Roosevelt: State Parks and The Preservation of Wildlife

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Theodore Roosevelt was born October 27, 1858 in New York City. His mother was Martha "Mittie" Buloch, who was a Southern Belle. She was rumored to have been a prototype for the Gone with the Wind character Scarlett O' Hara1. His father was Theodore "Thee" Roosevelt, Sr. who was of Dutch heritage. His family owned a successful plate-glass import business.
Roosevelt, Jr. was homeschooled as a child due to illnesses and asthma. This gave him more time to pursue his passion with animal life. He had two other siblings. In his teens, he developed a physical routine of weightlifting and kickboxing. His father passed away when Roosevelt was in his second year at Harvard College. He graduated magna cum laude in 18802. He then went to Columbia Law School where he met Alice Hathaway Lee of Massachusetts.
Roosevelt did not stay long in Law School. Instead he decided to join the New York State Assembly as a representative of New York City, becoming the youngest to serve in that position. He became Captain of the National Guard and minority leader of the New York Assembly2. The day came when Roosevelt was struck emotionally.
Roosevelt's mother and wife died on February 14, 1884 within a few hours of each other3. Roosevelt was at work in the New York state legislature trying to get a reform bill passed. He was summoned home by his family. He got home to find his mother had passed from typhoid fever. Alice Lee died of complications of birth a few hours after Roosevelt's mother. She had given birth to Alice Roosevelt5.
With a devastated heart, he told those around him not to mention his wife's name. Roosevelt left Alice with his sister Bamie. He left for the Dakota Territories where he lived as a rancher and worked as a sheriff for two years...

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