in the winter. He and a couple other men built another boat and went down the icy river to recover his belongings. When they caught up to the men he sent his hands back to the ranch and he marched the bad guys 50 miles single handed to the nearest law. One of the men wrote him from jail several times thanking him for not killing them on the spot which was standard operating procedure.
He was a fascinating guy who could not be pigeon holed into any political philosophy as we know them now. We owe much of our land preservation to him.
Last edited by Smokey3214; 07/01/2012 9:28 PM.
