Dickinson, North DakotaJun 21, 2010
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Approaching Mendora
North Dakota Badlands
Theodore Roosvelts home in North Dakota before the Ranch House
| Miles today 119 Arrived early and checked into the campground and headed for Mendora to tour the southern side of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The park is so beautiful and I learned things about history that I would never have known. Roosevelts wife and mother died on the same Valentines day (the mother had typhoid and his wife contacted a kidney failure disease and died within 5 hours) and left him with a small daughter. He was unable to raise her and gave her to a relative and headed to live in North Dakota. Came in as a true city slicker and learned how to adapt and deal with the harsh weather. Lived in a log cabin. His first winter he bought 1500 cattle and became a rancher. That winter the weather was so harsh 2/3 of the cattle froze to death. Said many were found standing and fell as they thawed out. NOT anything I want to deal with. He is the only president to have a National Park named after him. AND he fought to establish the parks so that they would not be destoyed as life changed. I lot of pictures and alot of memories |
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