The round-up
Overview of cattle herding and the operations of a cattle ranch.
Collection
Creation Date
1887
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909
Your TR Source
Cattle herding
The Bad Lands Cow Boy
February 7, 1884, edition of The Bad Lands Cow Boy.
Collection
Creation Date
1884-02-07
Creator(s)
A remarkable cache of newly discovered TR letters: The six TR-to-Bamie letters from 1885
In six letters to his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles, dating from April to September of 1885, Theodore Roosevelt describes various aspects of his life as a rancher in the Dakota Badlands, touching on subjects such as the weather, working on cattle roundups, and hunting. Roosevelt notes the long hours spent in the saddle tending to cattle herds, inquires about Cowles’s health, and always asks after his infant daughter, though never by her given name of Alice. Roosevelt mentions his ranch hands Wilmot S. Dow and William Wingate Sewall in some of the letters and even highlights his favorite horse Manitou.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
1885
Creator(s)
Theodore Roosevelt as cowboy rounding up steers labeled as states
Theodore Roosevelt, astride a horse with “Wyoming” on its bridle, leads a number of lassoed cattle behind him, each with the name of a state on it. One cow, with Alabama written on it, rises up and says, “I don’t see how I can get out of this.” A teddy bear holding a bag walks alongside Roosevelt. This cartoon is likely a reference to Theodore Roosevelt’s massive success in the 1904 presidential election, which saw him capture the electoral votes of the Northern and Western states, leading to his second term as president.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1904
Creator(s)
Hunting from the ranch; the blacktail deer
Handwritten draft of chapter two of The Wilderness Hunter.
Collection
Creation Date
1893