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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Paul Joseph Dashiell for sending the pouch and its contents, noting that “Billy Hofer was one of our best friends. I value him just as you did and have the same memories as you have of the Wyoming camp fires and of Billy Hofer.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-18
President Roosevelt has just spoken with Billy Hofer, who suggested that the Winchester Repeating Arms Company may have shipped hollow-point bullets for Roosevelt to use during his safari. Roosevelt does not remember ordering hollow-point bullets, and would like to receive a full accounting of this claim. Roosevelt also asks the Winchester Repeating Arms Company to make a duplicate of his present .405 rifle. He inquires of the possibility of sending materials to Khartoum rather than Mombasa, and asks to be notified when the current shipment reaches Mombasa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-16
President Roosevelt asks Major Pitcher to arrange for a camping outfit for Edward North Buxton and his daughter who plan to visit Yellowstone Park near the end of March or the beginning of April. Roosevelt informs Pitcher they would like to see the game and asks him to get a hold of Billy Hofer or George Whittaker to take care of the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-03
Paul Joseph Dashiell sends Theodore Roosevelt a pouch of “larb,” which Native Americans sometimes smoke in place of tobacco. He says that mixed with tobacco, it tastes and smells like campfire smoke. The pouch used to belong to W. Hallett Phillips. Dashiell thinks that Roosevelt will appreciate the pouch, because he appreciates the West.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-14
James F. Vivian provides a look at Theodore Roosevelt’s time in the North Dakota Badlands with a collection of newspaper accounts, ranging from 1898 to 1915, drawn from interviews with Roosevelt’s friends, fellow ranchers, cowboys, and acquaintances. Vivian provides an introduction and an afterword to the article, as well as an introduction to each of its twelve sections. The accounts include reminiscences from the likes of William Sewall, Arthur T. Packard, and the brothers Sylvane Ferris and Joseph Ferris. Vivian contends that these interviews “corroborate the content and quality” of the work done by Hermann Hagedorn in his book Roosevelt in the Bad Lands.
Ten photographs appear in the article, including three of Roosevelt’s contemporaries, Frederick Herrig, James W. Foley, and Arthur T. Packard, along with two photographs of the museum dedicated to Roosevelt onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. An illustration by Frederic Remington of Roosevelt’s capture of the boat thieves, and a text box with a listing of the members of the executive committee of the Theodore Roosevelt Association supplement the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1992