The first "Teddy bear" was put on sale on this day in history, Feb. 15, 1903. Named after President Theodore Roosevelt, the stuffed bear was first sold by Morris Michtom, a Brooklyn, New York ...

The teddy bear emerged out of a presidency. In November 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt was on a bear hunting excursion in Mississippi at the invitation of its governor, Andrew Longino. Roosevelt, ...

believed Esper had made a difference. “Father Esper of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church is not alone in his fear of the teddy bear evil,” Osmun said in August 1907. “At first, when the bears ...