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Photograph of Benton C. “Ben” Bird, cowboy and longtime resident of Medora, North Dakota, at the Joe Ferris General Store.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1948-03-31
Group photograph of longtime residents of Medora, North Dakota, at the Joe Ferris General Store. Pictured (left to right): George R. Osterhout, Benton C. Bird, T. Frank Roberts, Judge Paul W. Lebo, Jacob J. Tomamichel, and John F. Reilly.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1948-03-31
Group photograph of longtime residents of Medora, North Dakota, at the Joe Ferris General Store. Pictured (left to right): First row – T. Frank Roberts, Jacob J. Tomamichel, Benton C. Bird, Judge Paul W. Lebo, and J. C. Rasmussen. Second row – Harry F. Roberts, John F. Reilly, Byron T. Connell, William McCarty, William W. Kunkel, and George R. Osterhout.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1948-03-31
Group photograph of longtime residents of Medora, North Dakota, standing on the Joe Ferris General Store porch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1948-03-31
Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park has two recordings of frontier “old timers,” Benton C. Bird and George R. “Shy” Osterhout. The recordings are too fragile to mail but could be transcribed on tape. Superintendent Jay suggests contacting Harry F. Roberts, manager of the Chateau de Mores, who is knowledgeable of the early history of the badlands.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1960-07-26
Series of interviews by Park Historian Ray H. Mattison with pioneers of Billings County, North Dakota, who met Theodore Roosevelt during his time in the North Dakota badlands.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Unknown
Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park Historian Ray H. Mattison would like Regional Director Lawrence C. Merriam and Historian Olaf T. Hagen to verify statements made by Benton C. Bird regarding Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to Yosemite National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-07-01