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Photograph of badlands landscape, looking north from the old airport plateau once near Medora, North Dakota, in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1964-05
This memorandum signed by G. H. Shields from the War Department announces that Westbury Plateau flying field will be renamed Roosevelt Field to commemorate Quentin Roosevelt.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-09-24
Timothy L. Woodruff urges Theodore Roosevelt to accept the invitation to attend the Aero Club of New York’s aviation meeting at the Aerodrome.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-19
In the first vignette, an airplane sits in marshes. Caption: Langley’s aerodrome still languishes on the Potomac marshes. In the second vignette, the Roosevelt family returns to the White House with their animals. Caption: The Roosevelts are home.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-10
Acting Regional Director Stanley C. Joseph writes to National Park Service Director Drury regarding accommodations for the director’s party during the dedication ceremony for Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Joseph asks whether the party would like reservations made at the Custer Trail Ranch near Medora.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-05-23
Allyn F. Hanks replies to Carleton Putnam’s letter requesting information on travel arrangements for his impending trip to the Badlands for research for his Roosevelt biography. Hanks recommends lodging and writes of other arrangements he has made.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1952-07-25