Theodore Roosevelt, detail from the Theodore Roosevelt Preserve Dedication Memorial, Shawnee State Park, Scioto County, Ohio

ID: 17 ~ Source: Scioto Historical Collection, Center for Public History, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio. ~ Creator: Andrew Feight, Ph.D. ~ Date: 2012

This file appears in: One Hundred Years of Conservation in Shawnee State Park

Theodore Roosevelt, 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

One Hundred Years of Conservation in Shawnee State Park

By Andrew Feight, Ph.D.

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…