Named for the region where the movement began, Chautauquas were an education movement popular at the turn of the century. Academics, scholars, experts, and the public gathered to learn and be inspired.
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT
7:30 – Morning on Town Butte Hike
9:00 – Welcoming Remarks with Joe Wiegand & Kurt Skinner
9:15 – Dispatches from 1903 with Justin Riner
9:30 – First, Last, & Always: A Conversation between Theodore Roosevelt & Daughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth with John Dobmeier & Claire Riner
10:00 – My Great Hero: TR’s Reflections & Connections with Abraham Lincoln with Peyton Dixon
11:00 – Rough Rider Recruitment with Kurt Skinner
11:30 – Games with the Roosevelts with Larry Marple, Lucy & Aksel Seeve, Rafe Saarinen
1:30 – TR The Strenuous Life with Kurt Skinner
3:30 – Footsteps Into Medora’s Past walking tour led by Kurt Skinner
3:00 – The Story of Bauman’s Beast with Michael Romero
3:30 – The Roosevelt Children with Lucy Seeve, Rafe Saarinen, Aksel Seeve
6:30 – Pictures and Meet & Greet
7:30 – The Medora Musical
7:30 – Morning on Town Butte Hike
8:45 – Welcoming Remarks with Justin Riner
9:00 – Talk About Teddy Podcast with Kurt Skinner & Larry Marple
9:30 – Teddy Roosevelt Show and Brunch with Joe Wiegand
10:30 – History Alive: Medora with Maddie Olsen
11:00 – Rough Rider Recruitment with Kurt Skinner
11:30 – Chautauqua Meet & Greet with Teddys and Friends
1:30 – History Alive: Medora with Maddie Olsen
1:30 – The Civil War Stories of the Bulloch & Roosevelt Families with John Dobmeier
2:00 – Theodore Roosevelt & the Marquis de Mores with Nolan Reynolds & Luke Larson
3:00 – Kermit Roosevelt with Austin Artz
3:20 – My Crowded Hour with Colonel Theodore Roosevelt with Bill Sommers
4:00 – Life in the Roosevelt White House with Larry Marple, Claire Riner, Lucy Seeve, Aksel Seeve, & Rafe Saarinen
3:30 – Footsteps Into Medora’s Past walking tour led by Kurt Skinner
3:30 – History Alive: Medora with Maddie Olsen
6:30 – The Great White Fleet with Adam Lindquist
8:00 – Too Many Teddies (All the TRs on one stage)
9:00 – Welcome Remarks with Joe Wiegand & Kurt Skinner
9:20 – Researching the Roosevelts with Larry Marple
9:45 – The Roosevelt Children with Lucy Seeve, Rafe Saarinen, and Aksel Seeve
10:15 – The Great White Fleet with Adam Lindquist
11:00 – Rough Rider Recruitment with Kurt Skinner
11:30 – Games with the Roosevelts with Larry Marple, Lucy & Aksel Seeve, and Rafe Saarinen
1:30 – TR The Strenuous Life with Kurt Skinner
1:30 – History Alive: Medora with Maddie Olsen and all Chautauqua participants
2:30 – History Alive: Medora with Maddie Olsen
2:30 – TR & Books with Justin Riner
2:50 – Tin Pan Alley Teddy with Anthony Rohr
3:30 – Footsteps Into Medora’s Past walking tour led by Kurt Skinner
6:00 – The Great American Folk Show starring Tom Brosseau, featuring Anthony Rohr