1858
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October 27
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TR born in New York City
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1880
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Graduates from Harvard College; Marries Alice Hathaway Lee
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1883
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September 7-25
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First visit to the Dakota badlands, TR buys the Maltese Cross Ranch
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1884
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February 14
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TR’s wife Alice and mother Mittie die in New York
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June 9
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Returns to badlands: establishes Elkhorn Ranch
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August- September
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Hunting trip to Big Horn Mountains
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December 19
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TR organizes Little Missouri River Stockmen’s Association
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1885
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April
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Probable date of the episode in Mingusville
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September
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Near-duel with Marquis de Mores
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1886
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March-April
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The capture of the boat thieves
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July 4
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“I like big things” speech in Dickinson
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December 2
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Marries Edith Kermit Carow in London, England
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1887
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April
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TR visits Dakota to survey his cattle losses
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1888
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Brief hunting visit |
1889
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Brief hunting visit |
1890
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September 2-8
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TR, Edith, Corinne, Bamie, and others visit Elkhorn Ranch
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1891
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Brief hunting visit |
1892
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Inspection tour of Indian Reservations, hunting at Elkhorn
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1893
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Brief hunting trip
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1894
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Hunting trip
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1896
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Hunting at Elkhorn
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1898
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Sells his remaining cattle interests in Dakota
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July 1
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TR and Rough Riders assault Kettle and San Juan hills in Cuba
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1900
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Whistle stop in Medora: “here the romance of my life began”
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1901
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September 14
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TR becomes 26th President of the United States
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1903
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Whistle stop in Medora
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1909
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March
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TR leaves Presidency, embarks on safari in East Africa
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1911
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Whistle stop in Medora
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1912
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Passes through Medora without stopping; the failed Bull Moose campaign
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1913
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TR explores River of Doubt in South America: “my last chance to be a boy”
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1918
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Whistle stop in Medora
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1919
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January 6
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Roosevelt dies at Oyster Bay, NY
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