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Rocky Mountain Club
Formation1907
Dissolved1928
TypeService club
PurposeTo create good-fellowship among the members and advance the interests of the Rocky Mountain States
HeadquartersNew York, New York
Official language
English
President
John Hays Hammond
Key people
Directors: W. B. Thompson, A. J. Seligman, John Campbell Cory, B. B. Taylor, Frederick Russell Burnham, and J. J. McEvelly. Theodore Roosevelt was a prominent member along with U.S. Senator's Thomas Kearns from Utah and W.A. Clark of Montana.

The Rocky Mountain Club was incorporated in New York City as an "Eastern Home of Western Men" with the purpose to "create good-fellowship among the members and advance the interests of the Rock Mountain States." John Hays Hammond was the only president. The original directors were: W. B. Thompson, A. J. Seligman, John Campbell Cory, B. B. Taylor, Frederick Russell Burnham and J. J. McEvelly. Theodore Roosevelt was a prominent member, along with U.S. Senator Thomas Kearns of Utah and U.S. Senator W.A. Clark of Montana.

Key dates in the history of the club include:

  • January 20, 1907 - incorporated[1]
  • November 1, 1907 - Hotel Knickerbocker becomes the temporary headquarters[2]
  • December 28, 1913 - moved to the Algonquin Hotel at 65 West 44th Street, New York[3]
  • January 30, 1917 - pledges $500,000 to Belgian relief[4]
  • March 13, 1917 - begins recruitment effort to assist Roosevelt in forming a volunteer Army[5]
  • April 25, 1926 - plans world tribute to John Hays Hammond
  • March 4, 1928 - disbands
  1. ^ "A Rocky Mountain Club Incorporates". The New York Times. 1907-01-20. p. 9. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  2. ^ "The Wealthy Rocky Mountain Takes Quarters in Hotel Knickerbocker". The New York Times. 1907-11-01. p. 3. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  3. ^ "Western Men's New Home; Rocky Mountain Club Has Housewarming at 65 West 44th St". The New York Times. 1913-12-28. p. 3. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  4. ^ "Club in New York Pledges $500,000 to Belgian Relief; Fund for New Million-Dollar Home for Rocky Mountain Club Turned Over". The New York Times. 1917-01-30. p. 1. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  5. ^ "Enroll Westerners for Service in War; Movement to Register Men of That Region Begun at the Rocky Mountain Club". The New York Times. 1917-03-13. p. 11. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-23.

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