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Photograph of the Maltese Cross Ranch Cabin enclosed in a construction shelter as employees rebuild the cabin behind the visitor center in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the fall of 1960.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1960
Photograph of a worker cementing logs for the Maltese Cross Ranch Cabin reconstruction project in the fall of 1960. The cabin is surrounded by a construction shelter behind the visitor center in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1960
Photograph of a worker cementing logs for the Maltese Cross Ranch Cabin reconstruction project in the fall of 1960. The cabin is surrounded by a construction shelter behind the visitor center in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1960
Photograph of a worker cementing logs for the Maltese Cross Ranch Cabin reconstruction project in the fall of 1960. The cabin is surrounded by a construction shelter behind the visitor center in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1960
Hand-drawn diagram illustrating how to properly apply chinking to a wooden cabin.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1971-05-14
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.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-05-24
Article discusses the origins of the logs used to build the Maltese Cross Cabin.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1969-08-19
Article discusses the relocation of the Maltese Cross Cabin to the North Dakota Badlands and the dedication of new facilities at Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1959-08-26
Photo negative of plans for the Elkhorn Ranch cabin, possibly drawn by Theodore Roosevelt. Two copies.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1885
Historian Ray H. Mattison returns a sketch of the Elkhorn Ranch cabin that he believes was drawn by Theodore Roosevelt. He suggests that William Wingate Sewall’s letters be placed in a depository for preservation and expresses the National Park Service’s desire to have photostats made of the letters for their repository.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958
Summary of Theodore Roosevelt’s entry into Dakota ranching and the building of the Maltese Cross cabin.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
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