Roosevelt's Medora

Little Missouri and Medora, Dakota Territory, as Theodore Roosevelt knew them from 1883 to 1887, laid over the town today.

Pick a date on the chain line above the map. Click a building for what is known about it and where the evidence comes from.

How sure we are

Documented. Survives, or measured and photographed.

Supported. Period photo or a specific written description.

Inferred. Reasoned from written sources.

Conjectural. Known to exist; position is a placeholder.

The grade shown on the map is for location. Each building's detail gives a separate grade for its size and shape.

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1883 plat of Medora

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River channel in 1883 (traced from the plat) Buildings and features, 1883–87 Today's lots, streets and buildings

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Known, but not yet placed

About this map

The 1883 plat (State Historical Society of North Dakota, de Mores Collection 00042-00183) is fitted to today's survey corners. Today's lots line up with its north-side grid. East of the river the plat draws the track somewhat south of today's line. Buildings placed from written descriptions are educated guesses and are marked that way.

Research notes, sources and the data behind this map are in the TRsMedora repository. An internal experiment of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library.