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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 J. C. Rasmussen, long time resident of Medora, North Dakota, at the Joe Ferris General Store.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1948-03-31
Ray H. Mattison asks Jay W. Brown if he can provide any information on the condition of Theodore Roosevelt’s Maltese Cross Cabin, including the logs, when he assisted in dismantling it so the cabin could be shipped to the St Louis World Fair in 1904. Brown’s handwritten reply is included. He says the logs were in good condition at the time. Theodore Roosevelt was able to identify the cabin in St. Louis because of the Maltese Cross Brand on the left front corner of the building. The brand is made out of 45 Sharps Rifle cartridges.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-10-08
Ray H. Mattison thanks Jay W. Brown for the information regarding the Maltese Cross Cabin.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-11-04
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