Yates Hotel
N 31° 13.251 W 101° 56.369
14R E 219970 N 3457803
A former railroad hotel and entertainment palace, now a museum
Waymark Code: WMK9ME
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2014
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The Yates Hotel was a big deal in its day -- Blasterz have been inside here, and remember the museum lady telling us about how Lawrence Welk played here when he was starting out and worked the West Texas circuit.
Marker Number: 5924
Marker Text:
Built as showplace by Ira Yates, for boom crowds drawn by his $15,000,000 gusher of 1926, on dry ranch with which he was "stuck" in swap off of a general store.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964
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