Presidents, Activists, Celebrities… Oh My! Movers and Shakers at the Mission Inn.
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Presidents, Activists,
Celebrities… Oh My!
Movers and Shakers
at the Mission Inn.
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The Glenwood Hotel, circa 1880.
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The Glenwood Mission Inn, circa 1905-1910.
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President William Howard Taft and his
infamous chair.
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President Roosevelt replanting one of Riverside’s parent Navel Orange trees, 1903.
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Booker T. Washington stayed at the Mission Inn in 1914, and later wrote Frank Miller about his
stay.*Letter courtesy of the Riverside Metropolitan Museum
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Dear Mr. Miller,
When beautiful dreams are realized they enter lives dark as night and change their blackness into light.
Sincerely yoursHelen Keller
March 1915
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Other notable visitors include…
John MuirJacob Riis
Susan B. Anthony
Andrew Carnegie
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John F. Kennedy visited the Mission Inn as part of a five day Institute of
World Affairs conference in 1940.
He attended while still a student at Harvard,
and drafted summaries for round table
discussions.
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Richard and Pat Nixon were married at the Mission Inn,
1940.
Ronald and Nancy Reagan honeymooned at the Inn,
1952.