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Lowell Parker describes the inexperience of the Rough Riders in military maneuvers during basic training in San Antonio, Texas and the confusion and unpreparedness of the troops as they traveled to Tampa, Florida and Cuba. Parker further details the efforts of the Rough Riders in battles at Las Guasimas, Kettle Hill, and San Juan Hill, and the death of Bucky O’Neill.
1978-01-24
Photograph of several men, dogs, and horses in camp on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Five tents are in the background, and the camp is surrounded by trees.Theodore Roosevelt is most likely on horsback on the right side of the photograph.
1913
Photograph of the crowd gathered outside the presidential train upon the arrival of Theodore Roosevelt at the Grand Canyon train station. President Roosevelt is sitting upon a white horse in the middle of the crowd.
1903-05-06
Photograph of the crowd gathered outside the presidential train upon the arrival of Theodore Roosevelt at the Grand Canyon train station. President Roosevelt is sitting upon a white horse in the middle of the crowd.
1903-05-06
Photograph of the train on which Theodore Roosevelt arrived to the Grand Canyon. Several carriages, horses, and people are in the foreground.
1903-05-06
Photograph of several men and horses at Walhalla Plateau in the Grand Canyon. In the foreground, Uncle Jimmy Owens is picking up pottery pieces. Theodore Roosevelt is likely behind Owens on horseback with his arms crossed, looking away from the camera.
1913
Photograph of several members of Theodore Roosevelt’s Grand Canyon group on horseback taken in front of Uncle Jimmy Owens’ cabin in Harvey Meadow in Arizona.
1913
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt between January 1879 to December 1883. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, his appointment to the New York State Legislature, and his first visit and buffalo hunt in North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Theodore Roosevelt’s pack train crosses a large rocky area on the way to Rainbow Bridge. Several men and horses are visible.
Grand Canyon National Park
1913
Theodore Roosevelt’s pack train ascends a narrow rock cleft; starting down Rainbow Canyon from the east to Rainbow Bridge.
Grand Canyon National Park
1913
Photograph showing three members of Theodore Roosevelt’s party on horseback on a dirt road in the Painted Desert.
Today, the Painted Desert is a part of Petrified Forest National Park, proclaimed by Theodore Roosevelt as the Petrified Forest National Monument in 1906. However, it is unknown if this photograph was taken within the boundaries of that National Monument.
Grand Canyon National Park
Photograph of a pack train on a sandstone dune on the way to Rainbow Bridge. Several horses, a donkey, and a man are shown in the photograph.
Grand Canyon National Park
1913
Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt’s party on the way to Rainbow Bridge. Most of the party is on horseback riding away and up a rock outcrop. Two men are mounting up for the journey on the right. Roosevelt is likely in the center of the photograph on horseback, at the end of the line heading up the outcrop.
Grand Canyon National Park
1913
Photograph of Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt and Jesse Cummins studying a map on the ground. A stone building stands behind them and a horse can be seen in the background.
Grand Canyon National Park
1913
Photograph showing the Wetherill Trading Post in Kayenta, Arizona. The post features two buildings and two tents, and a horseshoeing station. Several wagons, horses, and men can be seen throughout the photograph in the foreground and rock outcroppings are prominent in the background.
Grand Canyon National Park
1913
Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt and three other men from his party traveling with horses through slickrock country on the way to Rainbow Bridge.
Grand Canyon National Park
1913
Photograph of Benjamin W. Wetherill, John Wetherill, and Loco with horses at a desert camp. The party is preparing to start for Rainbow Bridge.
Grand Canyon National Park
1913
Photograph of a Navajo man in Kayenta, Arizona. Nicholas Roosevelt identifies the man as “Loco the Cook.” A horse can be seen in the background.
Grand Canyon National Park
1913