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August 15, 2019

Backers want Roosevelt library in national park

By JAMES MacPHERSON
Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. — Gov. Doug Burgum and other backers of the proposed presidential library for Theodore Roosevelt are pushing to build the facility within the boundaries of the former president's namesake national park in North Dakota's badlands.

They appear to have little choice: The adjacent tiny tourist town of Medora already is cramped and nearby state land is in a flood plain, said Ed Schafer, son of the town's developer and a former governor. He also heads a foundation that oversees development in the area.


 
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