Elkhorn Ranch site
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Midwest Archeological Center
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Elkhorn Ranch
View of the Elkhorn Ranch cabin taken by Theodore Roosevelt in 1886.
Collection
Creation Date
1886
Elkhorn Ranch from across the Little Missouri River
View of the Elkhorn Ranch from across the Little Missouri originally photographed by Theodore Roosevelt. Includes a description of the various buildings.
Collection
Creation Date
1886
Porch at the Elkhorn Ranch
Porch at the Elkhorn Ranch. Many antlers are visible, as are a pair of rocking chairs and a saddle.
Collection
Creation Date
1886
Photo from point southeast of Elkhorn Ranch house
View at the Elkhorn Ranch site from a point southeast of the ranch house, looking west towards the south end of the corral. Reprinted in 1950 for the National Park Service.
Collection
Creation Date
1886
View of stable and shed at Elkhorn Ranch
View of stable and shed at the Elkhorn Ranch site as seen from the south.
Collection
Creation Date
1886
View of stable and shed at Elkhorn Ranch
View of stable and shed at the Elkhorn Ranch site as seen from the south.
Collection
Creation Date
1886
Stable at Elkhorn Ranch
Portion of flagstone floor, blacksmith shop
A portion of the flagstone floor of the blacksmith shop at the Elkhorn Ranch site.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Elkhorn Ranch ‘bottoms’
‘Bottoms’ at the Elkhorn Ranch site. Area has been plowed by a roadgrader.
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Creation Date
1957
Blacksmith shop floor with artifacts
A portion of the flagstone floor of the blacksmith shop at the Elkhorn Ranch site. Artifacts found during excavation are arrayed on the stone.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Northeast corner of blacksmith shop
Northeast corner of excavated blacksmith shop at Elkhorn Ranch site.
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Creation Date
1957
Northeast corner of blacksmith shop during excavation
The northeast corner of the blacksmith shop at the Elkhorn Ranch site. A handwritten note comments on dimensions and placement of corners of the blacksmith shop.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Area of blacksmith shop
Area where the blacksmith shop was located at the Elkhorn Ranch site.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Remains of log wall
Remains of a vertical log wall at the site of the Elkhorn Ranch. Includes a handwritten note calculating the size of the dugout that these logs were part of.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Doorway, east wall of dug-out
Excavated doorway of a dug-out at the Elkhorn Ranch site.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Doorway, east wall of dug-out
Excavated doorway of a dug-out at the Elkhorn Ranch site.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Corral posts set #1
Corral posts at the Elkhorn Ranch site discovered during preliminary excavation. The knife in the photograph points approximately north.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Cow shed site
Cow shed excavations at Elkhorn Ranch site.
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Creation Date
1957
Cow shed site
Site of excavated cow shed at Elkhorn Ranch site, as seen from the north.
Collection
Creation Date
1957