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Photograph of initials carved into a rock by a cavalry soldier under the command of Colonel George Armstrong Custer located several miles south of Medora, North Dakota in the Little Missouri National Grasslands.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-11-13
Photograph showing the location (marked with an arrow) of where a rock, next to the Little Missouri River, was once located believed to have Theodore Roosevelt’s name painted on it by himself in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-04-13
President Cleveland sculpts a statue labeled “Purity in Politics,” but a group of legislators have resorted to mudslinging tactics to destroy Cleveland’s efforts. Those identified with a hammer, ink, mud, and stones are “McPherson, Dana, Hill, Murphy, Gorman, [and] Brice.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-06-11
President William McKinley sits at his desk, as former president Grover Cleveland departs with Uncle Sam. Puck is standing on a step-ladder, carving “McKinley’s Good Record” and “Appointment of Gage, Sec. of Treasury” into stone next to “Cleveland’s Good Record” which includes “Extension of Civil Service Reform,” “Repeal of Silver Purchase Bill,” “Suppression of Chicago Riots,” “Settlement of Venezuelan Controversy,” and “Arbitration Agreement with England.” Caption: Puck–Keep on this way, Mr. President, and you may leave as good a record as your predecessor!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-03-03
This rock carving reads “W. C. Williams 7 Cav 1876”. The photograph may have been taken by Theodore Roosevelt National Park Historian Chester L. Brooks.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-1954