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Copy of an article written to argue for the authenticity of the Maltese Cross cabin. The cabin was to be exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and some question had arisen regarding its authenticity. This article includes notarized statements from Sylvane M. Ferris, Howard Eaton, and Joseph A. Ferris.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1904-03-19
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
Micki Hellickson, a former employee of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, sends Pete Hart a copy of a photograph which was discovered in the course of research on items exhibited at the St. Louis World’s Fair. The photograph is of the Maltese Cross cabin, with the Maltese Cross brand shown on the end of the third log from the bottom at the right corner of the building. The photo caption reports that Miss Roosevelt placed tacks into the cabin leaving her initials on the wall during the World’s Fair. Hellickson believes it may have been Alice Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1993-02-24
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.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
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Ray H. Mattison asks Jay W. Brown if he can provide any information on the condition of Theodore Roosevelt’s Maltese Cross Cabin, including the logs, when he assisted in dismantling it so the cabin could be shipped to the St Louis World Fair in 1904. Brown’s handwritten reply is included. He says the logs were in good condition at the time. Theodore Roosevelt was able to identify the cabin in St. Louis because of the Maltese Cross Brand on the left front corner of the building. The brand is made out of 45 Sharps Rifle cartridges.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-10-08
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
President Roosevelt surrounded by crowds at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-05-08
President Roosevelt thanks French Senator Émile Dupont for the plaque he received through Ambassador J. J. Jusserand which commemorated the St. Louis Exposition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-22
President Roosevelt thanks David R. Francis for the courtesies extended to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and him during their visit to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The president greatly enjoyed his visit to the exposition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-02
President Roosevelt tells Kermit Roosevelt about the family’s trip to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and how he walked through the exposition grounds with an enormous bruise without letting any reporters know he was experiencing pain in his leg. The president was most interested in the North Dakota and Philippine exhibits. President Roosevelt includes a handwritten note encouraging Kermit to “keep pegging away” in his studies and to not lose heart.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-29
President Roosevelt thanks Dr. Richard H. E. Klebs for his congratulations and the piece of amber he sent. He hopes to see Klebs at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-19
President Roosevelt asks Justice Cohen not to visit on Thanksgiving Day as he plans to be out in the country with the children. The president asks if Cohen can visit after Roosevelt returns from the St. Louis Exposition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-19
President Roosevelt asks if Douglas Robinson and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson might be able to come to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition with him and his family, and hopes one or both of them can come.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-12
President Roosevelt appreciates the work Representative Tawney has done and wants to speak with him about the question of revising the tariff. The president also supposes he will have to go to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-10
President Roosevelt informs Vice President-elect Fairbanks of his plans to attend the St. Louis Fair with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and invites Fairbanks and his wife, Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, to attend with them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-11
President Roosevelt feels very bad about having to refuse Cornelius Newton Bliss’s request to go to the Chamber of Commerce or to the Philadelphia Union League Club, especially in light of Bliss’s work during the recent political campaign, but it is impossible for him to attend either of these while performing his official duties. Roosevelt asks Bliss to speak to Republican National Committee Chairman George B. Cortelyou about scheduling a dinner for the people most involved in Roosevelt’s reelection campaign, as he would like to honor them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-09
President Roosevelt acknowledges receipt of Morris K. Jesup’s telegram, and says that it is unfortunately an impossibility for him to accept. If Roosevelt is able to go anywhere, it must be to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, but even that Roosevelt does not believe he will be able to attend.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-09
President Roosevelt apologizes to David R. Francis, President of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, because he does not think he will be able to attend the World’s Fair. He had hoped to go together with Senator Charles W. Fairbanks, but official duties now make this an impossibility. Roosevelt thanks Francis for the work he has done.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-05
President Roosevelt thanks Colonel Sanger for his recent letter and wishes him good luck in his caribou hunt. Roosevelt also believes that Ambassador Charlemagne Tower will have to stay with Roosevelt until after the dedication of the statue of King Frederick II of Prussia for the St. Louis World’s Fair.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-10
Through Enid Shaw, President Roosevelt sends his greetings and best wishes to Oklahoma City and the State of Oklahoma.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-09