United States--Little Missouri River

Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park Master Plan Summary

This master plan summary for Theodore Roosevelt National Park outlines the National Park Service’s plans for the Park. It outlines the historical, geological, and natural significance of the Park as the former site of Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch and the home to wildlife and unique geology. The proposed changes to the Park include a boundary change in the North Unit, the acquisition of the remaining privately-owned lands, provisions for additional facilities for employees and visitors, and accessibility improvements and updates.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

1970

A bill to provide for a connecting road between three units of the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, North Dakota, and for other purposes

This bill authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to procure lands, whether by accepting donations or procuring by other means, in order to develop roads connecting the units of the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. It also stipulates how such lands will be legally designated and used.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

1971-01-25

North unit wilderness plan – Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park

Grid map of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, showing the areas proposed for designation as wilderness.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

1972

Congressional record – Senate

This is a section in the Congressional Record-Senate, where Senator Burdick explains why Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park should receive full park designation and be renamed the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Burdick states that the memorial park status has resulted in inadequate recognition unfitting of the memory of Theodore Roosevelt. Burdick also includes a letter from Joseph Satrom, North Dakota travel director, discussing the use of the word “memorial” in the title of the park.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

1972-10-09

North unit wilderness plan – Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park

A map outlining the wilderness plan for the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

Unknown

Wilderness proposal: Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park

In its preliminary report on the proposal to designate portions of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park as wilderness areas, the National Park Service finds that most of the north unit of the park is suitable for wilderness designation, while the south unit is unsuitable due to existing developments, intensive visitor use, and private mineral rights interests. The report includes background on the park and the surrounding area, including physical and historical details.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

1970-09

Environmental statement draft for proposed Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park

This draft of the Environmental Statement for the proposed Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park includes four parts: a summary and description of the proposal for Congress to designate 28,335 acres as wilderness, a description of the environment including geology and plant and animal life, an outline of environmental impact, and an outline of mitigating measures.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

1972-09-10

Medora, North Dakota

Photograph of Medora, North Dakota, from the 1890s. The town sits next to the Little Missouri River and the badlands can bee seen in the background.

Collection

State Historical Society of North Dakota

Creation Date

Unknown

Letter from William Wingate Sewall to Samuel T. Sewall

William Wingate Sewall participated in a cattle roundup that lasted seventeen days and covered 500 miles. He describes the route they took and the country they traveled through. Sewall had a good time and enjoyed the trip but he would not spend his life in Dakota Territory even if he could own the whole territory. The “poor settlers” in Dakota live very roughly and he thinks that when they can vote they will “cook” the cattle men until the territory is left to the “small fellows.”

Collection

State Historical Society of North Dakota

Creation Date

1885-08-16

Letter from William Wingate Sewall to Samuel T. Sewall

William Wingate Sewall describes the pursuit and capture of three thieves that stole a boat from Theodore Roosevelt. The boat, the best one on the Little Missouri River, had been purchased by Roosevelt in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it was very useful. Sewall and Wilmot Dow built a new boat and they headed after the thieves a few days after the boat went missing. The thieves were captured without violence and Roosevelt accompanied them to Dickinson, Dakota Territory, for trial. Sewall and Dow continued down the river with the boats to Mandan, Dakota Territory, and then took a train back to Medora, Dakota Territory.

Collection

State Historical Society of North Dakota

Creation Date

1886-04-21

Address of President Roosevelt from the portico at the Capitol, Bismarck, N.D., April 7, 1903

President Roosevelt addresses a crowd from the portico at the state capitol in Bismarck. He reminisces about his time in the Dakota region and the people he has come to know. Roosevelt speaks about the nation’s prosperity and how it can be affected by legislation and the character of the people.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-07

Hunting from the ranch; the blacktail deer

Handwritten draft of chapter two of The Wilderness Hunter.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1893

The whitetail deer; and the blacktail of the Columbia

Handwritten draft of chapter three of The Wilderness Hunter.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1893

On the cattle ranges; the pronghorn antelope

Handwritten draft of chapter four of The Wilderness Hunter. The chapter was published as chapters four and five.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1893

The wapiti; or round horned elk

Handwritten draft of chapter nine of The Wilderness Hunter.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1893

Elkhorn Ranch

Elkhorn Ranch, Theodore Roosevelt’s property on the Little Missouri River.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1884-1891

Pursuing the boat thieves

A staged image of William Wingate Sewall and Wilmot Dow in pursuit of boat thieves. In March 1886, three thieves stole a boat from Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch. Sewall and Dow made a new boat, shown here, and pursued them with Roosevelt. They captured the thieves after several days, but were hindered in bringing them in by ice on the Little Missouri River. Roosevelt took the men in over land to Dickinson (N.D.), where they were indicted.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1886

Map of the Little Missouri River

Map of the Little Missouri River, showing the area near Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

Unknown

Excerpts from the Avant Courier

Excerpts from the Avant Courier with information on Major H. M. Lazelle’s 1877 expedition to the Powder and Little Missouri Rivers.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1877

Jones Creek CCC Camp

Photograph of the Jones Creek Civilian Conservation Corps Camp next to the Little Missouri River in the South Unit of the Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1939-1941