Preliminary Study of and Identification of the Elkhorn Ranch Site
Author(s): Ray H. Mattison
Year: 1950
Summary
The purpose in this study is to determine if presumed lands contain the site of Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch buildings and, if so, authenticate it by historical evidence. In this study, the historian has been compelled to proceed with little tangible evidence as to the exact location of the Elkhorn Ranch buildings. Had Roosevelt owned the land on which his ranches were located, it would have been possible to determine the general location through the county records. Unfortunately, he did not. Very little of the land in this part of North Dakota. Was surveyed at the time Roosevelt operated his Badlands ranches. The writer has been compelled to rely primarily on two types of evidence: photographic evidence; and the testimony of old timers who visited the Elkhorn when Roosevelt operated it or were at the Ranch before the buildings disappeared.
Cite this Record
Preliminary Study of and Identification of the Elkhorn Ranch Site. Ray H. Mattison. 1950 ( tDAR id: 236846) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8V98B6K
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Keywords
Site Name
Elkhorn Ranch
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Maltese Cross Ranch
Site Type
Corral
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Domestic Structures
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Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
Investigation Types
Heritage Management
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Historic Background Research
General
Ranch
Geographic Keywords
Little Missouri River
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North Dakota (State / Territory)
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Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Temporal Keywords
Historic
Spatial Coverage
min long: -104.052; min lat: 46.355 ; max long: -102.151; max lat: 47.584 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Anne Vawser
Contributor(s): Ray H. Mattison
Repository(s): Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service
Prepared By(s): Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park
Record Identifiers
NADB document id number(s): 5604930
NADB citation id number(s): 000000241060
Notes
General Note: This resource originated from a citation record migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R). NADB identification numbers are included in the Document Identifiers section of this resource.
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