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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic SiteTheodore Roosevelt is a past recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
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Nursery

The children used to scramble through the Nursery window to the gymnasium.

Park Ranger guided tours of the period rooms are available on the hour, 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4:00pm. Each tour lasts approximately thirty minutes. Visitors may also visit the gallery which contains hundreds of original items from Roosevelt's colorful life.

The period rooms can only be seen by guided tours.
 
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Drawing of African Elephant.  Steamtown has a locomotive which weighs about as much as 85 African Elephants.  

Did You Know?
The Union Pacific 'Big Boy' locomotive, one of 25 built to this design, weighs just under 600 tons - about as much as 85 elephants! It is on display at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Last Updated: July 19, 2008 at 09:48 EST