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Group photograph of longtime residents of Medora, North Dakota, at the Joe Ferris General Store. Pictured (left to right): George R. Osterhout, Benton C. Bird, T. Frank Roberts, Judge Paul W. Lebo, Jacob J. Tomamichel, and John F. Reilly.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1948-03-31
Group photograph of longtime residents of Medora, North Dakota, at the Joe Ferris General Store. Pictured (left to right): First row – T. Frank Roberts, Jacob J. Tomamichel, Benton C. Bird, Judge Paul W. Lebo, and J. C. Rasmussen. Second row – Harry F. Roberts, John F. Reilly, Byron T. Connell, William McCarty, William W. Kunkel, and George R. Osterhout.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1948-03-31
Group photograph of longtime residents of Medora, North Dakota, standing on the Joe Ferris General Store porch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1948-03-31
Photograph of George R. “Shy” Osterhout making a donation to the March of Dimes at the Log Cabin Bar in Medora, North Dakota, with Leslie Miles “Jim” Barnhardt standing behind the counter.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1954-01
Photograph of George R. “Shy” Osterhout, longtime resident of Medora, North Dakota, at the Joe Ferris General Store.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1948-03-31
Historian Ray H. Mattison writes John H. Reid, acknowledging receipt of a letter and updating Reid on details regarding the location of the Elkhorn Ranch and the possible placement of the ranch’s corrals relative to the ranch house. Mattison also describes a trip down the Little Missouri River and other park lands in an attempt to locate the Reid ranch site.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-11-29
Park historian Ray H. Mattison summarizes a trip to the Ralph Mosser and Elkhorn ranches with T. Frank Roberts and George R. Osterhout. There is some evidence that the Ralph Mosser ranch house was built from logs taken from the Elkhorn. There is general agreement that the National Park Service has correctly identified the site of the Elkhorn Ranch but the disposition of the buildings is disputed. Two photographs from the trip are included.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-10-10
Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park has two recordings of frontier “old timers,” Benton C. Bird and George R. “Shy” Osterhout. The recordings are too fragile to mail but could be transcribed on tape. Superintendent Jay suggests contacting Harry F. Roberts, manager of the Chateau de Mores, who is knowledgeable of the early history of the badlands.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1960-07-26
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
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Ray H. Mattison describes the methodology used to try to discover the exact location of Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch. Mattison includes a historical background of the ranch, from its original construction and occupation by Roosevelt, William Wingate Sewall and Wilmot S. Dow, through its later abandonment and deconstruction. The primary method used by Mattison to determine the site of the Elkhorn was through a comparative study of photographs between those taken by Roosevelt in 1886 and contemporary photographs Mattison took in 1949. Additionally, Mattison interviewed a number of “Old Timers,” who were familiar with the Elkhorn Ranch, and who were able to corroborate the conclusions he came to based on the photographs.
1950-01