Details

Collection Summary
Collection: 00286 - Eaton Brothers Custer Trail Ranch Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00055b
Title: Theodore Roosevelt's cabin on its original site near Medora, N.D.
Date: circa 1905
Creator: Hall, Richard Cecil
Inscription/Marks: "150"--Handwritten on front of photograph.
Summary: Theodore Roosevelt's cabin sits in its original location on the Maltese Cross Ranch near Medora. Scrub surrounds the building, but trees and features of the Badlands are visible in the distance.||The Maltese Cross Ranch cabin was located seven miles south of Medora. Roosevelt acquired an interest in the ranch in 1883 and actively ranched in the Badlands until 1887 and maintained an active interest in the area until 1898. During his presidency, the cabin was exhibited in Portland and St. Louis, and then moved to the Capitol Grounds in Bismarck. It was relocated to the south unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in 1959.
Red ID: PH_I_150181 Image ID: 100110 Image Notes: 00286-00055b

Collection: 00286 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Eaton Brothers Custer Trail Ranch Photograph Collection
Date: 7/5/1902-9/1/1902

Summary: Album of images taken by Richard Cecil Hall of Eaton Brothers Custer Trail Ranch, Medora (ND), cattle round up and beef issue at Fort Yates, and a camping trip to Yellowstone National Park on horseback. Hall, from Bedford, Pennsylvania likely was a long time friend of the Eatons and visited the ranch in 1902.

Enter a subject or term in one or both of the “Search” boxes.

  • “Item Detail” searches the Title, Creator and Summary fields of all item-level records.
  • “Collection Number” searches the Collection Number field only and requires an exact match.

The “DETAILS” button provides additional information about an item, as well as the following options:

  • “Collection Summary” details the contents of the entire collection in which the selected item is located.
  • You can print the image and its corresponding details by selecting “Print".
  • “Digitized Images from the Collection” returns a list of all digitized items within that collection (available from the “Collection Summary” screen).

Click on image to expand/zoom the image view.

“Photobook home” takes you back to the main Photobook page where you can start a new search.

“Featured Collections” showcases new and/or popular collections and the digitized images within those collections.

Information on how to order copies is located here.

The collections preserved in the North Dakota State Archives include over a million images. Only a small percentage of these images have been digitized. This photo gallery provides a preview of the images that have been digitized.

For more information on the non-digitized images, please refer to the finding aids found on our website at history.nd.gov, or ask a member of our reference staff for assistance.