The Teapot Dome Scandal
Phil Roberts
The Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920s involved national security, big oil companies and bribery and corruption at the highest levels of the government of the United States. It was the most serious scandal in the country’s history prior to the Watergate affair of the Nixon administration in the 1970s.
The Salt Creek oil field in the 1920s. Teapot Dome is the arched butte on the left. Wyoming Tales and Trails.The Salt Creek oil field in the 1920s. Teapot Dome is the arched butte on the left. Wyoming Tales and Trails.And this controversy was named for an oil reserve near a rock formation north of Casper, Wyo., that looked just like a teapot.
Events that led to the scandal began decades before when government and U.S. Navy officials, contemplating a new, global presence, realized they needed a fuel supply that was more reliable and more portable than coal.
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