Updated:
February 22, 2007
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in Indiana in 1853, Isabella
Hardenbergh was educated at
the University of Wisconsin.
She arrived in California in
1875. She was one of Riverside’s first
teachers and one of the first
boarders at the Miller family’s
Glenwood Hotel.
It
was at this desk that Isabella
would instruct her students.
The simple desk has a double
hinge at the back. Inside reveals
the stains from the pens and
inkwells. It is not uncommon
for students to sometimes write
on their desks. In addition
to the ink stains, there is
writing and drawing on the inside
of Isabella’s desk.
Frank
Miller became a student of
Isabella. One of Miller’s diaries
was a gift from her. In it she
wrote,
"That
these pages may be the record
of a noble life is the wish
of
your friend Bell."
Miller
would later write,
"I
will strive
that the words on the front
page may be fully filled."
At
another time, he wrote,
“She
(Isabella Hardenberg) is a
fine lady and noble girl.”
Frank
Augustus Miller and Isabella
Demarest Hardenberg married
on June 8, 1880, the same year
Frank purchased the Glenwood
Hotel from his father. They
had one child, Allis whom was
born in 1882. Isabella died
on July 21, 1908. |
