western water law is being challenged

In particular, Roosevelt (and then President Taft) prevented settlers from logging or coal mining on substantial acreage. See W. Borneman, Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land 240-241 (2003). Alaskans responded by burning Pinchot in effigy and, more creatively, organizing the 'Cordova Coal Party'—a..

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