Chronology
1874 - First summer Theodore Roosevelt spends in Oyster Bay; at a home rented by the Roosevelts on Cove Neck Road that they named “Tranquility”.
1878 - Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., father of Theodore Roosevelt, dies February 9 in New York City. Memorial services later held at First Presbyterian Church of Oyster Bay.
1880 - At age 22 Roosevelt purchased 155 acres (0.63 km2) of land for $30,000 on Cove Neck, planning to build a house there.
1884 - TR's mother and wife die in their New York home on the same day.
1885 - Work continues on Oyster Bay home and Roosevelt's sister Anna occupies the house along with his baby by his late wife, Alice.
1886 - TR remarries to Edith Kermit Carow, a childhood friend.
1887 - Theodore and Edith occupy their Oyster Bay home in the spring.
1902 - First summer as President in Oyster Bay
1903 - 2nd summer as President in Oyster Bay
Civil War Parrott gun, ca. 1861, donated by US Navy and dedicated by Roosevelt.
1904 - 3rd summer as President in Oyster Bay
1905 - 4th summer as President in Oyster Bay
Roosevelt helps to negotiate peace in Russo-Japanese War. Treaty of Portsmouth signed September 5.
1906 - 5th summer as President in Oyster Bay
Roosevelt addresses the crowd on July 4, saying "The best way to be good citizens of this nation is to be good citizens of Oyster Bay".
1907 - 6th summer as President in Oyster Bay
1908 - Final summer as President in Oyster Bay
1919 - Theodore Roosevelt dies January 6, buried at Youngs Memorial Cemetery
1926 - Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Window installed in the Matinecock Masonic Lodge building.
1947 - Theodore Roosevelt Monument Assemblage moved and dedicated in TR Memorial Park on October 25
1948 - Edith Roosevelt dies
1953 - Sagamore Hill opened to the public as a museum on June 14, 1953
1962 - Congress establishes Sagamore Hill National Historic Site on July 25 to preserve the house as a unit of the National Parks Service
1981 - Derby-Hall Bandstand replica built on site of original bandstand
1984 - Theodore Roosevelt Bust by C.B. Clas, placed outside of Town Hall in Oyster Bay.
1991 - Theodore Roosevelt Monument Assemblage re-dedicated in TR Memorial Park on June 23
2005 - Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Station and Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Turntable listed on the National Register of Historic Places
2005 - Theodore Roosevelt Equestrian Sculpture dedicated October 29
2008 - "Teddy's Fourth of July" painting completed
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