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Theodore Roosevelt’s branding marks for Chimney Butte Ranch (“Maltese Cross Ranch”) and Elkhorn Ranch illustrated and described in the Stockgrowers’ Journal in Miles City, Montana.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1884
Diary of Theodore Roosevelt for the year 1884. Includes entry regarding the deaths of his wife and mother on February 14, with the statement, “The light has gone out of my life.” Also, the diary describes Roosevelt’s hunting and ranching experiences for the year in the Dakota Badlands. A list of photographs taken and his personal finance record is also included in the back of the diary. Only pages on which text appeared are included.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1884
Hermann Hagedorn’s 1919 silent film in which he interviews former friends of Theodore Roosevelt’s from his time in the North Dakota Badlands. Included are images of Medora, North Dakota, in 1919 and a cattle roundup. W. W. Reid was the principal photographer and the film was sponsored by the Roosevelt Memorial Association (Theodore Roosevelt Association).
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1919
Group photograph of uniformed ranger staff at the Elkhorn Ranch Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Front row, from right to left, are Knutson, Superintendent John Jay, chief ranger Harold J. Estey, and Earl Adams. Back row, from right to left, are Nelson, Begeman, Brooks, C. Robert Morey, and McClain.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1957
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt tells his sister Anna that she and the rest of the family need to come and visit the Elkhorn Ranch. Roosevelt also discusses the socializing that he did while traveling out to the ranch, stopping in Chicago and St. Paul.
1889-08-10
J. Wilbur Annear kneeling with a petrified tree log covered in sandstone at Elkhorn Ranch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958-06
J. Wilbur Annear kneeling beside a sandstone rock at the Elkhorn Ranch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958-06
Photograph of white markers sectioning off archeological excavation sites at the Elkhorn Ranch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1957
Photograph of a section of land, possibly an old building foundation, undergoing archeological excavation at the Elkhorn Ranch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958
Photograph of two men surveying a portion of land sectioned off with white markers for an archeological excavation at the Elkhorn Ranch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1957
Photograph of multiple areas of land sectioned off with white markers being surveyed for archeological excavation at the Elkhorn Ranch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1957
Photograph of a section of land being excavated by an archeologist at the Elkhorn Ranch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958
Photograph of bank erosion on the Little Missouri River at Elkhorn Ranch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1969-04
National Park Service; Barney, Lary D., 1936-; Cunningham, Robert C., 1936-
Photograph of erosion along the banks of the Little Missouri River at Elkhorn Ranch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1969-04
National Park Service; Barney, Lary D., 1936-; Cunningham, Robert C., 1936-
Photograph of an eroded portion of the Little Missouri River bank at Elkhorn Ranch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1964-04
Aerial photograph of the badlands located near Elkhorn Ranch in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958-06
Aerial photograph of the badlands located near Elkhorn Ranch in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958-07
Aerial photograph of the badlands located near the Elkhorn Ranch in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958-07
National Park Service; Kirk, Louis; Annear, J. Wilbur (John Wilbur), 1909-1993
Photograph of a 1937 oil painting by Emile Walters of the Little Missouri River near the area that was used by the Elkhorn Ranch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1966-03
Photograph of a 1937 oil painting by Emile Walters of large buttes near the area used by Elkhorn Ranch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1966-03