1890 to 1899
Timeline
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1891
August 13
A daughter, Ethel Carow, is born to T. R. and his wife.
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1893
T. R.'s book The Wilderness Hunter is published.
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1894
Archibald Bulloch is born to T. R. and his wife.
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1895
T. R.'s book Hero Tales from American History, written with Henry Cabot Lodge, is published.
T. R. accepts a post on the Board of Police Commissioners in New York.
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1897
T. R.'s books American Ideals and Some American Game are published.
April
President William McKinley appoints T. R. Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
November 19
A son, Quentin, is born to T. R. and his wife.
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1898
May
T. R. resigns his post and becomes lieutenant colonel of the first U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment to fight in the Spanish-American War.
June 22
T. R. and his "Rough Riders" land at Daiquiri, Cuba.
June 30
T. R. given command of the Rough Riders as colonel.
July 1
T. R. leads his regiment in a victorious charge up San Juan Hill.
August 15
The Rough Riders arrive in Montauk, New York, where a camp is set up to care for the soldiers sick with malaria.
November 8
T. R. is elected governor of New York State at the age of forty.
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1899
T. R.'s book The Rough Riders is published.