Personal memoirs of the home life of the late Theodore Roosevelt as soldier, governor, vice president, and president, in relation to Oyster Bay .. . demonstrations of ap-proval accorded him by his neighbors from timeto time; and in later years frequently referred tothe occasions as being the pleasantest moments ofhis life. After his arrival from San Juan, much of time was taken up with the affairs ofhis Rough Rider regiment, and important politicalmatters. It was not until after he was electedGovernor that he took an active interest in localmatters. When his name was prominently
Personal memoirs of the home life of the late Theodore Roosevelt as soldier, governor, vice president, and president, in relation to Oyster Bay .. . demonstrations of ap-proval accorded him by his neighbors from timeto time; and in later years frequently referred tothe occasions as being the pleasantest moments ofhis life. After his arrival from San Juan, much of time was taken up with the affairs ofhis Rough Rider regiment, and important politicalmatters. It was not until after he was electedGovernor that he took an active interest in localmatters. When his name was prominently mentioned asthe probable candidate for Governor of New YorkState, and immediately after his nomination forthat office, there commenced a steady inflow ofpolitical pilgrims to Sagamore Hill, through thevillage of Oyster Bay and by water craft. OysterBay was then considered as being on the map,and experienced an ever-increasing boom up to thetime Mr. Roosevelt ended his career in the WhiteHouse. I put myself in the way of things happeningand they happened, is the way Theodore Roose-velt explained his good luck. WHILE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK STATE.
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