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A study of the authenticity of the Maltese Cross cabin

A study of the authenticity of the Maltese Cross cabin

Historian Ray H. Mattison reports on his study of the authenticity of the Maltese Cross cabin. Mattison concludes that the cabin in question is the one occupied by Roosevelt when he first moved to Medora, North Dakota. Whether or not it was his home beyond 1885, it continued to be the base of Roosevelt’s cattle ranching operation. In addition to a thorough history of Roosevelt’s time in the Badlands Region and the efforts of others to preserve and/or showcase the Maltese Cross cabin, the report includes photos and sworn affidavits from Medora locals.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1950-05-24

Creator(s)

Mattison, Ray H., 1903-1980

Letter from Ruel P. Tolman to Nora E. Cordingley

Letter from Ruel P. Tolman to Nora E. Cordingley

Ruel P. Tolman informs Nora E. Cordingley that although the official catalog of the Lewis and Clark Exposition was examined, no mention of Richard La Barre Goodwin was found. Tolman includes an excerpt from the Lewis and Clark Journal, V.3, No. 5, May 1905 (page 5) that notes the arrival and reconstruction of the Roosevelt Cabin from North Dakota on the exposition grounds on April 20.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1946-02-28

Creator(s)

Tolman, Ruel P. (Ruel Pardee), 1878-1954

Maltese Cross cabin brochure

Maltese Cross cabin brochure

The brochure for Theodore Roosevelt’s Maltese Cross Cabin at the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park was published by the Theodore Roosevelt Nature and History Association in cooperation with the National Park Service sometime after 1959. It features photographs of the cabin and the items that were left in the there that belonged to Roosevelt. William Barnhart describes the history of Roosevelt’s cabin and how it came to part of the of the National Park Service.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Barnhart, William

Roosevelt’s Cabin

Roosevelt’s Cabin

The article in the Belleville Weekly Advocate discusses the North Dakota exhibit at the Lewis and Clark exposition, which included the Maltese Cross Ranch cabin that Theodore Roosevelt lived in while he was a rancher in the Badlands of North Dakota. The exposition will also include the cabin’s original contents, such as Roosevelt’s straw hat, his gun, and his chaps and boots.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1905-06-23

Creator(s)

Unknown

Salt Lake Herald, September 19, 1903

Salt Lake Herald, September 19, 1903

Gifford Pinchot highlighted two articles in the September 19, 1903, edition of the Salt Lake Herald. The first, “Modify the Land Laws Is Congress’ Decision,” describes the debates and resolutions of the National Irrigation Congress held in Ogden, Utah. The fiercest debate was over a proposed resolution that favored the repeal of the timber and stone act, the desert land act, and the commutation clause of the homestead law. Instead, the Congress resolved to press for “modifications in raid laws as will save the remaining public lands for actual settlers who will found homes and live upon said lands.” The second article, “Resolutions That Were Acted On By Congress,” summarizes the various issues that were discussed in the National Irrigation Congress.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-19

Creator(s)

Unknown