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Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, John Hance, Ida Tarbell, and the Colgate Party on mules descending Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon.
1911-03-17
Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, John Hance, Ida Tarbell, and the Colgate Party on mules descending Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon.
1911-03-17
Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, John Hance, Ida Tarbell, and the Colgate Party on mules descending Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon.
1911-03-17
Postcard featuring a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, John Hance, Ida Tarbell, and the Colgate Party on mules descending Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon.
1911-03-17
A fragment of an article on South America. Photographs of mules, and group photo of Anthony Fiala, George K. Cherrie, Father Zahn, Theodore Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt, Frank Harper, and Leo E. Miller, and Roosevelt’s hunting party.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1914-01
President Roosevelt thanks John L. Harrington for the letter, and says that he will need the animals and saddles in about a year. He asks, though, that Harrington write to F. R. Wingate, who will also be furnishing some mules and donkeys, as he does not want his two friends to be working at cross purposes. Roosevelt expects to take Harrington’s advice and begin shooting at Gambela.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-06
President Roosevelt is amused at the mule story and will see if the Tribune can publish Augustus Everett Willson’s article.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-03
John L. Harrington tells President Roosevelt that whether any riding animals should be sent to the Upper Nile River depends on Roosevelt’s personal preference and where he hopes to begin shooting. Harrington can make the necessary arrangements regardless of what Roosevelt prefers. Harrington offers Roosevelt some advice regarding mosquitoes and mosquito tents, as they are very bad in the region Roosevelt will be traveling. He suggests that Roosevelt consider bringing a portable mosquito house that could be used both on the river steamer and on shore.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-04
Joseph A. Ferris informs President Roosevelt of the death of “Old Muley.” Ferris expected some of Roosevelt’s children here during their holidays, but will look for them next season.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-26
Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt on a mule while talking to Captain John Hance at the Grand Canyon. Likely taken during his 1911 trip.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1940-12-16
Theodore Roosevelt leads a group of men and women riding mules down the Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911
A number of men stand around an ailing mule with two brands: “W. J. B. 1900” and “W. J. B. 1896.” Alton B. Parker tries to feed the mule “Parker golden corn” and ponders, “I wonder will he swallow this?” William Francis Sheehan has a telegram, August Belmont holds “clippers,” William Bourke Cockran has “ginger,” David B. Hill holds a “whip,” and Patrick Henry McCarren holds a “knife.” Henry Gassaway Davis comes running toward the mule and says, “I’ve got the remedy.” The train at the “Esopus Station” has smoke that reads, “from West Virginia.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-17
The film opens with a brief shot of several unidentified men on a boat before moving to scenes of American and French soldiers placing a new fence around the grave of Quentin Roosevelt along with a new headstone engraved in French. After a short break, the film then shows scenes of mules, loaded with boxes of ammunition, being driven along a trail, likely near Santiago, Cuba. About 12,000 mules were taken to Cuba and used primarily for transporting immediate reserves of small-arms ammunition during the Spanish-American War. Some of the men may be civilian mule skinners hired by the Army to handle the pack mules.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1898-1920