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

Statue of Marquis De Morès in Medora, N. Dak. Badlands

Postcard featuring the statue of the Marquis de Morès located in Medora, North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Letter from Morris Bricks to Mrs. Hanes

Morris Bricks provides information on Medora von Hoffman’s ancestors who lived on Staten Island and encloses some related articles. He is interested in knowing if the Marquis de Morès’s antisemitism is noted at the Chateau de Morès or creates problems at the site.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1987-02-12

Memorandum from Allyn F. Hanks to Lawrence C. Merriam

Superintendent Hanks encloses an article regarding the Marquis de Morès’s time in North Dakota from Historian Olaf T. Hagen.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1948-02-12

Translation from The Marquis de Mores, 1888-1896

Summary of Le Marquis de Morès, 1858-1896, by Charles Droulers, a somewhat fanciful biography of the Marquis de Morès. Translated and summarized by Regional Historian Hagen.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1936-12-22

Memorandum from Micki to William Herr

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

Historical handbook: Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park

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

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Preliminary draft historical handbook: Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park

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

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

William Eaton interview

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

Pyramid Park, 1879-1883, where Theodore Roosevelt came to hunt buffalo

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

Bibliography

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

Badlands playground

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

State historian writes story of Slope pioneers

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

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1925-06-05

Letter from S. Claude Burr to George B. Cortelyou

S. Claude Burr thanks George B. Cortelyou for his letter regarding the story of President Roosevelt’s “so-called duel incident” with the Marquis de Morès. Burr requests confirmation of particular points of the story as told by Fred Herrig. Burr emphasizes that he is trying to get at the true story before false versions become widely spread by other writers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-20

Letter from S. Claude Burr to Theodore Roosevelt

S. Claude Burr is writing a series of articles as told by “frontier types” and would like President Roosevelt to confirm the information attained from his interview with Frederick Herrig. Herrig worked and hunted with Roosevelt in the Badlands, and was also a Rough Rider. Most of Herrig’s information is about the incident when the Marquis de Morès challenged Roosevelt to a duel.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-02

Summary of letter from S. Claude Burr

S. Claude Burr requests President Roosevelt’s version of the challenged duel with the Marquis de Morès. Burr received a unique account of the story from Fred Herrig. Burr intends to publish the story.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-10

Letter from Ray H. Mattison to Herbert Oliver Brayer

Ray H. Mattison writes to Herbert Oliver Brayer regarding business operations relative to cattle outfits in the Badlands. Mattison also informs Brayer that Theodore Roosevelt National Park does not have any photographs of the Marquis de Morès.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1950-04-14

Letter from Chester L. Brooks to Carleton Putnam

Chester L. Brooks writes to Carleton Putnam regarding an interview with T. Frank Roberts and a duel between the Marquis de Morès and Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1952-09-27

Letter from Anne McDonnell to Ray H. Mattison

Anne McDonnell writes to Ray H. Mattison regarding resources at the Historical Society of Montana for Mattison to research, mentioning the Eastern Montana Stockgrowers Association and Miles City newspapers.