Gov. Harry Davis, detail from the Theodore Roosevelt Preserve Dedication Memorial, Shawnee State Park, Scioto County, Ohio
This file appears in: One Hundred Years of Conservation in Shawnee State Park
This file appears in: One Hundred Years of Conservation in Shawnee State Park
One Hundred Years of Conservation in Shawnee State Park
The Theodore Roosevelt Preserve was dedicated at 3pm on December 5th, 1922, by Governor Harry L. Davis. It began with 20,000 acres as a "game and reforestation preserve." At the time of its dedication, the preserve had about 2,000…