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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to B. James Ramage

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt was pleased with Ramage’s reference to his view of pioneers and Indians in his article “Tennessee’s Place in History.” He appreciates Ramage’s understanding of his perspective on writing “the facts exactly as they are” to both pay tribute to frontiersmen and recognize their involvement in “gross brutality.” The recent protests against Roosevelt’s comments on John Sevier illustrate that some people will always be “unable to differentiate between hysterics and history.” He commends the Sewanee Review.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-04-29

Letter from Charles Lindh to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles Lindh would like to buy a homestead in Arkansas, but is unable to leave his job in Racine, Wisconsin, to file a claim. He asks if Theodore Roosevelt can help him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-11

Settlers get extension

According to Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock, homesteaders who settle on the former Crow reservation in Montana should have an extension for establishing a residence on the lands. The extension is necessary because of climatic conditions and the scarcity of coal in the Northwest.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-15

Translation from The Marquis de Mores, 1888-1896

Summary of Le Marquis de Morès, 1858-1896, by Charles Droulers, a somewhat fanciful biography of the Marquis de Morès. Translated and summarized by Regional Historian Hagen.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1936-12-22

Gary Paddock

A series of stories about Gary Paddock who lived near Medora, North Dakota in the 1880s.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Preliminary draft historical handbook: Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park

History of the North Dakota Badlands, particularly Theodore Roosevelt’s involvement in the area.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Historical handbook: Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park

History of the North Dakota Badlands, particularly Theodore Roosevelt’s involvement in the area.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Memorandum from Micki to William Herr

Micki recounts her trip to the North Dakota State Museum in Bismarck where she researched the clothing of western North Dakota in the 1880s-1890s.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1976-02-24

Letter from Norman Paulson to John O. Lancaster

The State Historical Society of North Dakota has a considerable collection of clothing but it is mostly undated and nothing is specifically identified as being used by cowboys or ranchers. He suggests that someone from Theodore Roosevelt National Park travel to Bismarck to examine the card catalog and museum collection.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1975-03-19

Cowboy dress, arms, tools, and equipments, as used in the Little Missouri range ountry and the Medora area, in the 1880’s

Study of cowboy clothing and equipment used in the Medora area of the 1880s.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1957-06-25

Letter from Don Rickey to Robert W. Denny

National Park Service Historian Don Rickey requests information and donations from members of the Rough Rider Association for a new exhibit at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Rickey is also interested in interviewing members of the association.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1957-02-20

Letter from Don Rickey to Nick Monte

Historian Don Rickey would like to meet with Nick Monte to discuss long terms loans from the Range Riders’ Museum for use in the new museum and visitor center at Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1957-04-25

William Eaton interview

Highlights of an interview with William Eaton, including biographical information and his recollections of Medora, North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1958-01-15

Pyramid Park, 1879-1883, where Theodore Roosevelt came to hunt buffalo

Two versions of an article written for North Dakota History magazine. The first, by Olaf T. Hagen, focuses on the history of Theodore Roosevelt’s time in the Dakota Badlands. The latter, revised and expanded by Ray H. Mattison after Hagen’s death, describes the history of the region from Custer’s time through the 1890s. Mattison’s revision focuses more on the arrival of the railroad and its effects on the game in the region, which had been plentiful but declined rapidly as hunters and adventurers decimated the herds.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949

Letter from Homer Davenport to Theodore Roosevelt

The father of Homer Davenport has a friend, G. A. Waggoner, who wrote a book called Stories of Old Oregon. Waggoner was one of the early Oregon pioneers. Davenport was asked to send the book to President Roosevelt and knows that the book would please Roosevelt and his family.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-05

Letter from George Alexander Grant to Allyn F. Hanks

George Alexander Grant, chief photographer for the National Park Service, encourages Theodore Roosevelt National Park Superintendent Allyn F. Hanks to send a copy of the photographs of Medora old-timers to Russell Reid at the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1948-11-27

In cowboy-land

Theodore Roosevelt writes of the American Western frontier and his experiences there, along with some of the stories he heard about the lawless days of the area. The article includes drawings by Frederic Remington.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

1893-06

Wilderness proposal: Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park

In its preliminary report on the proposal to designate portions of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park as wilderness areas, the National Park Service finds that most of the north unit of the park is suitable for wilderness designation, while the south unit is unsuitable due to existing developments, intensive visitor use, and private mineral rights interests. The report includes background on the park and the surrounding area, including physical and historical details.