Forgotten fragments (#13): Save the Elkhorn Ranch
Subject(s): Baier, Lowell E., Bridges--Environmental aspects, North Dakota--Elkhorn Ranch, Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909, Roosevelt, Selwa, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Sand and gravel mines and mining--Environmental aspects
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Tweed Roosevelt describes a visit to the White House in which he and members of his family met President Barack Obama. Roosevelt notes that he took the opportunity to ask Obama to consider declaring the Elkhorn Ranch site in North Dakota a national monument to protect it from the encroachments of the oil industry in the Badlands. Roosevelt quotes a long passage from Theodore Roosevelt’s writing about the ranch site, and he highlights the two most immediate threats to the area, proposals for a bridge across the Little Missouri River and a gravel mine. Roosevelt says that the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) must act to save the site that was so important to Theodore Roosevelt and the American conservation movement.
Four photographs and an illustration, including one each of the Elkhorn Ranch site, supplement the text.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
2012
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Page Count
6
Production Method
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
No permission is required from the Theodore Roosevelt Association to use items in the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal collection for educational purposes. For permissions, contact William Tilchin at (516) 921-6319 or by email at wnt@bu.edu.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Forgotten fragments (#13): Save the Elkhorn Ranch. [2012]. Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o308459. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Tweed. Forgotten fragments (#13): Save the Elkhorn Ranch. [2012]. Image.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o308459.
APA:
Roosevelt, Tweed., [2012]. Forgotten fragments (#13): Save the Elkhorn Ranch.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o308459.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
APA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.