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Historian Chester L. Brooks thanks G. Hubert Smith for the newspaper article on Theodore Roosevelt. His only objection is to the reference of the badlands as the Little Missouri wasteland.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1951-04-16
Historian Chester L. Brooks thanks G. Hubert Smith for his research on the Verendrye expeditions. He is hesitant to discuss the expeditions in the handbook because most of the information is incomplete and controversial.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1951-03-13
Historian Chester L. Brooks is researching Francois Antoine Larocque, particularly his route through the North Dakota Badlands. He requests a copy of the map that is referenced in the Larocque journal.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1952-01-22
Historian Brooks is writing the historical handbook for Theodore Roosevelt National Park and is looking for information on Native American activity in the North Dakota Badlands. He requests to loan Journals of Charles Le Raye, 1802-05.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1951-05-16
The map of the 1864 Sully Expedition drawn by Lieutenant Colonel Pattee and requested by Historian Brooks could not be located. However, Chief Archivist Friis provides information on a different map from the same expedition, a copy of which could be provided upon request.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-02-27
Historian Chester L. Brooks is working on a book, The Badlands to 1879, and requests information and assistance with completing the section on military trails.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-04-16
Historian Chester L. Brooks requests information on the Badlands expeditions of Major Lazelle and Captain Dickey. He would also like to borrow the book Keogh, Comanche and Custer.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-02-26
In a letter taken from his memoir, Colonel Stanley summarizes the 1873 Yellowstone expedition of the Army to create a railroad survey of the Yellowstone River region.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1873-09-25
Historian Chester L. Brooks asks Dana Wright to speak at a meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Nature and History Association on the military history of western North Dakota. He would also appreciate Wright’s help with a research project, “The Badlands to 1879.”
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1952-12-24
Report on the 1873 Yellowstone Expedition.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1873-08-09
Historian Chester L. Brooks’s report, “The Badlands to 1873,” has been received and Brooks is to be commended for his work. Regional Historian Merrill J. Mattes suggests several changes to be made before publication.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-07-09
Description of prehistoric and Native American activity in the North Dakota Badlands.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Unknown
The Region Two Office of the National Park Service analyzes the potential for a national park based around the North Dakota Badlands and Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch site. They conclude that the North Dakota Badlands do not possess “resources of sufficient national significance to justify establishing a part of them as a national park,” and recommend that the area continue as a national wildlife refuge under the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1947-02-26
Superintendent Luce provides excerpts from Edward Settle Godfrey’s diary and First Lieutenant Maguire’s report from the Sioux Expedition of 1876.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1954-03-20
Ray W. Lingk believes that General Sully’s first look at the North Dakota Badlands occurred near his camp at the head of Paddock Creek, in the area that is now Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Unknown
Ray W. Lingk provides feedback and suggestions on Historian Chester L. Brooks’s manuscript on the Badlands to 1879.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1954-01-11
Comparison of Theodore Roosevelt’s time in the Badlands with the respect earned by Grey Wolf, an eastern Thoroughbred horse. Grey Wolf lost a race under poor conditions to a local horse, Gopher, but won admiration for his effort.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-05-01
Series of interviews by Park Historian Ray H. Mattison with pioneers of Billings County, North Dakota, who met Theodore Roosevelt during his time in the North Dakota badlands.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Unknown
Series of excerpts from the book Ranching with Roosevelt by Lincoln A. Lang.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1926
Theodore Roosevelt recalls his time ranching in North Dakota and his acquaintance with Mr. Foley. He relates a story about run-away horses in which the poet played a part, confirming that Foley writes his “Western sketches” not out of books but from his own experiences.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916