Editing Medora, North Dakota (section)

==History==
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Medora was founded in 1883 along the [[Transcontinental railroad|transcontinental rail line]] of the [[Northern Pacific Railway]] by [[French people|French]] nobleman [[Marquis de Mores]], who named the city after his wife [[Medora von Hoffman]].<ref name=Wick>{{cite web|last=Wick|first=Douglas A.|title=Medora (Billings County)|url=http://www.webfamilytree.com/North_Dakota_Place_Names/M/medora_%28billings_county%29.htm|work=North Dakota Place Names|accessdate=May 8, 2011}}</ref>  Marquis de Mores wanted to ship refrigerated meat to [[Chicago]] via the railroad. He built a meat packing plant for this purpose and a house named the [[Chateau de Mores]], which is now a museum.<ref>[http://www.state.nd.us/hist/chateau/chateau.htm Chateau de Mores] - State of North Dakota</ref>

In the evening of April 7, 1903, President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], who had visited and invested in ranches in the area in the 1880s,<ref>{{cite web |title=Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota |url=https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Trail/TR-Trail-Pages/Theodore-Roosevelt-in-North-Dakota.aspx |website=Theodore Roosevelt Center |accessdate=September 22, 2018}}</ref> visited Medora on a presidential tour of the [[Western United States]]. Most of the Badlands' residents turned out to greet him on his whistle stop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/t_roosevelt_park.html|title = Theodore Roosevelt National Park--Presidents: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary}}</ref> Roosevelt later recalled that "the entire population of the Badlands down to the smallest baby had gathered to meet me… They all felt I was their man, their old friend; and even if they had been hostile to me in the old days when we were divided by the sinister bickering and jealousies and hatreds of all frontier communities, they now firmly believed they had always been my staunch friends and admirers. I shook hands with them all and…I only regretted that I could not spend three hours with them."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mandanhistory.org/areahistory/1903trvisittondak.html|title=Roosevelts Return to NDak}}</ref> A local hotel changed its name that same year to the Rough Riders Hotel. In 1962 the hotel was purchased by Harold Schafer. After the creation of the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation in 1986, the hotel changed hands and is now operated by the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://reservations.medora.com/rough-riders/history/ |title=Medora - North Dakota's #1 Vacation - Rough Riders History |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924042549/http://reservations.medora.com/rough-riders/history/ |archive-date=September 24, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In April 2021, a wildfire threatened Medora and caused the town to evacuate during its tourist season.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Jackson |first=William |title=North Dakota Tornadoes Twisters & Cyclones |date=2024 |publisher=Valley Star Publications |year=2024 |isbn=979-8-89480-378-4 |location=Dickinson, ND |publication-date=2024 |pages=109}}</ref> The fire burned 2,276 acres around Medora but spared the town.<ref name=":0" />

Home to the popular [[Medora Musical]], the city of Medora has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in the state.