A room for the night; hotels of the Old West, by Richard A. Van Orman.

Main entry:

Van Orman, Richard A.

Title & Author:

A room for the night; hotels of the Old West, by Richard A. Van Orman.

Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana University Press [1966]

Description:

162 pages illustrations 22 cm

Notes:
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 141-155).
Preface -- Hospitality of the old West -- Early western hotels -- Mining camp and cow town hotels -- Shacks and palaces -- Resort hotels -- Hotelmen and employees -- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner -- Hotel life -- The last phase.
Illustrations: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe depot, Topeka, Kansas, 1880 -- "Lodgings, 4 Bits in Advance" -- Hotel de Paris dining room, Georgetown, Colorado -- Dodge House, Dodge City, Kansas, 1879 -- Baldwin Hotel, San Francisco, 1890s -- Western hotel advertising: The Desert Inn, Green River City, Wyoming Territory -- Hotel maids -- Harvey lunchroom at Mojave, California -- Harvey's La Pasana Hotel, Winslow, Arizona -- Harvey's Bisconte Hotel, Hutchinson, Kansas -- Harvey girls at the Syracuse, Kansas, Santa Fe station.

Summary:

Recreates the nature of hotels and hospitality houses in the Old West from 1830 to 1890.

Subject:

Bars (Drinking establishments) West (U.S.)
Bars (Drinking establishments)
West United States.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 43509
Call No.: 9199 A687; ID:89-B3261
Status: Available

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