The Eldridge Hotel: Moto, kupha anthu ambiri ndi kubwezeretsa

Mbiri Yachikhalidwe
Mbiri Yachikhalidwe

Cholembera chotsatirachi chidakhazikitsidwa pa Epulo 4, 1940 ndi Lawrence Rotary Club:

"Izi ndi malo a Free State Hotel yomwe idamangidwa mu 1855 ndi New England Emigrant Aid Society. Anawonongedwa ndi Sheriff Jones ndi udindo wake May 21, 1856, ndipo anamangidwanso ndi Col. Schaler W. Eldridge. Quantrill ndi achiwembu ake adawononga Lawrence pa Ogasiti 21, 1863, adawotcha hoteloyo ndikupha nzika. Col. Eldridge anabwezeretsa hoteloyo imene inalipo mpaka 1926 pamene WG Hutson anaimanganso.”

WG "Billy" Hutson anali agogo aamuna odziwika bwino a hotela Michael Getto (The Hills Hotel, Laguna Hills, California). Billy Hutson adagula Eldridge House mu 1906 ndipo adayiyendetsa mpaka 1926 pamene hoteloyi idamangidwa. Mike Getto, Sr. adayang'anira hotelo kuyambira 1942 mpaka 1958. Iye anali All-American tackle ku University of Pittsburgh yemwe adasewera mu 1929 Rose Bowl. Anaphunzitsa pa yunivesite ya Kansas (1929-1939) ndi (1946-1952), adaphunzitsa timu ya mpira wa Brooklyn Dodger kuyambira 1939 mpaka 1942. Mike Getto ankayang'anira Eldridge Hotel kuyambira 1958 mpaka 1970. Ananena kuti amayi ake anabadwira ku Eldridge Hotelo ndi kuti bambo ake anamwalira kumeneko.

Mu 1855, bungwe la New England Emigrant Aid Society of Massachusetts linamanga hotelo yoyambirira kuti alandire alendo atsopano obwera ku Lawrence mpaka nyumba zawo zokhazikika zitamangidwa. Nyumbayo inali ndi zipinda zitatu, kuphatikizapo chipinda chapansi, zipinda za alendo XNUMX, zipinda zakunja, denga lathyathyathya la makwerero, ndi makola a akavalo makumi asanu okhala ndi malo osungiramo ngolo. Sosaite inauza nthumwi zake, Charles Robinson ndi Samuel Pomeroy kumaliza ntchito yomanga mwamsanga. Pamene kusowa kwa ndalama kunachedwetsa kutha, Robinson ndi Pomeroy anabwereka hoteloyo kwa Shalor W. Eldridge ndi abale ake Thomas, Edsin ndi James. Anamaliza ntchito yomangayo ndikuitcha Eldridge House.

Popeza chifukwa chachikulu chomwe tawuni ya Lawrence idakhazikitsidwa ndikukhazikitsa gawo la Kansas lomwe lidasankhidwa kumene ndi otsutsa ukapolo, mzindawu ndi Free State zidakhala chizindikiro chotsutsana ndi malamulo ochirikiza ukapolo ndi othandizira ake.

Kumayambiriro kwa mwezi wa May 1856, mwezi umodzi kuchokera pamene hoteloyo inatsegulidwa, Douglas County Grand Jury inalimbikitsa kuchotsedwa kwa Free State Hotel komanso manyuzipepala aŵiri a Lawrence, Herald of Freedom ndi Kansas Free-State, akumatchula kuti “zosokoneza.” Sheriff wa Douglas County, a Samuel Jones, adatumizidwa kwa Lawrence kuti akamange anthu angapo ndikukwaniritsa malingaliro a Grand Jury.

Pa May 21st, Sheriff Jones, ndi udindo wake, anasonkhana kunja kwa Free State Hotel ndipo anapatsa Eldridges mpaka 5 PM kuti achoke nyumbayo isanawonongeke. Pamene hoteloyo inali kusamutsidwa, gulu lina la anthu okwiyawo linawononga maofesi a manyuzipepala aŵiri a m’tauniyo ndi zipangizo zawo zosindikizira. Tsiku lomaliza la 5 PM lisanafike, amuna angapo a a Jones adayamba kukonza mizinga yomwe idayikidwa kutsogolo kwa hoteloyo. Mosaleza mtima, anthuwo anayamba kuwombera mfutiyo, koma mwamwayi, banja la Eldridge linali litasamuka m’nyumbayo panthawiyo. Mfutiyo italephera kuwononga, amunawo anayatsa migolo yamfuti m'chipinda chapansi kuti aphulitse nyumbayo. Zimenezi zitalepheranso, anatenga mapepala osindikizira a m’nyuzipepala zomwe zawonongedwa posachedwapa ndi kuyatsa hoteloyo.

Kulimbana pa nkhani ya ukapolo kunali kukuchitikabe ku Kansas ndi madera ozungulira. Kudutsa malire a Missouri, a William Clark Quantrill anayamba kusonkhanitsa gulu la anthu othawa malire kuti abe malo a Kansas Jayhawkers, omenyana ndi ukapolo omwe amawononganso madera a Missouri. Pamene ma ruffian akumalire adawonjezeka, adagonjetsa matauni akuluakulu ndikuwononga kwambiri malire a Kansas.

Pofika m'chaka cha 1863, pafupifupi zaka khumi pambuyo pa kuwukira kwa Sheriff Jones, anthu okhala ku Lawrence adayamba kumva kuti ali otetezeka pamoyo wawo watsiku ndi tsiku popeza mphekesera za kuukira kwina zinakhala zabodza mpaka Quantrill ndi amuna ake omwe anali kudutsa ku Kansas akudzibisa ngati asilikali a Union. Pa August 21, 1863, atafika ku Lawrence m'maola asanafike m'bandakucha Quantrill anapereka lamulo lopha amuna okha, kusiya akazi ndi ana osavulazidwa. Atalowa m’tauniyo, anadziimirira kunja kwa Eldridge House kumene Provost Marshal wa ku Kansas, Alexander R. Banks, anaonetsa chinsalu choyera panja pa zenera lake, cholengeza malo opatulika a amene anali mkati mwa hoteloyo. Alendo akuhotelo adachotsedwa ndikuperekezedwa kuwoloka Mtsinje wa Kansas kupita ku City Hotel pomwe amuna a Quantrill adawotcha hoteloyo mpaka maziko ake. Mogwirizana ndi pempho la Provost, Quantrill analamula kuti alendo ku City Hotel asiyidwe osavulazidwa, ndipo anawonjezera kuti mwiniwake wa City Hotel adamulandira kale kwambiri. Quantrill atachoka, anthu ambiri omwe anali oledzera komanso osakhutira adabwerera ku City Hotel, kulamula okhalamo kunja, ndikutsegula moto. Munthu m’modzi yekha ndi amene anapulumuka posewera wakufa.

Apanso, Shalor Eldridge adaganiza zomanganso, pogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zomwe adasonkhanitsidwa kuchokera kwa anthu okhala ku Lawrence komanso mgwirizano wapamzinda wokwana $17,000. Atangomaliza malo oyamba pamene ndalamazo zinatha Eldridge anagulitsa hoteloyo kwa George W. Deitzler, yemwe anamaliza kumanga mu 1866 ndipo anasunga dzina lakuti Eldridge House. Pansanjika yoyamba idagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati malo ochitirako lendi mabizinesi, pomwe hoteloyo idakhala yachiwiri ndi yachitatu, yomwe inali ndi zipinda makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu zinayi, malo othandizira apakhomo, ndi chipinda chodyera.

Pansi pa umwini watsopanowu, Eldridge House idachita bwino kwakanthawi, koma pakati pa 1876 ndi 1915 hoteloyo idasintha manja kangapo. Hotelo yatsopano yotchedwa Eldridge Hotel pamapeto pake idasokonekera zomwe zidapangitsa anthu okhala ku Lawrence kuti apemphe kuti abwezeretsedwe. Pofika m'chaka cha 1925, bungwe la Lawrence Chamber of Commerce linayambitsa ndalama zokwana madola 50,000, zomwe zinachititsa kuti hotelo yakale iwonongeke komanso kumanga nyumba yatsopano m'malo mwake. Pokhala ndi kuchedwa kochuluka, hoteloyo inatsegulidwa ku phwando lalikulu mu 1929 pambuyo pa zaka zinayi zomanga. Nyuzipepala ya Lawrence Journal-World inanena kuti hoteloyo inali yokongoletsedwa ndi minyanga ya njovu ndi golidi, malo ogulitsira khofi mu jade ndi zobiriwira, ndi chipinda chodyeramo chokongoletsedwa ndi njerwa zojambulidwa. Ma pennants ochokera m'magulu othamanga a "Big Six" adayikidwa pansi pa matailosi.

Pa December 8, 1950, nyuzipepala ya Lawrence Daily Journal-World inati:

"Billy Hutson Obituary

"Billy Hutson anali m'modzi mwa miliyoni wokhala ndi umunthu wosiyana womwe udakhudza kukula kwa anthu ammudzi komanso zomwe zidamupezera mabwenzi osawerengeka ku America konse. Anali woyang'anira hotelo wachikale, wolandira alendo, wosangalatsa komanso wabizinesi wanzeru yemwe adachita bwino pomwe ena ambiri adalephera.

"Hutson wotchuka, yemwe anamwalira Lamlungu madzulo, mwina anali ndi mabwenzi ambiri pakati pa anzake monga munthu aliyense amene anakhalapo ku Lawrence.

"Bambo. Hutson ankalemekezedwa monga wamalonda chifukwa ankadziwa momwe angapangire bizinesi kulipira. M’kupsinjika maganizo kwa m’ma 30 pamene 50 peresenti ya mahotela ogwiriridwa ndi anthu onse anasoŵa ndalama— mwamuna wa Lawrence anakhala dokotala wa mabungwe ambiri olefuka a m’mahotela.

"Eldridge Hotel, yomwe ili chizindikiro cha Lawrence, ipitirirabe pansi pa kayendetsedwe ka mabanja, chifukwa cha kuwoneratu kwa Bambo Hutson. Mdzukulu wake, Mike Getto, adabwerako ku usilikali chaka chapitacho kudzakhala manejala wachangu ndipo malingaliro ake opita patsogolo akuwonekera pakuwongolera bizinesiyo. ”

M’zaka za m’ma 1960, pamene misewu ikuluikulu inachititsa kuti kuyenda kukhale kosavuta, kotsika mtengo komanso kosavuta kufikako, ma motelo anakhala otchuka. Hotelo ya Eldridge, monga mahotela ena ambiri akumidzi kudera lonselo, adakakamizika kutseka zitseko zake. Pambuyo pake, nyumbayo inakonzedwanso kuti ikhale yogona. Mu 1985, nzika za Lawrence zinapeza ndalama zokwana madola mamiliyoni atatu kuti zimangenso Eldridge Hotel. Hotelo yatsopanoyi ili ndi zipinda zisanu ndipo ili ndi ma suites makumi anayi mphambu asanu ndi atatu a zipinda ziwiri. Hoteloyi idakonzedwanso koyambirira kwa 2005, itagulitsidwa pamsika kwa gulu la ophunzira aku University of Kansas ndi osunga ndalama akumaloko. Atatsegulanso koyambirira kwa 2005, eni ake atsopano adabwezeretsanso ulemerero womwe umagwirizana ndi hoteloyo m'ma 1920s.

Kukula kwa chiwerengero cha anthu ku Lawrence mu 2014 ndi chimodzi mwa zifukwa zomwe eni ake a Eldridge Hotel adaganiza zokhazikitsa mapulani awo okulitsa. Malo oyandikana ndi Eldridge akhala opanda munthu kuyambira 1973 ndipo ndi eni ake a hoteloyo. Panopa hoteloyi ili ndi zipinda za alendo 48, malo ochitira phwando komanso malo odyera awiri. Kukulaku kudzawonjezera zipinda zatsopano za hotelo 54, malo odyera okulirapo komanso malo atsopano ochitira maphwando. Katswiri wa zomangamanga m'deralo Paul Werner akupanga pulojekiti yatsopanoyi.

Mwambi wotengedwa ndi mzindawu pambuyo pa kuwukira kwa Quantrill, "kuchokera phulusa kupita ku moyo wosafa" ukugwirizana ndi Eldridge Hotel lero chifukwa cha mbiri yake yomangidwanso kangapo, nthawi iliyonse yayikulu komanso yabwino kuposa yomaliza. The Eldridge Hotel ikupitirizabe kutsatira mfundo za kulimbikira, kunyada ndi kuchereza alendo. Itaimirira pamalo pomwe panali hotelo yakale ya Free State, Eldridge Hotel ikulandirabe anthu ku Lawrence, Kansas.

StanleyTurkel | eTurboNews | | eTN

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