President Theodore Roosevelt, often known as Teddy, went on a bear hunting trip near Onward, Mississippi, in November 1902 with a group of notables. Though others on the excursion bagged bears, as ...

People across the country were delighted by both the event and the cartoon, and this prompted several toy makers to begin manufacturing stuffed toy bears ... age of 96. Theodore Roosevelt was ...

Roosevelt refused. The incident became national conversation, and a topic of political cartoons. A New York store owner decided to create a stuffed toy bear to sell, naming it “Teddy’s Bear.” ...