North Dakota--Medora

Letter from Harvey D. Wickware to Paul Keller

Harvey D. Wickware, Superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, asks Paul Keller to fill out a questionnaire about his experiences in the Civilian Conservation Corps. Wickware informs Keller that this questionnaire will be kept in the park history files and the information will be used to develop an exhibit for the park museum. Wickware also notes that a reunion of CCC alumni is being planned for the coming summer.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1984-01-05

CCC camp at Medora

Photograph of the CCC camp at Medora, North Dakota, taken from the air or from the top of a butte overlooking the camp. Photograph taken in the late 1930s or early 1940s, judging from the barracks.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1937-1941

CCC members standing in front of barracks

Photograph of a group of CCC members in uniform standing in front of Barracks Number 2, near Medora, North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1937-1941

Ralph N. Rebsom wearing CCC uniform

Photograph of Ralph N. Rebsom wearing his Civilian Conservation Corps uniform, taken outside one of Company 2772’s camp buildings. Rebsom describes the uniform as khaki and had the pants altered to look like bell bottoms. This photograph was taken in 1936.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1936

Civilian Conservation Corps job completion record

This Civilian Conservation Corps project involves road construction leading toward Peaceful Valley Ranch in the southern unit of Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area (SP-8) in western North Dakota. The project will construct and surface a section of road that connects Peaceful Valley Ranch to the main park road; attached are project and administrative documents.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1941-02-26

Civilian Conservation Corps job completion record for Job. No. 308

This Civilian Conservation Corps project involves road erosion control in the southern unit of Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area (SP-8) in western North Dakota. The project will clear erosion in park road ditches from nearby buttes; attached are project and administrative documents.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1942-08-12

Joe Ferris – Medora storekeeper

Portrait of Joseph A. Ferris, storekeeper in Medora, North Dakota, near Theodore Roosevelt’s ranch.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

Unknown

Civilian Conservation Corps job completion record

This Civilian Conservation Corps project involves the landscaping and sloping along 1.2 miles of park road within the Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area in western North Dakota. The project will restore the natural appearance of the slopes around a section of park road previously constructed.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1940

Civilian Conservation Corps job completion record

This Civilian Conversation Corps project involves the construction of guard rails along various sections of park road within the southern unit of Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area (SP-8) in western North Dakota. The project will install sandstone and log guard rails along various locations of the east entrance road.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1940

Civilian Conservation Corps job completion record

This Civilian Conservation Corps project involves the construction of guard rails along various sections of park road within the southern unit of Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area (SP-8) in western North Dakota. The project will install sandstone and log guard rails along various locations of the east entrance road.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1940

Civilian Conservation Corps job completion record

This Civilian Conservation Corps project involves the maintenance of a park road within the Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area in western North Dakota. The project will resurface the road with a blade once a month, clean ditches, and fill sink holes along the park road.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1940-1942

Civilian Conservation Corps job completion record

This Civilian Conservation Corps project involves surfacing roads within Cottonwood Campground in the southern unit of Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area (SP-8) in western North Dakota. The project will surface the campground road with river gravel and grade it twice.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1940

Civilian Conservation Corps job completion record

This Civilian Conservation Corps project involves surfacing fourth-tenths of a mile of road within Peaceful Valley Ranch in the southern unit of Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area (SP-8) in western North Dakota. The project will grade, surface, and blading the section of road near park headquarters.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1941

Civilian Conservation Corps job completion record

This Civilian Conservation Corps project involves constructing a headquarters parking lot within Peaceful Valley Ranch in the southern unit of Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area (SP-8) in western North Dakota. The project will develop a 40ft by 50ft parking lot to be used at the new park headquarters site; memorandums and job documentation attached.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1940

Civilian Conservation Corps Job Completion Record

This Civilian Conservation Corps project involves road construction of six-tenth of a mile in length for the concession area in the southern unit of Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area (SP-8) in western North Dakota. The project will construct and surface a section of road to concession and proposed cabin area; memorandums, a telegram, and job documentation are attached.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1940-1942

Letter from J. Henderson Macaulay to Theodore Roosevelt

J. Henderson Macaulay moved to Queensland, Australia, around a year ago and accepted a government position. Macaulay has made enough to retire on. Macaulay asks if Joseph A. Ferris is still living in Medora, North Dakota.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-19

Letter from Joseph A. Ferris to Theodore Roosevelt

Joseph A. Ferris offers to go out for a week with Governor Roosevelt when he returns to the Medora area. He suggests next fall because Roosevelt “will need a rest by next year.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1899-08-23

Memorandum from Ray H. Mattison to Allyn F. Hanks

Ray H. Mattison requests information on several names that were carved into rocks near Medora, North Dakota. Mattison believes that the names might have been carved by members of General Custer’s 1876 expedition.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-12-01

Memorandum from Edward S. Luce to Howard W. Baker

Superintendent Luce confirms that William C. Williams and Frank Neely were members of the 7th Cavalry’s 1876 expedition. Under the command of General Terry, they would have been near Medora, North Dakota, on May 29-30, 1876. The name Dudley was not found on the muster rolls but he could have been a teamster or part of a different unit.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-12-24

Dakota Dan claims million dollar estate

Undated newspaper article regarding “Dakota Dan Russell,” a rancher in Medora, North Dakota, who claimed he was an heir to Daniel Blake Russell’s million dollar estate in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown