An avid horseman, Theodore Roosevelt was known to gallop flat out in Washington D.C.’s Rock Creek Park, causing pedestrians to lunge for cover. He could handle horses with roguish and quirky personalities and adjusted to riding Western during his cowboy days at his Elkhorn ranch in Dakota’s Badlands. It’s safe to say he could ride anything—but he did not ride a moose. Long before photo editing programs and AI existed, the image of T.R. riding a moose in a lake is phony. According to author Heather Cole, who spoke about the image in a 2013 Houghton Library blog, it looked like they had a photo of Roosevelt riding a horse, cut out his image, and literally pasted it on a picture of a swimming moose.
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About the Author
Native New Yorker, Darlene Cah is a writer, actor/improvisor, and digital content specialist based in North Carolina. Her short stories have appeared in Smokelong Quarterly, Red Earth Review, Have a NYC (Anthology), Referential Magazine, and other journals. Fiction awards include Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition, Emrys Fiction Prize, Semifinalist ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Contest, and more. Advertising awards include Finalist Media Post Awards for email, Honorable Mention Clios, One Shows, and Andys (print). When not writing for INSP, you’ll find her on stage, backstage, or coaching improv for Shakespeare & Friends Theater Company. And, of course, playing fetch with her dog.
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