But 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 ...

Esper had his reasons. The teddy bear emerged out of a presidency. In November 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt was on a bear hunting excursion in Mississippi at the invitation of its governor ...

The "teddy bear" immediately became one of the ... TR was the uncle of Eleanor Roosevelt, and gave her away at her wedding to her fifth cousin, future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The first page of Theodore Roosevelt's speech that was damaged when a bullet tore through it. Cade Martin On October 14, 1912, just after eight o’clock in the evening, Theodore Roosevelt stepped ...

“Roosevelt insisted the animals be called off, allowing the bruins to escape. The incident was reportedly the inspiration for an opportunistic toy-maker in Glenwood Springs to stitch together the ...

NAIROBI, British East Africa, May 12, 1909 (UP) - Two giraffes, one leopard and one buffalo killed and two leopard cubs captured are the latest additions to the Roosevelt's hunting trophies ...