Theodore Roosevelt National Park

In 1901 Teddy Roosevelt said, “We get exactly as much in hunting with the camera as in hunting with the rifle; and of the two, the former is the kind of sport which calls for the higher degree of skill, patience and resolution, and knowledge of the life history of the animal sought.”

Fun facts about Teddy Roosevelt National Park (More Than Just Parks at https://morethanjustparks.com/)

• It is in western North Dakota

• It is the only National Park named after a president. Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president and as a young man he owned a cattle ranch in the area.

• It became a park in 1978.

• The highest elevation is 2,198 ft

• The park consists of 70,446 acres which is 110 square miles.

• 65 million years ago the area was a swampy wetland.

• It has the 3rd highest concentration of petrified wood in the United States.

• The park is home to bison, wild horses, elk, big horn sheep, mule deer, pronghorns, coyotes, bobcats and venomous prairie rattlesnakes. (I could do without the rattlesnakes!)

• There are three large prairie dog towns in the park.

It is 577.1 mile from Stillwater to Theodore Roosevelt National Park

At Theodore Roosevelt National Park I will be camping on Hidatsa and Mandan land. Other indigenous people who have lived on the lan include I include the Arikara, Crow, Blackfeet, Gros Ventre, Chippewa, Cree, Sioux and Rocky Boy tribes. I give thanks for their presence here since time immemorial and honor all my Indigenous siblings who have and continue to call this land their home