Upon arriving at Yellowstone%27s northern entrance in 1903%2C Roosevelt insisted upon riding into the national park on horseback. Not long after he dedicated the Roosevelt Arch and in the same year he visited the Grand Canyon and Yosemite where he famously had his photograph taken with John Muir. Based on ignominous things they wrote and said%2C Roosevelt and Muir have been called out and condemned as racist. Photo courtesy Library of Congress
Upon arriving at Yellowstone%27s northern entrance in 1903%2C Roosevelt insisted upon riding into the national park on horseback. Not long after he dedicated the Roosevelt Arch and in the same year he visited the Grand Canyon and Yosemite where he famously had his photograph taken with John Muir. Based on ignominous things they wrote and said%2C Roosevelt and Muir have been called out and condemned as racist. Photo courtesy Library of Congress