Wyoming--Devils Tower National Monument

Michael F. Moran chronicles the Strenuous Life Adventure trip to South Dakota, Wyoming, and North Dakota undertaken by members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in September 2018. Moran notes the many sites connected to Theodore Roosevelt visited by the group, including Jewel Cave and Devils Tower National Monument, and Wind Cave and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Moran provides details about the group’s visits to each of these sites along with its stop at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Moran notes Roosevelt’s friendship with Seth Bullock and highlights Fritz R. Gordner’s climb of Devils Tower.

The text is supplemented with thirteen color photographs and is followed by a nine page photo gallery of fifty-four color photographs.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2019

Fritz R. Gordner recalls his August 28, 1960, climb of Devils Tower with his friend Fred Weiss. Gordner details the equipment and techniques used to scale the rock formation, and he describes the ascent and descent of the famous monolith. Gordner’s essay is followed by a piece by Michael F. Moran that lists some of Gordner’s subsequent climbs and describes his involvement with the Theodore Roosevelt Association. Two photographs of Gordner and Weiss atop Devils Tower accompany the essay.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2019

Creator(s)

Gordner, Fritz R.; Moran, Michael F.

A photograph of Devils Tower National Monument appears on the front cover of this issue while the front and back of a Christmas card from the White House Historical Association appears on the back cover. The card depicts the White House, Santa Claus, and the family of Theodore Roosevelt on Christmas morning.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2018-09-18

Creator(s)

Moran, Dee Dee

Advertisement for a Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) “Strenuous Life Adventure” tour to South Dakota, Wyoming, and North Dakota to see sites associated with Theodore Roosevelt’s time in the West. The ad describes the trip, lists the tour guides, notes the costs, and provides contact information. The advertisement features photographs of Roosevelt and Devils Tower National Monument, along other icons of the West such as cowboy hat and rope.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2017

Creator(s)

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Char Miller explores the use and evolution of the Antiquities Act of 1906, which President Theodore Roosevelt made extensive use of during his second term in office. Miller notes how the Act emerged from the Progressive movement with its faith in a strong central government and trained experts. Miller notes that the Act has been seen as part of the growing power of the executive branch of government, but he notes that the national monuments created by the Act lacked protection and development for decades until the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Miller highlights national monuments such as Devils Tower, Navajo National Monument, and the Grand Canyon. 

 

The article includes five photographs of Roosevelt in 1895, 1903, 1910, 1911, and 1914.

 

 

Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act of 1906 and used it to establish the first eighteen national monuments–a number that no subsequent president has matched.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1988

Creator(s)

Unknown

In “News of the Association,” John A. Gable discusses plans for the Quasquicentennial of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth during 1982 and 1983. He provides a detailed look at an article about Roosevelt’s conservation legacy in National Geographic Magazine and also examines Paul Schullery’s article about Roosevelt and fishing in The American Fly Fisher. Gable discusses Roosevelt’s use of the Antiquities Act, notes the passing of members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), and quotes extensively from a letter from Alton A. Lindsay praising the value of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal to scholars. Gable notes the TRA’s support of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, New York, praises the documentary film My Father the President about life at Sagamore Hill, and acknowledges the work of Wallace Finley Dailey of Harvard University in compiling a bibliography of journal and magazine articles about Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1982

Creator(s)

Gable, John A.

John A. Gable examines Theodore Roosevelt’s connections to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. He looks at its founding by Roosevelt’s father, notes the many specimens donated by Roosevelt, and highlights contributions made to the museum in various capacities by other members of the Roosevelt family. Gable details the design, construction, and contents of the museum’s Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall, including its murals and dioramas featuring scenes from Roosevelt’s life and work.

Photographs of the interior and exterior of the Memorial Hall as well as one of James Earle Fraser’s equestrian statue of Roosevelt outside of the museum accompany the article. A full page photograph of one of the dioramas, depicting a scene near Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch, is also found in the article.

A listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association as well as the members of its executive, finance, and Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace committees is found on the second page of the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Two paragraph excerpt from Paul Russell Cutright’s Theodore Roosevelt: The Naturalist that describes President Theodore Roosevelt’s decision to establish the Pelican Island bird refuge in Florida along with a number of other bird reservations from 1903 to 1909. The Cutright excerpt is followed by two paragraphs that describe Roosevelt’s creation of national parks and monuments and closes with a quotation on conservation from his A Book-Lover’s Holiday in the Open.

 

A picture of Roosevelt examining a bird egg along with two unidentified men at a federal bird reservation in 1915 accompanies the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Deputy Regional Director James B. Thompson commemorates the seventy-five year history of Natural Bridges National Monument. In 1908, Natural Bridges became the first national park area in Utah. Theodore Roosevelt was in the White House, “at that time the youngest man ever to occupy the presidency.” At that time, possibly only about a hundred people had seen Natural Bridges. In 1982, 8.5 million out-of-state visitors came to Utah. Thompson hopes sites like Natural Bridges will always be a source of “wonder and inspiration” for visitors.

Collection

Natural Bridges National Monument

Creation Date

1983-04-16

Creator(s)

Thompson, James B.

Program from the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial celebration at Devils Tower National Monument. Speakers are from various conservation organizations, including the National Park Service, Forest Service and the Soil Conservation Service.

Collection

Devils Tower National Monument

Creation Date

1958-08-09

Creator(s)

Devils Tower National Monument Foundation

Ticket to the Theodore Roosevelt centennial program at Devils Tower National Monument.

Collection

Devils Tower National Monument

Creation Date

1958-08-09

Creator(s)

United States. Department of the Interior; United States. National Park Service

Program for the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Program held at Devils Tower National Monument on August 10, 1958.

Collection

Devils Tower National Monument

Creation Date

1958-08-10

Creator(s)

Unknown

Howard W. Baker was pleased to attend the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Program at Devils Tower National Monument. He agrees that the program could have been completed in one day. The Devils Tower staff performed well.

Collection

Devils Tower National Monument

Creation Date

1958-08-14

Creator(s)

Baker, Howard W.

James F. Hartzell, superintendent of Devils Tower National Monument, reports on the planning and execution of the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Program held at the monument. The program went smoothly but attendance was low and a single day event could have sufficed.

Collection

Devils Tower National Monument

Creation Date

1958-08-18

Creator(s)

Hartzell, James F.

By the authority of the Antiquities Act, President Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming to be a national monument.

Collection

Devils Tower National Monument

Creation Date

1906-09-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919