Teddy bears are now an internationally beloved children’s toy. But few remember the presidential hunting trip and state boundary dispute that led to the sale of the first such bear on this date ...

4) The collectable bears cost around £150 each, their valuable is decreased if the ear button is removed. 5) In 1902 in Giengen an der Brenz, northwest of Augsburg in Germany, the first teddy ...

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 ...