For over a century, big game hunters have been coming to the rugged mountains of Western Colorado to escape their stressful everyday lives and lose their ...

Ted and Kermit Roosevelt in 1926 along with local associates who helped them with their quest to find the mythical Giant Panda. Courtesy of the Library of Congress One night, their team of mules ...

President Theodore Roosevelt, often known as Teddy, went on a bear hunting trip near Onward, Mississippi, in November 1902 with a group of notables. Though others on the excursion bagged bears, as ...

It was called “Teddy’s bear” and a stuffed animal icon was born. Teddy bear fans gathered in 1984 to celebrate their favorite toy. Some had bears from their childhood.

Some were even scary. That all changed after Teddy Roosevelt, an avid big game hunter, refused to shoot a bear tied to a tree. The story inspired many and a cuter stuffed bear was created.

The Glen Ellyn History Center is hosting the program, “Forging a President: How the Wild West Created Teddy Roosevelt” on Saturday, June 14. The years Roosevelt spent out West after his wife ...