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After New Mexico was annexed in 1846, the U.S. Army built a one-story adobe-constructed hospital at the site of the hot springs, that was later converted into a hotel in 1862, called The Adobe. [ 1 ] In 1879, a group of "eastern promoters" [ 5 ] raised funds to build a second hotel, the Hot Springs Hotel on the land adjacent to The Adobe Hotel .
Bounded by Valencia and Moreno Sts. and the rear property line of the building on Gonzales St. and Hot Springs Boulevard 35°35′34″N 105°13′35″W / 35.592778°N 105.226389°W / 35.592778; -105.226389 ( Las Vegas
The Las Vegas Hot Springs Company, controlled by the railroad, purchased the Montezuma hot springs property on August 1, 1879, and built a two-story stone bathhouse there for $17,000. [4] In February 1880, the company opened a three-story stone hotel with 75 rooms available for $4 per night.
The Montezuma Castle is a 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m 2), 400 room Queen Anne style hotel building erected just northwest of the city of Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1886 (the site was at the time called "Las Vegas Hot Springs," but is now known as "Montezuma").
The springs first gained popularity as a commercial venture in 1902 under the ownership of German immigrant Fritz Guenther. In 1911, the minor league Los Angeles Angels held their spring training ...
Later, the Spanish called the hot springs Ojo Caliente de Las Palomas (hot springs of the doves). [5] The first adobe bath house was built in the 1880s over what was called Geronimo's Spring. It was built for use by the cowboys of the John Cross Cattle Company. In the early 1900s, hot spring hotels began to be built in the area. [4]
Las Vegas soon prospered as a stop on the Santa Fe Trail. During the Mexican–American War in 1846, Stephen W. Kearny delivered an address at the plaza from atop what is thought to be the surviving Dice Apartments building, claiming New Mexico for the United States. In 1854, visiting attorney W. W. H. Davis wrote that the plaza "more resembled ...
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