Morès, Antoine Amédée Marie Vincent Manca de Vallombrosa, marquis de, 1858-1896

History of the North Dakota Badlands, particularly Theodore Roosevelt’s involvement in the area.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

United States. National Park Service

Micki recounts her trip to the North Dakota State Museum in Bismarck where she researched the clothing of western North Dakota in the 1880s-1890s.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1976-02-24

Creator(s)

Micki

History of the stagecoach line between Medora, North Dakota, and Deadwood, South Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1925-06-05

Creator(s)

Unknown

Summary of the creation of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Also includes numerous anecdotes about Theodore Roosevelt’s time in the badlands and his relationship with the Marquis de Morès.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Monfried, Walter

Listing of books and articles related to the Marquis de Morès and Theodore Roosevelt’s time in Medora, North Dakota, and the North Dakota badlands.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Unknown

Two versions of an article written for North Dakota History magazine. The first, by Olaf T. Hagen, focuses on the history of Theodore Roosevelt’s time in the Dakota Badlands. The latter, revised and expanded by Ray H. Mattison after Hagen’s death, describes the history of the region from Custer’s time through the 1890s. Mattison’s revision focuses more on the arrival of the railroad and its effects on the game in the region, which had been plentiful but declined rapidly as hunters and adventurers decimated the herds.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949

Creator(s)

Hagen, Olaf T. (Olaf Theodore), -1949; Mattison, Ray H., 1903-1980

Highlights of an interview with William Eaton, including biographical information and his recollections of Medora, North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1958-01-15

Creator(s)

Rickey, Don

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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Creator(s)

Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association

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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Creator(s)

Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association

Duane G. Jundt finds flaws and strengths in two books that chronicle Theodore Roosevelt’s time in the Dakota Badlands. Jundt notes that Michael F. Blake’s The Cowboy President: The American West and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt lacks historical objectivity and contains numerous factual errors while Christopher Knowlton’s Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West places Roosevelt and his ranching experience in the wider context of the American West. Jundt highlights both books’ treatment of Owen Wister’s 1902 novel The Virginian. Jundt also examines certain aspects of these books against works by other Roosevelt biographers, and he asserts that both books emphasize the importance of Roosevelt’s time in Dakota to developing his conservation conscience.

The front cover illustrations for both works under review and a postcard of a cattle branding scene accompany the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2020

Louis B. Livingston chronicles the relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and the Marquis de Mores during their time together as cattle ranchers in the Dakota Badlands. Livingston focuses on the controversy as to whether the two seriously contemplated a duel to settle their differences, and he charts their divergent paths once they left the West after the ruin of their ranches. Livingston details de Mores’s obsession with antisemitism which he argues helped precipitate the notorious Dreyfus Affair in France, and he documents Roosevelt’s outspoken opposition to antisemitism during his political career.

Six photographs supplement the article, including two of de Mores and three of Roosevelt during their ranching years. A text box with the mission statement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association appears at the end of the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2015

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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1992

A collection of Theodore Roosevelt’s speeches in North Dakota and two novels, a Western and an account of the Spanish American War in Cuba, comprise the works under scrutiny in the “Book Reviews” section. John A. Gable praises James F. Vivian’s The Romance of My Life: Theodore Roosevelt’s Speeches in North Dakota because it brings to life speeches which had not previously been published and because it demonstrates Roosevelt’s “long and affectionate relationship with the state and people of North Dakota.” Elizabeth E. Roosevelt likes Brian Garfield’s Western “Manifest Destiny” which portrays the people and events of Roosevelt’s time in Dakota from 1884 to 1886, with the Marquis de Mores playing the role of the villain. Perry D. Floyd also likes Remember Santiago, which he calls “fictional oral history,” despite the fact that Roosevelt and his Rough Riders are largely absent from the story.

Gable concludes the section with an essay, “TR in Fiction,” in which he argues that the revival of interest in Roosevelt has led to his appearance in many novels and may lead to readers searching out more nonfiction titles about him. But Gable also warns that there is a danger that the fictional portrayals will lead to a distorted picture of Roosevelt in the public mind.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1989

History of Medora, North Dakota, to mark its Centennial celebration in 1983. The article focuses on Theodore Roosevelt’s time as a rancher in the Badlands surrounding Medora, its decline, and its subsequent resurrection as a tourist gateway to Theodore Roosevelt National Park due to the efforts of Harold and Sheila Schafer and the Gold Seal Company.

The logo of the Medora Centennial and photographs of the Rough Rider Hotel in Medora, the Schafers, and The Medora Musical accompany the article.

A listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association as well as the members of its executive, finance, and Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace committees is found on the second page of the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Article about the Marquis de Mores, his founding of the town of Medora, and the failed attempt to sustain a meatpacking plant in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. The article also describes his mansion, the Chateau de Mores, and its evolution into a house museum run by the state of North Dakota.

Photographs of the Marquis de Mores and the Chateau accompany the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1983

Article about the Centennial of the town of Medora, North Dakota, which provides a brief history of the community, including its importance to the life of Theodore Roosevelt.

The logo of the Medora Centennial occupies half of the first page of the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1983

The Montana Homeseeker provides a narrative history of Pierre Wiebaux–a contemporary of Theodore Roosevelt and the Marquis de Mores–and the W Ranch–located on the border between Montana and North Dakota. While Wibaux made a fortune on cattle, the ranch is now a prime investment location for sheep herders and those in the wool trade, and a company is being organized for investors who would like to get into the business. Maps, photographs, and figures accompany the advertising material, illustrating the area and aspects of the sheep industry.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1906-09

Creator(s)

Montana Homeseeker

The “Book Notes” column features reviews of two historical novels. The Adventures of the Stalwart Companions pairs a young Theodore Roosevelt with Sherlock Holmes to solve a murder in Gilded Age New York City. Marvin R. Morrison outlines the plot of the novel in some detail and says that it “is good reading.” The Bad Lands is a western based on Roosevelt and the Marquis de Mores though neither is a character in the novel. Elizabeth E. Roosevelt provides a very brief review, says the book is not very good, and asks readers to instead read Hermann Hagedorn’s Roosevelt in the Bad Lands.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1979

Creator(s)

Morrison, Marvin R.; Roosevelt, Elizabeth E.

Article about the visit to Medora, North Dakota and Theodore Roosevelt National Park by the leadership and some members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in August 1979. The article discusses the importance of the Badlands experience for Theodore Roosevelt, gives a brief history of Medora, and lists the sites seen by the group. The article names the thirty-four members of the TRA who made the trip to North Dakota.

Eleven photographs showing members of the TRA visiting the Medora area attractions and others showing some of the landmark buildings in town accompany the article.

A listing of the officers of the TRA and members of three of its committees is found on the first page of the article.

Guide to thirteen different sites associated with Theodore Roosevelt from historic homes to national parks and small towns. Many of the sites are administered by the National Park Service. The directory names each site, gives a brief description and history, and provides directions for visitors.  

Photographs of the front of the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site and of the equestrian statue of Theodore Roosevelt in front of the American Museum of Natural History, both in New York City, accompany the guide. The statue was removed in January 2022.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal