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Dow, Wilmot S. (Wilmot Sewall), 1854-1891

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Pursuing the boat thieves

Pursuing the boat thieves

A staged image of William Wingate Sewall and Wilmot Dow in pursuit of boat thieves. In March 1886, three thieves stole a boat from Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch. Sewall and Dow made a new boat, shown here, and pursued them with Roosevelt. They captured the thieves after several days, but were hindered in bringing them in by ice on the Little Missouri River. Roosevelt took the men in over land to Dickinson (N.D.), where they were indicted.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1886