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The
Annie Tallent Room is on the second floor, has two queen beds,
private bath with antique claw foot tub and a two person spa tub in
the room. Named after the first white woman to settle in the Black
Hills, this room has an antique school desk in honor of her life-long profession.
Annie
Tallent came into the Black Hills with her husband and young son
while the hills were still off limits to white settlers. They had
heard rumors of gold (discovered by General Custer's men) and a group
refered to as the Gordon Party collected in Nebraska and slipped into
the area. They built the Gordon Party Stockade near where the town of
Custer stands today. Upon discovery by the U.S. Calvalry, they were
sent packing back to Nebraska. The Tallents stayed nearby and waited
until the Hills were opened up to settlers and then returned to mine
for gold.
Everywhere
Annie's husband took the little family she started a school and
taught someone to be the teacher. After a few years there were
schools operating in all of the principle gold mining areas. Having
schools allowed real towns to grow and brought civilization into the
hills quickly. Ultimately Annie was hired to be principal then
superintendent of schools and would ride on horseback around to the
various outpost schools every few months to make sure the programs
were being properly taught. |
