Rough Riders Mascot Josephine
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Unknown Unknown 1100-2023-0801.jpg Days Past B&W 1100-2023-0801 1100-2023-0801 Print 5x7 Media c. 1898 Reproduction rights are not available. Owned by another institution.Description
Prescott's Rough Riders took several animal mascots to Cuba during the Spanish-American War, but it was the Arizona regiment’s first mascot that was by far the most popular. “The Arizona Volunteers’ mascot—the mountain lion [named Josephine]—is a great drawing card, and the boys down in San Antonio are thinking of charging a nickel a head to see [her] to swell the regimental fund,” The Journal-Miner reported. “[She] is fastened to a cage by a long chain and is given perfect freedom, so far as the chain will allow. Adults and children crowded about the animal all day long. Several of the visitors tried to stroke the animal's head, but Josephine was in a vicious mood and repelled their advances with a show of teeth which was calculated to make a stout-hearted person feel uneasy."
Courtesy of the National Archives.
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