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Roosevelt tracks horse thieves in Missouri Bad Lands
Theodore Roosevelt chased three horse thieves across the Little Missouri Bad Lands near the Missouri-Dakota border in 1886. He and Bill Sewall and Wilmot Dow pursued the men, recovered the stolen boat, and hauled the trio over 300 miles to the nearest sheriff, facing harsh blizzards, ice jams, and rugged terrain.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Missouri
Hermann Hagédorn
Roosevelt
Montana
Dakota
Hagedorn
Elkhorn
Bill Sewall
Wilmot Dow
Lons
Sewall
Finnegan
Don
Mhaw
Will Dow
Dow
Wharfenberger
Bernstead
Finnegan and Company
Tolstoy
Anna Karenina
Matthew Arnold
James Brothers
Killdeer Mountains
Dickinson
Winchester
Western Starr
Columbia Law School
Medora
Roosevelt Ranches
John Simpson
Mandan
Chris
Bismarck