The Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt edited by J. Martin Miller

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SALT LAKE OITY WELCOMES THE PRESIDENT
At the latter place he received an enthusiastic welcome,
arriving at 8:30 Friday morning amid the clamor of loco-
motive and factory whistles, shrill yells of cattle punchers and
sheep men, and the enthusiastic cheering of several thousand
persons congregated along the streets. Preceding the Presi-
dent's carriage was an escort of mounted police, while fifty
Rough Riders, splendidly mounted, and in typical plainsman's
attire, acted as a special escort.
Bringing up the rear of the long procession were nearly six
hundred mounted cow punchers, many of them having come
over one hundred and fifty miles of rough trails to greet the
President. The sunburned, brawny plainsmen in their som-
breros and blue shirts formed the most picturesque part of the
parade, and the President rose in his carriage and bowed in
response to their wild cheering. Over nine thousand children
greeted the President as he stepped from his carriage and
mounted a platform. After speaking a few moments to the
little ones, the Chief Executive reviewed the long parade, and
then, reentering his carriage, was driven to the Tabernacle,
where an immense audience had assembled.
At Ogden the nation's chief was greeted by thousands
gathered from all the counties of northern Utah. At a pavil-
ion, in the public square, he made a brief address, after which
he was driven to his train. His next stop was Evanston,
Wyo., where he was given an ovation. President Roosevelt
arrived at Laramie at 7:30, Saturday morning, and was driven
to the University of Wyoming, where he made a short
address. About nine o'clock he mounted his horse and
started on a sixty-mile ride to Cheyenne, arriving at that city
about 5:30 p. m. The President spent Sunday in Cheyenne.