[Alexander Crowell with his gun, his dog, and a large puma that he killed at Barnard, Vermont]

"You have understood that the best products of the state were its men and women." President Roosevelt at Proctor, Vt.

"In national affairs we must do no wrong, and we must see that no wrong is done to us." President Roosevelt at Proctor, Vt.

"It is a very great pleasure to be here and greet you from the home of my old and valued friend." President Roosevelt at Proctor, Vt.

"Remember, the Monroe Doctrine will be respected as long as we have a first-class Navy" - President Roosevelt, Proctor, Vt.

"There is no place in our body politic for the idler" - President Roosevelt, Bellows Falls, Vt.

"The law of successful national life is the law of work" - President Roosevelt's Labor Day speech, Rutland, Vt.

"The soldier, however patriotic, who runs away is no good" - President Roosevelt, Brattleboro, Vt.

"The heroic in a crisis are those who prepare by doing common-place duties well" - President Roosevelt, S. Royalton, Vt.

Sheldon Junction: view showing men doing hydraulic excavation.