BRIEF HISTORY 



OF THE 



BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB 



In December, 1887, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, 

 then member of the New York Assembly, at a 

 dinner at his residence in New York City, proposed 

 the formation of a club of American hunting rifle- 

 men, to be called the Boone and Crockett Club. 

 The suggestion was warmly welcomed by those 

 present, among whom were E. P. Rogers, Archi- 

 bald Rogers, J. Coleman Drayton, Thomas Paton, 

 Col. J. E. Jones, Elliott Roosevelt, J. West Roose- 

 velt, Rutherford Stuyvesant and George Bird 

 Grinnell. A constitution was formulated, and in 

 January, 1888, the Club was organized with the 

 following officers and members : 



President, Theodore Roosevelt; Secretary, 

 Archibald Rogers. Members: Albert Bierstadt, 

 Heber R. Bishop, Benjamin F. Bristow, J. Cole- 



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