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Roosevelt expedition and townsite deals in early 1909
The text outlines an expedition led by Theodore Roosevelt to Africa with Edmund Heller J Alden Loring and R J Cunningham for wildlife collection including Kermit Roosevelt as photographer. It details arrival in Mombassa itinerary toward Lake Victoria and the Nile with Major Mearn as physician and a one year span. It also notes mining progress near Cement Idaho Washington Northern railroad plans and townsite developments in Stevens County involving Fred B Grinnell Co Panhandle Investment Ione and water main bids.
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Edmund Heller
J. Alden Loring
Africa
R. J. Cunningham
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Kermit Roosevelt
Stanford University
Mombassa
Uganda
Nairo
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Nile
Cairo
British East Africa
Mt. Kenia
Edgar E. Mearn
Medical Corps of the Army
Smithsonian
Blue Jim
Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad
Chronicle
Fred B. Grinnell Company
Spokane
Panhandle Investment Company
Usk
Ione
Washington & Northern Railway
Board of Commissioners
Stevens County