Ranches

Creation Date

1907-01-16

Creator(s)

Hugh Hempel at McGregor Ranch

Hugh “Bill” Hempel, Civilian Conservation Corps engineering foreman, walks in front of a log cabin at the McGregor Ranch. The ranch is located one mile east of the North Unit at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.

Collection

Fairbank, Chandler D. (Chandler Davenport), 1908-1994

Creation Date

1936-1937

Creator(s)

McGregor ranch cabin

The photograph shows a log cabin from the McGregor Ranch located one mile east of the North Unit at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.

Collection

Fairbank, Chandler D. (Chandler Davenport), 1908-1994

Creation Date

1936-1937

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about how things are going on his hunting trip. His head is much better; Hector is not faring as well. He and his companion have had very little success hunting and the ranch looks melancholy all deserted.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1892-08-11

Creator(s)

Photograph of an injured horse

Photograph of an injured horse, possibly gored by a bison, at the James Stevens Ranch just north of the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

National Park Service; Huntzinger, David H., 1927-2002

Creation Date

1966-03-31

Creator(s)

Old Smith Ranch land

Aerial photograph of the land that was once the old Smith Ranch, located in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The ranch house was razed by the Youth Conservation Corps in 1976.

Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Old Smith Ranch land

Aerial photograph of the land that was once the old Smith Ranch, located in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The ranch house was razed by the Youth Conservation Corps in 1976.

Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Photograph of a painting of a cattle round-up

Photograph of a painting by Einar H. Olstad, depicting a round-up of cattle into a corral owned by the Marquis de Morès at the present Beef Bottom Corral in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Creation Date

1960-1970

Creator(s)

Photograph of Peaceful Valley Ranch

Photograph of historical Peaceful Valley Ranch horse corrals, log barn, and ranch house in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

National Park Service; Wintch, Michael Ott, 1937-

Creation Date

1967-03-31

Creator(s)

Photograph of historical Peaceful Valley Ranch

Photograph of historic Peaceful Valley Ranch taken in 1929, reproduced in the 1960s, in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Creation Date

1960-1970

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Seth Bullock

Theodore Roosevelt reacts to news from Seth Bullock about the weather in the Dakotas and its effect on livestock there. Roosevelt welcomes a visit from Martha Eccles Bullock and her daughter and son-in-law when they are in New York.

Collection

Creation Date

1915-07-10

Creator(s)

Letter from Percy F. Montgomery to Theodore Roosevelt

Percy F. Montgomery recounts a preparatory visit he shared with Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, as Montgomery prepared to go West for cattle ranching. Montgomery sends Roosevelt a copy of La Vaquere, as it was going to be published.

Collection

Creation Date

1911-06-16

Creator(s)

Montgomery, Percy F

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

President Roosevelt is no longer familiar with ranches in the West where Frances E. Monson could send her son to rid him of the temptation to drink. He also believes that his friends in the West would not know of any such places. Most good ranches will only take men who are already experienced with working on ranches, unless the men are willing to pay to be trained in the trade. He suggests that Anna Roosevelt Cowles write to William Emlen Roosevelt to ask which ranch John Kean Roosevelt trained at. He adds that his son Theodore Roosevelt cannot say enough good things about how Cowles has treated him.

Collection

Creation Date

1908-11-20

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward Kent

President Roosevelt introduces his friend Eliot Farley to Chief Justice Kent, of Arizona, and advises him that Farley may want to visit a ranch while in Arizona.

Collection

Creation Date

1907-11-07

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Curry

President Roosevelt introduces his friend Eliot Farley to Governor Curry and informs him that Farley may want to visit a ranch.

Collection

Creation Date

1907-11-07

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt is disappointed Ted Roosevelt will not be able to take the classes. Roosevelt can provide letters to those he knows in Mexico City, New Mexico and Arizona for Elliott Farrell regarding ranches. Though currently quite busy, Roosevelt looks forward to an impending hunting trip in Louisiana. He tells Ted of his recent tennis matches.

Collection

Creation Date

1907-09-29

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

President Roosevelt is not satisfied with the handling of the case against the people in Kansas who are being prosecuted for illegal fencing. A circular from the Department of the Interior prescribes giving sixty day notice to people who illegally put up fences, but Roosevelt believes that the current cases are being prosecuted without notice having been given. He directs Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock to provide answers to several questions, including whether notice was given, and why legal proceedings started if notice had not been given.

Collection

Creation Date

1906-03-26

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Goodall

President Roosevelt was interested in the photos of his ruined ranch, although they made him melancholy.

Collection

Creation Date

1903-12-26

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick Courteney Selous

Governor Roosevelt very much liked Frederick Courteney Selous’s book, though he was saddened to read of the loss of elk and deer in the forests. Roosevelt hopes that peace comes to South Africa soon and the races can amalgamate as they have in the United States. Although Roosevelt finds the office of Vice President to be “distasteful,” he was glad to have done his part against a “dangerous and unAmerican party movement.” Roosevelt hopes to hunt somewhere in the Southwest prior to the inauguration.

Collection

Creation Date

1900-11-23

Creator(s)

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to M. J. Herron

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt suggests to M. J. Herron that Western Montana and Northwestern Wyoming would be the best places. However, he explains that there is no good game country around the big ranches.

Collection

Creation Date

1897-10-25

Creator(s)