Maltese Cross Cabin Nd. The cabin was eventually returned to its current position. He would split his time between dakota and new york for the next several years.
After returning to dakota in 1884 he established a second ranch he named the elkhorn. Today the maltese cross cabin in the south unit reminds visitors of the early influence of settlers in the area. Roosevelt later said of his time in north dakota i would not have been president had it not been for my experience in north dakota.
Roosevelt s maltese cross cabin can be found just behind the visitor center.
The maltese cross cabin is a cabin used by theodore roosevelt before he was president. The cabin was larger than most frontier homes of the time with a living room kitchen bedroom and sleeping loft for the ranch hands. Shortly thereafter a restoration project began to return the cabin to its original state. Maltese cross cabin teddy roosevelt s nd home theodore roosevelt national park medora nd cancan1959 oct 2009.
