Date and Time
Friday Apr 4, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
Friday, April 4th from noon to 1pm
Location
Mead Museum 82 Mickelson Dr Yankton, SD 57078
Fees/Admission
free-will donation event open to the public
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Contact Information
Mead Museum office 605-665-3898
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Description
Duane Jundt, South Dakota Humanities Council Speakers Bureau, will be presenting “The Dude is a Cowboy: Theodore Roosevelt and the American West." This program explores Roosevelt's time as a rancher and cowboy in the North Dakota Badlands and how that experience shaped his view of conservation, reclamation and the history of the American West. We explore how the Manhattan-born Roosevelt became the American president most associated with the West, and look at Teddy Roosevelt in South Dakota: his friendship with Seth Bullock, his visits to the state, his acts of land preservation and his place on Mount Rushmore.
