The origins of the teddy bear involve President Theodore Roosevelt, a bear hunt, a political cartoon, and the owner of a ...

President Theodore Roosevelt, often known as Teddy, went on a bear hunting trip near Onward, Mississippi, in November 1902 with a group of notables.

When avid hunter Teddy Roosevelt wanted to hunt an American black bear, his African American guide was one of Mississippi’s most storied hunters.

Roosevelt did, indeed, hunt black bears in Louisiana, and though the Teddy Bear legend originated in Mississippi, the Louisiana hunting trip came about because of it.

Louisiana's fabled black bear became part of American culture in 1902 after President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot one that had been trapped and tied to a tree by members of his hunting party. The ...

The popularity of the bear toy inspired John Walter Bratton to compose the melody “The Teddy Bears’ Picnic” in 1907, while Roosevelt was still in office. Jimmy Kennedy added lyrics in 1932.

Louisiana's fabled black bear became part of American culture in 1902 after President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot one that had been trapped and tied to a tree by members of his hunting party.

But few remember the presidential hunting trip and state boundary dispute that led to the sale of the first such bear on this date in 1903. President Theodore Roosevelt, often known as Teddy, went ...

The legend of the Teddy Bear's being named for President Theodore Roosevelt is true, though it didn't originate on Louisiana's side of the Mississippi River delta.