A relative from New Mexico served with Teddy Roosevelt in his “rough riders.” In 1907 the relative was living in Indiana and met then-President Roosevelt while he was visiting Indianapolis for Memorial Day.
The relative’s hometown newspaper indicated that he spent an hour with President Roosevelt, remembering their service time together. No such reference to the meeting could be found in newspapers in Indianapolis and Roosevelt’s schedule seemed packed with activities with little time for a lengthy informal chat with my relative.
What’s more likely to have happened is that the relative went to an appearance Roosevelt had in Indianapolis.
What’s important for genealogists to remember is that different newspapers may often give different accounts of the same incident.
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I have an “uncle” who rode with Roosevelt. He’s in the photo referenced. You might want to check this out just to be sure the story isn’t true
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http://www.cowboypoetry.com/bullock.htm
My uncle, William E. Bailey, Newcastle, Wyoming http://www.cowboypoetry.com/bullock.htm
Richard Wadsack (with additional assistance from Carl Steiger) provided a complete list of the names, below, with indications in bold of those for whom information has been found. The first list shows those men pictured or named in the photo and the second list includes the other known attendees (who are not shown or named in the photo).
Shown or named in the photo.
Frank Ackerman, Sturgis, South Dakota
William E. Bailey, Newcastle, Wyoming
Madison Ballantyne, Lead City, South Dakota
Seth Bullock, Deadwood, South Dakota
Charles F. Calhoun, Deadwood, South Dakota
Ed Cessna, Deadwood, South Dakota
J.F. Conlon, Pringle, South Dakota
Jess L. Driskill, Spearfish, South Dakota
Joe E. Duling, Newcastle, Wyoming
George S. Fuller, Deadwood, South Dakota
John D. “Jack” Hale, Sturgis, South Dakota
Edwin “Shock” Hall, Spearfish, South Dakota
Matt Hamilton, Deadwood, South Dakota
Eugene Heitter, Sundance, Wyoming
Ed Hanschka, Deadwood, South Dakota
Sebastian (Bass) B. Hitzel, Spearfish, South Dakota
Robert P. Holcomb, Rapid City, South Dakota
Albe Holmes, Deadwood, South Dakota
G. W. Holmes, Spearfish, South Dakota
Tom Howell, Newcastle, Wyoming
Clyde Johnson, Newcastle, Wyoming
David Oliver Johnson, Newcastle, Wyoming
Percy Keys, Newcastle, Wyoming
Ed Leppla, Newcastle, Wyoming
Henry Leppla, Spearfish, South Dakota
R.F. McAdams, Pringle, South Dakota
J.H. Minnick, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
T.E. (Tom) Mix, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Leo E. McLaughlin, Newcastle, Wyoming
W.J. McLaughlin, Newcastle, Wyoming
Will McLaughlin, Newcastle, Wyoming
Mack Quest, Newcastle, Wyoming
Henry Roberts, Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Theo Shoemaker, Pringle, South Dakota
Clarence Smith, Newcastle, Wyoming
Frank T. Smith, Sturgis, South Dakota
David R. Thompson, Spearfish, South Dakota
Charles H. Wilson, Harding, South Dakota
Fred W. Wilson, Harding, South Dakota
Henry Wyttenbach, Sturgis, South Dakota
Not shown or named in the photo.
J.M. Barrett, Belle Fourche, South Dakota
J.L. Bentley, Deadwood, South Dakota
Stanley Bullock, Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Robert V. Carr, Whitewood, South Dakota
F.D. Culver, Deadwood, South Dakota
James Dahlman, Chadron, Nebraska
Howard Eaton, Wolff, Wyoming
Renn Gardner, Beulah, Wyoming
James Halley, Jr., Rapid City, South Dakota
James Hart, Newcastle, Wyoming
F.M. Hatch, Sioux City, Iowa
Joe Lytle, Sundance, Wyoming
W.E. (Ed) Matthews, Beulah, Wyoming
C.J. Milligan, Sioux City, Iowa
A.M. Nichols, Newcastle, Wyoming
John (Sheriff) Owens, Newcastle, Wyoming
W.A. Rankin, Pringle, South Dakota
J.M. Rickle, Deadwood, South Dakota
D.P. (Devil Dan) Roberts, Belle Fourche, South Dakota
G.H. Waite, Sioux City, Iowa
John West, Deadwood, South Dakota
James Widner, Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Names in bold indicate those for whom information has been found.
Thanks! I’ll have to take a look.
–Michael