The Case of the Missing Colt .38
Mental Floss Presents: The Quest for the North Pole04/03/20 • 11 min
In 1990, Theodore Roosevelt's double action revolver—the one he'd used during the Battle of San Juan Heights—was stolen from Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. It wouldn't come back to the museum for another 16 years.
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04/03/20 • 11 min
Mental Floss Presents: The Quest for the North Pole - The Case of the Missing Colt .38
Transcript
History Versus is a production of I Heart Radio and Mental Flaws. One morning in early April, rangers at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site we're walking past a display at the Old Orchard Museum when they noticed that something was amiss.
Speaker 1The display contained Theodore Roosevelt's uniform from his time with the Rough Riders in the Spanish American War, as well as his Coult Model thirty eight
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