Fences

A close up view of a deceased bighorn sheep caught in the boundary fence of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1969-05-16

A deceased bighorn sheep lies caught and twisted in the boundary fence of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1969-05-16

A black and white photograph of a fence line and cattle tank within Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1968-07-13

Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, President Roosevelt, and Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks watch over a fence saying, “Oh!” “Heigh!” “Oh!” respectively. William H. Taft holds the handle to the “Buckeye State” wagon and Senator Joseph Benson Foraker rolls his sleeve, ready for a fight.

comments and context

Comments and Context

A cartoonist named H. H. Graham discovered a variant angle on the aspirations of Republican politicians as the 1908 elections drew near. Cartoonists and editorial writers — and politicians themselves — endlessly speculated on the race. Roosevelt clearly favored his Secretary of War, William H. Taft; yet the power of an incumbent president, even one with the broad popularity that Roosevelt enjoyed, was not absolute. Party leaders and unpredictable delegates could confound the experts.

President Roosevelt watches as a cow labeled “the public” tries to reach the “third term” haystack but is unable to do so because “Roosevelt’s no third term declaration” fence stands in front of it. In the background is a “Taft boom” haystack. The subtitle asks, “Will the farmer remove the fence?”

comments and context

Comments and Context

Cartoonist Claude Maybell of the Brooklyn Eagle, once a major newspaper in New York City, accurately depicted the political situation in the Republican Party as the 1908 presidential contest loomed.

President Roosevelt, Mississippi Representative John Sharp Williams, and William Jennings Bryan all use axes to destroy the “sacredness of the trusts” plank of the “party fence.” A man labeled “the trusts” runs toward them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-06

Photograph of cattle grazing within the boundaries of the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Photograph of a maintenance yard fence that was damaged by a rockslide in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the winter of 1960-1961.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1960-1961

Photograph of a park employee standing next to a maintenance yard fence that was damaged by a rockslide in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the winter of 1960-1961.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1960-1961

Photograph of the east boundary fire guard, a section of trimmed grass along the boundary fence in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1959-07

Photograph of a boundary fence over the Little Missouri River in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1961-09-10

Photograph of a barbed wire fence with a white National Park Service boundary marker in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1965-11

Photograph of a wooden flood gate attached to the boundary fence in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park; photograph taken in the summer of 1969.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1969

Photograph of a new boundary fence in front of old fence posts along Interstate 94 in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1968-07-25

Photograph of a new boundary fence in front of old fence posts along Interstate 94 in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1968-07-26

Photograph of boundary fence shown in relation to actual park boundary line (marked by employee) in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1964-02

Photograph of the Little Missouri River flooding over a boundary fence in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1961-09-10

Photograph of a boundary fence running over a small draw in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1959

Photograph of an open grass field with a boundary fence in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1959

Photograph of prairie grass and fenced badlands with an unidentified individual visible in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park