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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTheodore Roosevelt National Park: Where Wildlife & Buffalo Still Roam
http://www.lovethesepics.com/2012/01/theodore-roosevelt-national-park-where-wildlife-buffalo-still-roam/Theodore Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th U.S. President, fell in love with the North Dakota badlands during his first visit there in 1883 while he was hunting bison. Roosevelt believed the Wild West had a rugged lifestyle and perfect freedom. The establishment of Theodore Roosevelt National Park was to memorialize Roosevelts life, and the influence the landscape had on him and his conservation ethics. The 110 square miles park is divided into three sections packed with wildlife including bison, feral horses, elk, bighorn sheep, white-tailed deer and mule deer, prairie dogs, and 186 species of birds such as golden eagles, sharp-tailed grouse, and wild turkeys. The largest, South Unit, and the North Unit have about 100 miles of foot and horse trails, wildlife viewing, and opportunities for back country hiking and camping. The Elkhorn Ranch Unit which has Roosevelts Elkhorn Ranch is located in-between the two larger units. Besides wonderful wildlife, the National Park Service calls the bizarre geologic rock formations the grim fairyland of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Roosevelt said the badlands were so fantastically broken in form and so bizarre in color as to seem hardly properly to belong to this earth. Heres a look at the wildlife at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, one of the few places where the buffalo still roam. [35 Photos]
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Theodore Roosevelt National Park: Where Wildlife & Buffalo Still Roam (Original Post)
madokie
Sep 2013
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LearningCurve
(488 posts)1. TR is a personal hero for me
He was the high water mark of the Republican Party.
madokie
(51,076 posts)2. For many of us
LearningCurve
(488 posts)3. Had he not been an accidental president
I don't think he could have been elected.
newfie11
(8,159 posts)4. We used to trailer our horses up to Medora
Camp out and ride the trails. It is a great place and very pretty. We were younger then lol.
Always interesting to top a hill a find yourself face to face with a buffalo.
There is the musical, don't miss it as it is fantastic. All open air show.
d_r
(6,907 posts)5. Those pictures are beautiful