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Theodore Roosevelt reminds Arthur F. Cosby that he promised to “trace the gilt bison.” He wonders what Cosby has learned about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-07-16
Theodore Roosevelt writes to George Bird Grinnell about the “forestry business.” Taking forests away from the settlers was part of an order issued by President Cleveland when he was at the end of his administration, and he agrees to cut Pierce’s article for Grinnell. Roosevelt also edited Grinnell’s statements about hunting stories. Roosevelt believes that “our scientific people” should care more about hunting. Roosevelt also wants Grinnell to add information about the destruction of the buffalo in Yellowstone Park.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-08-24
Roy Bunn thanks President Roosevelt for the letter regarding extermination of bison. He proposes the theory that large herds of bison may have been overcome by cold and starvation, not hunted by Indians as they would not have left remaining skeletons.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-19
Michael F. Moran chronicles the Strenuous Life Adventure trip to South Dakota, Wyoming, and North Dakota undertaken by members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in September 2018. Moran notes the many sites connected to Theodore Roosevelt visited by the group, including Jewel Cave and Devils Tower National Monument, and Wind Cave and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Moran provides details about the group’s visits to each of these sites along with its stop at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Moran notes Roosevelt’s friendship with Seth Bullock and highlights Fritz R. Gordner’s climb of Devils Tower.
The text is supplemented with thirteen color photographs and is followed by a nine page photo gallery of fifty-four color photographs.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2019
Photograph of the trophy room at Sagamore Hill, summer home of President Roosevelt, with two large mounted buffalo heads flanking the fireplace.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-09-14
Grover Cleveland, former mayor of Buffalo and current governor of New York, is a bullfighter standing with his right foot on the head of a bison labeled “Buffalo Democracy” with one dart labeled “Veto Buffalo Fire Dept. Bill” stuck in its side. The weakened buffalo has collapsed on papers that state “Buffalo Politicians’ Demands,” and Cleveland’s red cape is labeled “Firmness.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-04-18
An elderly Native man stands with his horse on the plains with a buffalo skull on the ground before them.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-10-08
Letter size envelope with a round portrait of Colonel Roosevelt in blue ink surrounded by a ring of white stars on a red background. Above the portrait is an eagle with an American flag in its talons. A lasso reaches from the portrait to a charging bison in the lower right corner.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1898