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The demands of the Presidency made vacation travel difficult. Edith took charge of finding a retreat for the family in this simple cabin in the woods of Albemarle County, VA. The rustic hideaway had no running water. Son Archie took on the task of fetching water when the family visited. [ca. 1906]
	President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady Edith Roosevelt in 1908.
	The Roosevelt's leaving the White House. Taken Christmas Day, 1908. Nicholas Longworth who married Alice in 1906 appears at the far right.
	Theodore Roosevelt with incoming President William Howard Taft on Taft's inauguration day in 1909. Roosevelt picked Taft to be his successor in the Republican party and endorsed his election as president. Roosevelt left the White House believing that Taft would continue activist progressive policies as the new President. Such was not to be the case.

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