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==History== Beach was first settled ''circa'' 1900. It was named for Captain [[Warren C. Beach]] of the [[U.S. Army]]'s [[11th Infantry]]. Beach had led an expedition of railroad surveyors through the area in 1880. The post office was established in 1902, and the town was incorporated first as a village in 1908 and as a city in 1909. It was named the [[county seat]] of [[Golden Valley County, North Dakota|Golden Valley County]] in 1912.<ref name=wick/> In April 1911, the then ex-president and long-term fixture of the Badlands region, [[Theodore Roosevelt]], made his last trip to the area, stopping in Beach and nearby [[Medora, North Dakota|Medora]]. His visit to Medora passed without incident, but the visit to Beach was marred by a strongly negative reception to Roosevelt's speech. He first expressed surprise that the town of Beach even existed, based upon such marginal land. This was undoubtedly due to the lack of flora and fauna, the wear and strain he endured in the 10 years he ranched in the area, and Rocky Mountain and Great Plains blizzard of 1886β7.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/archive/grko/winter.htm |title=The Winter of 1886 |access-date=September 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414231035/http://www.nps.gov/archive/grko/winter.htm |archive-date=April 14, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.charlierussell.org/lastofthe5000.htm |title=Charlie Russell's Stagecoach presents, the Last of the 5000, by Bette Wolf Duncan |access-date=September 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305172834/http://www.charlierussell.org/lastofthe5000.htm |archive-date=March 5, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.charlierussell.org/big_dieup.htm |title=The Big Die-Up |access-date=September 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506093500/http://www.charlierussell.org/big_dieup.htm |archive-date=May 6, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Roosevelt's speech had a strong conservationist element, suggesting to local ranchers there should only be one cow for every {{convert|12|acre|m2}} of land, which led to local disenchantment with the president. The incident is likely to have critically influenced his commentary and estrangement with the region, culminating in October 1918. While giving a morale speech regarding [[World War I]] in then strongly anti-war North Dakota, a side trip to the [[Badlands]] was suggested. Roosevelt demurred, stating "[i]t is a mistake for one to hit the back trail after many years have passed. One finds things have changed, the old picture destroyed, the romance gone . . . It's best that it should be so, but I don't want to see the place again. I'd rather try and remember it as it was."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.com/Book_TR_Guide_Essays.asp#10 |title=Theodore Roosevelt Center - Excerpts from: Theodore Roosevelt in the Dakota Badlands |access-date=September 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121052626/http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.com/Book_TR_Guide_Essays.asp |archive-date=November 21, 2008}}</ref>
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