Remains of log wall
Remains of a vertical log wall at the site of the Elkhorn Ranch. Includes a handwritten note calculating the size of the dugout that these logs were part of.
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Creation Date
1957
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Excavations (Archaeology)
Area of blacksmith shop
Area where the blacksmith shop was located at the Elkhorn Ranch site.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Northeast corner of blacksmith shop during excavation
The northeast corner of the blacksmith shop at the Elkhorn Ranch site. A handwritten note comments on dimensions and placement of corners of the blacksmith shop.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Northeast corner of blacksmith shop
Northeast corner of excavated blacksmith shop at Elkhorn Ranch site.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Blacksmith shop floor with artifacts
A portion of the flagstone floor of the blacksmith shop at the Elkhorn Ranch site. Artifacts found during excavation are arrayed on the stone.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Portion of flagstone floor, blacksmith shop
A portion of the flagstone floor of the blacksmith shop at the Elkhorn Ranch site.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Cow shed site
Site of excavated cow shed at Elkhorn Ranch site, as seen from the north.
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Creation Date
1957
View from northeast toward ranch house site
Photograph shows a view from the northeast towards the ranch house site at the Elkhorn Ranch. The site of a round corral is in the foreground.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Corral posts set #1
Corral posts at the Elkhorn Ranch site discovered during preliminary excavation. The knife in the photograph points approximately north.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Corral posts set #15
Corral posts at the Elkhorn Ranch site discovered during preliminary excavation. The knife in the photograph points approximately north. A handwritten note calls attention to a portion of a gate lock to the right of the posts.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Corral posts (?)
Possible corral posts at the Elkhorn Ranch site discovered during preliminary excavation.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Men working at cow shed site
Several men working at the site of a cow shed at the Elkhorn Ranch site.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Cow shed site
Excavated site of a cow shed at the Elkhorn Ranch site.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Cow shed site
A view of the excavated site of a cow shed at the Elkhorn Ranch site, as seen from the west.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Excavated wall of cow shed
Excavated wall of cow shed at Elkhorn Ranch site.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Cow shed site
View of the excavated cow shed site at the Elkhorn Ranch site, as seen from the north. A handwritten note raises the possibility that it could instead have been a chicken coop.
Collection
Creation Date
1957
Elkhorn Ranch archeological-historical base map
This map depicts the areas of the Elkhorn Ranch site that were excavated during the investigations of 1957 and 1959, including the ranch house, corral, chicken pen, utility shed, well, and stable, as well as blacksmith shop and dugout. A zoomed out view shows the unit’s position relative to the surrounding area. The map also presents a brief description of the two archeological excavations that took place.
Collection
Creation Date
1963-07
Letter from Ray H. Mattison to Dee Calderwood Taylor
Theodore Roosevelt National Park Historian Mattison confirms receipt of Professor Taylor’s report, “Archeological Investigations of the Elkhorn Ranch Site.” Mattison also informs Taylor that Paul L. Beaubien, who had performed earlier excavations on the site, has passed away.
Collection
Creation Date
1962-07-19
Letter from Paul L. Beaubien to Dee Calderwood Taylor
Paul L. Beaubien thanks Professor Taylor for his letter and the summary of activities at the Elkhorn Ranch site the previous summer. Beaubien makes many comments on the status of the dig, both about Taylor’s activities, as well as what had been done on the earlier excavation by Beaubien. He makes special comment asking whether the area had been flooded since Theodore Roosevelt lived there, and expresses his hopes for Taylor’s final report.
Collection
Creation Date
1959-12-01
Memorandum from Paul L. Beaubien to John W. Jay
Paul L. Beaubien writes to Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park Superintendent Jay regarding the findings of Dee Calderwood Taylor at the Elkhorn Ranch site. Beaubien has inquired regarding the status of Taylor’s report, and will forward any information he receives. Several books were loaned to Taylor to assist with his report, and Beaubien asks if Jay would consider donating a copy of Bill Sewall’s Story of T.R. to the park, as they do not have an official copy.
Collection
Creation Date
1959-11-12