Have you ever been to a town where the whole city is dedicated to a single U.S. president? Take a trip to Medora, North Dakota if you really want to know about Theodore Roosevelt (T.R.). T.R. had two ranches in what is currently called "Theodore Roosevelt National Park". T.R. loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter. He vacationed at his cattle ranch and also employed folks to run it year round. The land he purchased was not typical of the other land here in North Dakota, it was the "badlands", which are hills with different layers and unique rock formations.
When his wife and his mother died on the same day, T.R. came to his ranch here to mourn and regain his strength. In the 1960s, the founder of Mr. Bubble (I forgot his name) decided to reinvest in the town of Medora to honor our great president. One of the unique ways he wanted to attract folks to the town was to create a broadway like musical production called the Medora Musical. It occurs each night here in the summer. If you travel to Medora, you attend the Medora Musical, it's just cultural. Personally, I thought it was a high quality production and well worth attending. Medora is a great little town well worth visiting.
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