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| When the Gold Seal Company was sold in 1986, the family donated the Medora assets to the newly formed Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation. A very large number of people have worked very hard to make Medora the premier attraction it is today but, clearly, it all began when Harold’s crew took the Rough Riders Hotel apart board by board and then painstakingly reassembled it. (Medora and adjoining Theodore Roosevelt National Park have kept TR’s western experience alive.) | | Submitted by fedup | 2007-11-02 00:19:53 | In later years, Harold would walk, with great difficulty, through the streets of Medora simply marveling at all that had been accomplished. He loved it. The happiest days of his life may have been those he spent with Sheila in Medora.
An astonishing number of awards were bestowed on Harold. A very large number of those were directly related to his philanthropy, but he also became the youngest person to win the Horatio Alger award, and in 1975, he was awarded the State’s highest honor, the Rough Rider Award, by Governor Link. The Theodore Roosevelt Association awarded Harold and Sheila Schafer the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, on October 27, 1983, TR’s 125th birthday. Harold and Sheila Schafer served as Trustees of the Theodore Roosevelt Association for many years, and then were elected to the Class of 2002 of the Advisory Board. Harold and Sheila frequently were hosts to member of the TRA and of the Roosevelt family in Medora.
Shortly after Harold’s death, North Dakota Horizons (Winter Issue, 2002, Vol. 32, No.1) published the results of a survey of North Dakotans on who has “made the biggest impact on our state during the past 100 years.” The four individuals chosen by the readers of the magazine were Senator William “Wild Bill” Langer, Harold Schafer, Lawrence Welk, and Theodore Roosevelt.
Harold Schafer was a unique blend of flamboyance and humility, a successful businessman who was much more interested in sharing than in accumulating wealth. He loved his family, North Dakota, Medora, and the company he had built. He knew the joy of relentless hard work and the satisfaction of overcoming adversity in the face of all odds. We celebrate the life of an extraordinary man, Harold Schafer.
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