Mornings on Horseback | Objects, Setting & Important Places

Mornings on Horseback Objects/Places

28 East 20th Street

The house at this address was owned by Theodore and Mittie Roosevelt. The children grew up in the house. It looked like any other brownstone, with the exception of a deep porch at the rear of the third-floor level.

Roswell

Roswell was the Bulloch home in Georgia. It was about twenty miles north of Atlanta. Mittie grew up here.

Liverpool, England

Captain James and Irvine Bulloch lived in Liverpool after leaving the United States after the Civil War. The Roosevelts visited with them on their Grand Tour.

Bronchial Asthma

Teedie suffered from this disease throughout his life. Although he would become healthier after his days at Harvard, the disease did not totally leave him.

Wood's Gymnasium

Teedie and Elliott attended this gym for three months before their back piazza was outfitted with equipment.

Nile River

The Roosevelt family left New York in October of 1872 for the Nile. They traveled on the river from Cairo to the First Cataract...
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