Teddy slept here: 137-year-old Oleander estate hits the real estate market
The plantation style columns and wrought iron fencing were added in front and the home, at 701 Oleander, really took on a ...
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Environment
He even paid other children to collect specimens for him ... to organize for the conservation of game and game habitat. Theodore Roosevelt, an avid hunter, joined the fight.
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Discover How President Theodore Roosevelt Inspired the World’s First Teddy Bear, Which Went on Sale on This Day in 1903
In 1963, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the teddy bear, the Michtoms gifted Kermit Roosevelt Jr., the grandson of the late former president, one of the original bears for his children.
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How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America’s National Toy
In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children ...