Teapot Dome scandal
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The Teapot Dome scandal was a political corruption scandal in the United States during the 1920s involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding. It centered on Albert B. Fall, the Secreta
Oil wells near Teapot Dome in Wyoming (1973)
Teapot Dome (including Teapot Rock) around the time of the scandal, depicted in a c. 1922 postcard.
Oil businessman Edward L. Doheny (at table, second from right) testifying before the U.S. Senate committee investigating the Teapot Dome oil leases in 1924
Warren G. Harding, official picture
Teapot Rock
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Teapot Rock, also Teapot Dome, is a distinctive sedimentary rock formation and nearby oil field in Natrona County, Wyoming, that became the focus of the Teapot Dome bribery scandal during the administ
Teapot Dome scandal
…that a navy transitioning from coal to oil propulsion would have sufficient stocks of fuel in times of war. Fall was given control over reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming, as well as two locations in California, upon the recommendation of Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby. The leases were the subject of a…
Teapot Rock in 2017
Teapot Rock on an old postcard from around 1922