In the early 1990s, travel writer Dan K. Phillips went to Las Vegas, New Mexico to

the Rough Rider Museum and interviewed the proprietor of that fine establishment.

CLICK HERE to read many interesting stories related to Theodore Roosevelt and

the beginnings of the Rough Riders!

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win triumphant victories, checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor Spirits who never suffer much or enjoy much, for those poor spirits live in the grey twilight, who never know victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt dan's place Links: TR papers at the library of congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/trhtml/trhome.html