theodore Roosevelt: Naturalist and Badlands Rancher

Pyramid park hotel

The hotel TR stayed in

Joe Ferris

Roosevelts Guide

Manitou

Roosevelts horse

Medora

Wife of Marquis De Mores

Marquis De Mores

Founder of MEDORA

Bad lands cow boy

Local Newspaper name

Maltese Cross ranch

Roosevelts first ranch (south of Medora)

Elkhorn ranch

roosevelts 2nd ranch (North of Medora)

Little Missouri stockmans Association

Organization for ranches who own cattle

Alice Roosevelt

Roosevelts wife who dies after child birth

Edith Carrow

Roosevelts 2nd wife

Mittie

Roosevelts Mom

Sagamore hill

Name of Roosevelts home in NewYork

George Bill Grinnell

Associated with Boone and Crocket

Little Missouri

Became Medora

Dr. Victor Hugo Stickney

Roosevelts doctor

Describe what Roosevelt wrote about the X

“The light has gone out of my life”

Why did Roosevelt first visit the badlands? When? How long was he there in his first trip? Describe conditions Roosevelt had to endure.

To shoot a buffalo, September 1883, about 2 weeks, cold and rainy

Why did Roosevelt return to the badlands in spring of 1884?

To escape the death of his wife and mother

Who did Roosevelt purchase the Maltese ranch from and when?

bought from Sylvane Ferris, in sept 1883 before he went back to NewYork

What was the name of Roosevelts second ranch in the badlands? What is the story about how it got its name?

Name- Elkhorn Ranch

Story- when he first arrived he saw two elk with their horns stuck together

How did Roosevelt come to be known as “four-eyes”?

Because he had glasses

What did the video say about Roosevelt as a marksman?

He didn’t have a very good shot because of his glasses and couldn’t see very well, but said he shoots a lot

How did the blizzard of 1886-1887 affect Roosevelts cattle business in the badlands?

The blizzard killed most of his cattle and he sold the cattle that was left

What did Roosevelt do during the winter of 1886-1887?

He decided he couldn’t be a rancher anymore and went back to NewYork

What role did Roosevelt play in the little Missouri Stockmens Association?

He created it

What is the Boone and Crocket club and describe how Roosevelt is associated with this club

An organization that tries to protect big game hunting. Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell created the club