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The Elkhorn Ranch was established by Theodore Roosevelt on the banks of the Little Missouri River 35 miles north of Medora, North Dakota in the summer of 1884. Roosevelt hired Bill Sewall [1] and Wilmot Dow, two Maine woodsmen, to run the ranch. Sewall and Dow built the ranch house, "a long, low house of logs," in the winter of 1884–1885.
The Chateau de Mores in Medora, North Dakota, United States, is a historic home built by the Marquis de Mores in 1883 as a hunting lodge and summer home for his family and guests. The home is now part of the 128-acre (0.52 km 2 ) Chateau de Mores State Historic Site , which also includes Chimney Park and de Mores Memorial Park.
Roosevelt's second ranch, the Elkhorn, was built in 1884 and was located about 35 miles north of Medora on the Little Missouri River. After its construction, Roosevelt considered the Elkhorn his "home ranch" and spent most of his time there whenever he was in residence in the Dakotas.
The smaller North Unit is situated about 80 mi (130 km) north of the South Unit, on U.S. Route 85, just south of Watford City, North Dakota. Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch is located between the North and South units, approximately 20 mi (32 km) west of US 85 and Fairfield, North Dakota.
North of Medora near the Little Missouri River in Theodore Roosevelt National Park 46°57′32″N 103°30′13″W / 46.958889°N 103.503611°W / 46.958889; -103.503611 ( Peaceful Valley
Elkhorn National Forest, a former national forest in Montana; Elkhorn Ranch, a ranch built by Theodore Roosevelt near Medora, North Dakota; Elkhorn Road, a street in Las Vegas, Nevada; Elkhorn Tavern, a historic tavern in Pea Ridge, Arkansas; Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad, sometimes called "the Elkhorn", a railroad in Nebraska