The Land That Made a President

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🗓️ 20 July 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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On his 22nd birthday, in 1880, Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Hathaway Lee. Their daughter, Alice Lee Roosevelt, was born on February 12, 1884. Two days after his daughter was born, his wife and mother died on the same day in the same house. Distraught, he escaped to a cattle ranch in the Dakotas. On this episode of America's National Parks, the 26th President of the United States, and his time in North Dakota, in an area now known as Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Resources, music credits, and a transcript are available at nationalparkpodcast.com/roosevelt.

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0:00.0	The America's National Parks Podcast is sponsored by L. L. L. Bine believes the more time you spend outside together, the better.
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0:25.0	Because on the inside we are all outsiders.
0:28.0	Be an outsider with L.L. Beam. Not many realize that Theodore Roosevelt, one of our country's most famous tough guy cowboy personas grew up a feeble child
0:56.0	who suffered from debilitating asthma and generally poor health. He experienced sudden nighttime asthma attacks that created the feeling of being smothered to death, which night time
1:13.7	asthma attacks that created the feeling of being smothered to death, which terrified him and his
1:16.5	parents.
1:17.5	Nevertheless, he was an energetic and inquisitive child.
1:24.0	Born in New York City, young Theodore grew up homeschooled by his parents,
1:27.0	socialite Martha Stewart Midi Bullock,
1:30.0	and businessman Theodore Roosevelt Sr.
1:32.8	At age 7, Teddi saw a dead seal at a local market, managed to procure its head, and formed the Roosevelt Museum of Natural History with his two cousins.
1:53.2	He learned the basics of taxidermy and filled his museum with animals he caught or hunted.
2:00.7	It was a different time. Family trips included tours of Europe, and when hiking with his family in the Alps in 1869, Teddy found that he could
2:16.7	keep pace with his father, who he thought to be the greatest man alive. The physical exertion actually minimized his asthma, sparking
2:26.2	his lifelong devotion to exercise. After an altercation with two older boys on a camping trip,
2:33.4	Teddy had lessons from a boxing coach
2:36.2	to teach him to fight and gain strength. On his 22nd birthday in 1880, Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Hathaway Lee. Their daughter, Alice Lee Roosevelt, was
2:59.0	born on February 12, 1884. Two days after his daughter was born, his wife and mother died on the same day,
3:09.1	in the same house. Distrought, he escaped to a cattle ranch in the Dakotas.
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