North Creek Railway Depot Museum. Box 156, North Creek, NY 12853-0156. (518) 251-3661. Site where Vice President Roosevelt learned that President McKinley had died. The old train station has been renovated and contains a museum that includes exhibits about Roosevelt's fateful train ride. See http://www.northcreekraildepot.org/ (accessed on August 3, 2000 ).

Rough Riders Memorial and City Museum. 725 Grand Ave., Las Vegas, NM 87701. (505) 425-8726. Museum is home to artifacts of Theodore Roosevelt's famed Rough Riders, the largest contingent of which was from New Mexico. See http://arco-iris. com/teddy/index.htm (accessed on August 3, 2000 ).

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. 20 Sagamore Hill Rd., Oyster Bay, NY 11771-1807. (516) 922-4447. Home of Theodore Roosevelt from 1886 until his death in 1919. The Old Orchard Museum—in a house built by the president's eldest son—contains Roosevelt exhibits. See http://www.nps.gov/sahi/home.htm (accessed...