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This is what President Roosevelt wrote in his diary on Feb. 14, 1884 and here is why....... The double tragedy devastated Roosevelt. He ordered those around him not to mention his wife’s name. Burdened by grief, he abandoned politics, left the infant Alice with his sister Bamie, and, at the end of 1884, struck out for the Dakota territories, where he lived as a rancher and worked as a sheriff for two years. When not engrossed in raising cattle or acting as the local lawman, Roosevelt found time to indulge his passion for reading and writing history. After a blizzard wiped out his prized herd of cattle in 1885, Roosevelt decided to return to eastern society. Once back in New York in 1886, he again took up politics and took over raising his precocious daughter, Alice, who later became a national celebrity.
Posted by Changes in the wind at 6:47 AM 
How interesting - I had no idea.

May 23, 2016 at 2:41 PM 
That was a lot of grief to overcome, glad he was able to eventually come back and raise his daughter.


May 23, 2016 at 6:30 PM 
I did not know that. How tragic!

May 23, 2016 at 6:55 PM Tracy Batchelder said...

I never knew this. How crushing it must have been, especially coming so close to what I assume was a joyful event--the birth of a child.

May 24, 2016 at 6:33 AM 
ooooh goodness, you can feel the despair. it is so interesting to see his hand writing, script, almost a thing of the past!!!!

May 24, 2016 at 7:41 AM 
Amazing!!! We learn so much from you!!

May 24, 2016 at 2:20 PM Far Side of Fifty said...

I had heard this bit of history about Alice but I have never seen the diary entry...thanks for sharing:)

May 25, 2016 at 7:30 PM