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The story of Holt Collier, the bear guide for President Theodore Roosevelt on his famous 1902 Mississippi hunt.
Theodore Roosevelt is widely regarded by historians as one of the greatest American presidents. Born to a wealthy Manhattan family in 1858, Roosevelt grew up both sickly and pampered, but decided ...
The studio photograph of Theodore Roosevelt in a buckskin hunting costume, rifle at the ready, remains one of the most iconic images of the American conservation movement. That he looks ready to ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNDiscover How President Theodore Roosevelt Inspired the World’s First Teddy Bear, Which Went on Sale on This Day in 1903But few remember the presidential hunting trip and state boundary dispute that led to the sale of the first such bear on this date in 1903. President Theodore Roosevelt, often known as Teddy ...
"Did President Roosevelt hunt black bears in Louisiana?" the Central resident asked. "And was the Teddy Bear named after him because of this hunting trip?" Roosevelt did, indeed, hunt black bears ...
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