Publication: Normanden Publishing Co, State Printers, n d (ca 1925), Grand Forks
First edition. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers, n. p. (12 pp. including covers). On the front cover are the brands used by Theodore Roosevelt during his ranching ventures in North Dakota."In 1882 Theodore Roosevelt came to Medora, Dakota Territory, a cow town on the main line of the newly built N. P. Railway, and established himself as a rancher along the Little Missouri River there. His ranches were the Maltese Cross and the Elkhorn, the brands being symbols of these names. Roosevelt also used the Triangle brand. The earliest brands of record in the office of Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor at Bismark showing brands used by Roosevelt were filed October 11, 1890, soon after North Dakota was admitted as a state; facsimiles of these brands are shown on the front cover." Included in the booklet are laws for marks and brands, the shipment of branded animals, and estray laws for North Dakota. An additional typed page dated 1925 mounted to the rear wrapper contains updates to the laws compiled within. Wrappers lightly used, tiny chip to bottom corner of the front cover, mounted typed page is age-toned with a short tear along (not affecting text), else a very good, bright, clean copy of an elusive ranching item. OCLC locates only one copy at the Amon Carter Museum. Rare item.
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