IDAHO FALLS – William Borah had gone “as far west as his pocketbook would take him” when he got off the train in Boise. It was October 1890 and the 25-year-old man from Fairfield, Illinois had come to the nation’s newest state on the advice of a gambler on board the train. He settled in […]
Alice Roosevelt Longworth, née Alice Lee Roosevelt, (born February 12, 1884, New York, New York, U.S. died February 20, 1980, Washington, D.C.), American socialite and daughter of U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, who was known for her wit and her political influence. At the time of Alice Roosevelt’s birth, her father was a New York assemblyman. Her mother died two days after her birth, and during her father’s long absence in Dakota Territory she was reared by an aunt. After her father’s marriage in December 1886 to Edith Kermit Carow and the establishment of the family seat at Sagamore Hill in Oyster
<p>Seven audio recordings from the 1950s, found at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace, opened a window into the memories of TR's relatives and contemporaries of his political and social world, showing there's always more to discover about even the most famed figures of history. </p>