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United States National Parks are a beautiful way to preserve American history along with nature's marvels. This year they received an astonishing 307.2 million visitors. One of these such parks is Theodore Rosevelt National Park. In September 1883, Theodore Roosevelt went to the North Dakota Badlands to hunt buffalo and invested $14,0000 in the Maltese Cross Ranch. When he was there, he "fell in love with the rugged lifestyle and perfect freedom of the West."

On February 14, 1884, Theodore Roosevelt's mother, (50) and wife Alice, (22) died within hours of each other. Theodore was devastated. Theodore then returned to the Badlands seeking "solitude and time to heal." that summer he started yet another ranch, the Elkhorn Ranch, 35 miles north of Medora, and hired two Maine woodsmen, Bill Sewall and Wilmot Dow, to help operate. Theodore wrote many books about his time on the Ranch: Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter.

In spring 1886 some thieves stole Theodore's boat from Elkhorn Ranch. Quickly, Sewall and Dow made a raft, and all three chased them down the river, and when they caught them, Theodore guarded them with …show more content…

Theodore Roosevelt was an excellent leader in many ways. He started the Panama Canal project, ended the Russo-Japanese War, won the Nobel peace prize, and led the Square Deal Act, won the Medal of Honor, and had many other significant accomplishments. When Theodore Roosevelt died in 1919 at the age of 60, the North Dakota Badlands were explored to find national park sites. Civilian Conservation Corps camps were pitched in the future camp sites from 1934 to 1941 President Roosevelt established the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park on April 25, 1947. And in 1978 the name was changed to Theodore Roosevelt National

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