This geocache's namesake, the Rough Riders Hotel:
Located in Medora, the Rough Riders Hotel was constructed in
1884 and 1885 by George Fitzgerald. The new hotel was first named
the Metropolitan and built in anticipation of a boom in Medora as
the Marquis de Mores built his meat packing plant, started a
stagecoach line, and opened several other businesses. In 1903 the
name was changed to the Rough Riders Hotel in honor of Theodore
Roosevelt's Rough Riders and their service in the Spanish-American
War. It was in this same year that Roosevelt returned to his
beloved badlands as the first United States President to ever visit
Medora.
Throughout the years the hotel has been operated by several
families as a bar and restaurant, in addition to the sleeping rooms
in the upper level. Since 1986 the Rough Riders Hotel has been
owned and operated by the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation.
The above information was copied from the
following source:
- Theodore Roosevelt Medora
Foundation. "Where to Stay." Rough Rider Hotel History.
2008. 21 Jun. 2009. <
http://www.medora.com/rough-riders/history/
>.