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33 Roosevelt’s Maltese Cross Ranch Cabin at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota

During a buffalo hunt in the North Dakota Badlands in 1883, Theodore Roosevelt invested $14,000 in the Maltese Cross Ranch near Medora. Then he had this three-room cabin built. A few months later his wife and mother died on the same day. Roosevelt wrote in his diary, “The light has gone out of my life.” He retreated here as a recluse for a couple of years. These experiences shaped his conservation policies while the 26th President of the United States. The cabin still contains some of Roosevelt’s original furniture. It is part of the 110 square mile Theodore Roosevelt National Park which also includes his Elkhorn Ranch.

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Roosevelt’s Maltese Cross Ranch Cabin at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota

201 E River Rd, Medora, ND 58645

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