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Custer Hotel, Galesburg, Illinois. Charles Schimmel (1872–1938), an immigrant from Vienna, Austria, the son of a successful Vienna caterer, was the founder of the company. He built his first hotel in Galesburg, Illinois. The Custer opened on 2 March 1915.
It became "the first full-service hotel" on Route 66 in Tulsa, when Route 66 was realigned to run along 11th Street in 1932. [2] Its listing on the National Register was consistent with two studies, in 1994 and 2003, which evaluated historic resources on Route 66 in Oklahoma. [3] [4] It is located at 2630 E. Eleventh St. in Tulsa. [note 1]
In addition to Carlos'n Charlie's, Grupo Anderson's has the Señor Frog's chain, along with other similarly-branded restaurants/bars like Carlos O'Brians and El Squid Roe. [4] Carlos'n Charlie's restaurants averaged $3.6 million in 2005 with an average check of $22.50. They expected sales to grow from $105 million to $112 million in 2006. [5]
The Mayo Hotel was built in 1925, designed by architect George Winkler, and financed by John D. and Cass A. Mayo. [2] The base of two-story Doric columns supports fourteen floors marked with false terracotta balconies, and a two-story crown of stone and a dentiled cornice [3] At the time the 600-room hotel was the tallest building in Oklahoma.
The Custer Story: The Life and Intimate Letters of General Custer and his Wife Elizabeth. (1950) OCLC 1027056; Michno, Gregory F. (1997). Lakota Noon: The Indian Narrative of Custer's Defeat. Mountain Press Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87842-349-4. Nevin, David (1973). The Old West: Soldiers. New York: Time-Life Books. Perrett, Bryan.
There’s also a legend that Geronimo himself came up with the battle cry, yelling his own name as he leapt down a nearly vertical cliff on horseback to escape American troops at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
1922: G. Way House, Northeast corner of E. 31st Street and S. Peoria Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma (The house was significantly altered in 1983, leaving little of the original design intact) [1] 1923: Adah Robinson Studio , 1119 S. Owasso Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma [ 1 ]
The hotel was sold at a liquidation sale and subsequently reopened under new ownership as the Adams Hotel. It was converted to the Adams Office Tower in the early 1980s. [ 1 ] The building is noted for its architecture and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under Criterion C on November 7, 1977, with NRIS number 78002273.