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Thirty-five miles north of Medora, in a grove of cottonwood trees along the Little Missouri River, there's a stretch of open ground with a few foundation stones still visible in the grass. This is the Elkhorn Ranch — Theodore Roosevelt's true home in the Badlands. He built it in 1884, after the double tragedy of losing his wife and mother, choosing the most remote spot he could find along the river. He wanted silence. He wanted solitude. He wanted to disappear. At the Elkhorn, Roosevelt wrote books by lamplight, hunted elk at dawn, and slowly rebuilt a life that had been shattered. The ranch structures are gone now — their logs scavenged long ago — but the land looks almost exactly as it did when he lived there. The cottonwoods. The river. The buttes on every side. You can visit the Elkhorn Ranch site through Theodore Roosevelt National Park. And starting July 4, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora tells the full story of what happened there — and why it matters. Plan your visit at #TheodoreRoosevelt #ElkhornRanch #Medora #NorthDakota #Badlands #WalkInHisFootsteps #TRLibrary #NationalPark #PresidentialHistory
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📽️ On This Day: January 8, 1919 — A Nation Bids Farewell On a cold winter morning in Oyster Bay, New York, the 26th President of the United States was laid to rest. Theodore Roosevelt’s funeral was as humble as the man himself. No state funeral. No great parade. Just a quiet procession through the small town he loved, witnessed by mourners who lined the streets with heavy hearts. 🎞️ This rare film captures solemn moments at Christ Episcopal Church, where Rev. George E. Talmadge led the simple service, followed by Roosevelt’s casket carried up the steep path to Youngs Memorial Cemetery. Among the pallbearers and mourners: 🇺🇸 Vice President Thomas R. Marshall 🎖️ Gen. Peyton C. March, Army Chief of Staff ⚓ Rear Admiral Cameron Winslow 👔 Oscar Straus, Roosevelt’s former cabinet member 👨👦 His son Archie Roosevelt, in uniform 🪖 Major General Leonard Wood, his Rough Rider comrade No other U.S. president had lived such a life of action—and no other would be laid to rest so simply. On that day in 1919, the world said goodbye to more than a president. It said goodbye to a symbol of courage, conservation, and conviction. 🎥 Watch the footage and remember the man who always chose to get in the arena. #OnThisDay #TheodoreRoosevelt #TRPL #TRLegacy #PresidentialHistory #OysterBay #StrenuousLife #AmericanHistory #GetInTheArena #CraftedToEndure
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One month from today. On July 4, 2026 — America's 250th birthday — the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opens its doors for the first time. The first new presidential library in over a decade, in the same Badlands landscape that changed the man it's named for. Opening day itself is sold out. But here's the good news: this isn't a one-day event. The Library is open all summer, all fall, right through the end of the year — and tickets for those dates are available right now. So if you've been waiting for a sign to plan the trip, this is it. Pick your weekend. Tell the people you'd want beside you when you walk out onto that boardwalk for the first time. And get your tickets before your favorite dates fill in. Reserve now: #TheodoreRoosevelt #GrandOpening #July4 #America250 #VisitMedora #DareGreatly
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