Teddy Roosevelt pays a modern-day visit to Conrad Mansion Museum
Impersonator Joe Wiegand portrays 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and admires a painting from 1922 titled "Theodore Roosevelt Seated at His Desk" by artist Adriaan De Groot during a tour of the Conrad Mansion in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Impersonator Joe Wiegand, portraying 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, speaks with tour guide Cindy Conner during a visit to the Conrad Mansion in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Impersonator Joe Wiegand, portraying 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, stands in the Fernery during a tour of the Conrad Mansion in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Impersonator Joe Wiegand greets a guest as he portrays 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt during a tour of the Conrad Mansion in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Impersonator Joe Wiegand portrays 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt during a tour of the Conrad Mansion in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Impersonator Joe Wiegand, portraying 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, speaks with tour guide Cindy Conner during a visit to the Conrad Mansion in Kalispell on Wednesday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
More than a century after his last swing through Montana, former President Theodore Roosevelt bounded up the steps to the front entrance of The Conrad Mansion Museum in Kalispell on Wednesday.
Ever the politician, Roosevelt worked his way around the manse’s great hall, greeting museum employees, volunteers, a pair of journalists on hand for his visit, and members of the Evergreen and Kalispell Rotary clubs, and Kalispell Daybreak, who secured his trip to the Flathead Valley.
“You’ve got the grip of a Rough Rider,” he exclaimed upon shaking the hand of Laverne McIntyre of the Evergreen Rotary Club.
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