Theodore Roosevelt made a short campaing stop in Mandan on October 4 arrived on the evening No. 5 train. Roosevelt addressed a large crowd that had assembled at the depot. During the past few days, The ‘Bull Moose’ leader had also made speaking stops at Grand Forks, Fargo, Jamestown and Bismarck.
After the train had stopped near the depot, Roosevelt appeared on the rear platform and began speaking of the new movement represented in the Progressive Party, when he spotted one of his old ranch employees from the 1880s, Charlie Rowe, who was summoned onto the platform. Roosevelt slapped him on the back with a ‘Hello, Charlie’ and then proceeded to tell the crowd of some of the incidents of his ranching days in western North Dakota.
